Hello,
I think I found a bug in CIE v5.0 not present in CIE v4.0.
(1). I have setup my Lightmix and activated the Denoising option in all the LightMix REs. Perfect.
(2). I also have two CESSENTIAL REs, with APPLY DENOISING = OFF.
(3). Then Denoising MODE: GATHER DATA.
(4). I run the rendering, save in CXR, open this file in the CIE, and press CUSTOM DENOISE...
(5). In this new window I see the two CESSENTIAL REs: why?
(6). In v4 ( I did a test) I don't see these REs.
(7). If I select ONLY these two CESSENTIAL RE and run the denoise process, in the CIE drop down menu I read: CESSENTIAL_Direct [Denoised]. But, obviously, this RE is not denoised because in 3ds Max I didn't enabled the related option.
I think 4.0 was more consistent.