Is it possible to add loading/viewing own color profiles to the VFB?

[pokoy]

It would be absolutely awesome to have the VFB display with a color profile that the user can load (or even some presets for loading different files).
There are so many color workflows and most if not all people work with some form of a color profile (in PS, AE, Nuke etc.), so for most people it's one thing that they see in the VFB (with sRGB applied I guess) and another one that they work on later (with something else than sRGB in for 90% of users probably).
It's really disappointing that max doesn't support loading and previewing common profile formats so I wondered if it might be doable in the VFB to overcome this?

[Juraj]

Should be possible, it works in Vray 3 VFB CC panel (both LUT & ICC ).

( I even briefly played with it but then fundamentally ceased to. The only benefit to my work was if I were to do sole post-production in VFB and print it directly. Which I don't.
OpenEXR which I use doesn't store color profiles at least I believe it doesn't so you still interpret it in your post application, where I simply continue is same fashion)

with something else than sRGB in for 90% of users probably)

Why do you think that would be the case ? Wide gamut monitors are still expensive for majority of users (Average price is 700~ euros up) so most people can't use AdobeRGB, and thus I think it's oppositely. 90perc. of people use sRGB.
Even I use sRGB despite having wide-gamut displays for years (starting with old Dell 2410, now on 3014). The hardware(display) emulation provides safer workflow given most of my images end up on internet only. I only turn to full ARGB workflow if I need to do direct printing by myself. Using pure sRGB makes exchanging files with clients bit less painful process when they watch it on calculators instead.
Or are you talking about custom calibrated profiles and studio workflows mixing different mediums (digital&film,etc..) in closed environment ? Surely that isn't 90 perc. of users :- )

Since 3dsMax is not color managed app, it displays your render in your monitor profile, which I think is fine for most.

Still good request :- )

[pokoy]

For hobbyists the number may be a wrong but I'd be surprised if professionals didn't care or stick to sRGB intentionally. Even if you use a standard monitor chances are that its color range is way greater than sRGB.

Anyone working with PS and not bothering will probably use the default, which I think is AdobeRGB (eciRGB is another standard for print). Animation and vfx studios will use some sort of LUTs in their comps. Either way, having a preview directly in max will make a huge difference for those who care about colors.

There is a huge number of LUT files available out there, ranging from subtle color shifts to cross-grading to uber-cinematic, being able to preview 3d output with these applied will be super useful, even for hobbyists or those who didn't bother to look at LUTs before.

[Ondra]

Added https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,3584.0.html