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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max => [Max] I need help! => Topic started by: ishi on 2025-05-18, 07:42:38

Title: About exporting masks
Post by: ishi on 2025-05-18, 07:42:38

I'm having trouble with the difference in tone levels between the rendered result and the mask after saving.

I know it's just a basic setting, but which settings should I review to make it display correctly?

Title: Re: About exporting masks
Post by: Aram Avetisyan on 2025-05-18, 13:24:00

Hi,

This is another limitation/way of things 3ds Max does stuff, in regards to OCIO workflow - it applies view transform to masks too.
Try saving out the mask without any transformation (no automatic conversion) - does it give expected results?

Title: Re: About exporting masks
Post by: ishi on 2025-05-18, 15:15:04

Thank you.
If I save it with no conversion, the mask will work!
The color of the base image will change, so should I save it separately?

Title: Re: About exporting masks
Post by: Aram Avetisyan on 2025-05-18, 16:22:54

Yes, saving separately is the safe way to go.

Of course you can change to Gamma workflow and this will not be a problem.

Title: Re: About exporting masks
Post by: ishi on 2025-05-18, 16:29:59

I see. I understand. Thank you!
I think I'll switch back to the gamma workflow once this project is finished.

Title: Re: About exporting masks
Post by: maru on 2025-05-22, 14:29:12

This was already reported. Unfortunately, we cannot fix this unless we implement our own file saving, which would be a big thing.

The workaround is to use the "data image" or "raw" option when saving the mask or saving in the exr format. See: https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=44480.msg232556#msg232556