Difference between VFB and C4D Picture viewer

[wsiew]

Hello,
I have a problem with a big difference between the Corona VFB and the C4D Picture Viewer. I need the Picture Viewer to export my file with all layers (LightMix, Masks and so on).
Normally, when I export from the Picture Viewer, the result is the same as in the VFB. But in this file, the C4D picture viewer looks like the overexposed beauty pass in VFB.
I don't know if I accidentally changed something that causes this difference, but I can't find it.
This problem seems to exist only in this file.
Best regards, Wolfgang

[bnji]

Hi there,
Could you please try switching to the "Image" mode instead of the "Multi-pass" mode in the "Layer" tab for the C4D's Picture Viewer before exporting/saving the file?
Let me know the outcome.
Have a nice day/evening.

[wsiew]

Hi there,
unfortunately there is no positive result when i save it with "image" or with "single pass". But when i transfer the values from the lights in Lightmix to the percent-values in the Layers in photoshop i get the correct result. But this can't be the solution because it's very elaborate to transmit all the values.
I don't know what happens that this problem exists only in this file. This problem doesnt exist in other files. And when i open a former variation this file there is not such a problem.
I hoped there is a possibility to fix it.
Greetings, Wolfgang

[bnji]

Hi there,
I think now I understand what you meant.
Please correct me if I understood this differently...
The PV shows the result like the Beauty in the VFB, right?
This is expected as the Lightmix feature is specific to the Corona VFB.
The PV will only display the result after tweaking the Lightmix pass in the Corona VFB.
If you turn on the "Single-pass" in the PV and select only the Lightmix pass, you should be able to see the same result as in the Corona VFB.
The Lightmix values won't be saved as the PSD layer's opacity values.
If you want to continue fine-tweaking the Lightmix values, I'll suggest saving the image using the CXR file format, then opening the rendered image using the Corona Image Editor (CIE) and continuing from there. Later you can save new versions of your image directly from the CIE.
I hope this helps.
If not, could you please elaborate a little bit more to understand better the issue?
Have an amazing day/evening.
Kind regards.