ACES 2 ?

[Stefan-L]

ACES 2 is out and i personally think it loosk muchg better than the old ACES.

any plans to implement ACES as full workflow as in V-Ray and to add also Aces v2 as option?
we still only have the tonemap operator, and if i use the c4dinetrnal ac3es setup thing tend to get messy.

ACES 2.0 solves many issues v1,3 had yet, like tjhe wierd hue shifts, inconcistent brightness, too much contrast (makes plants too dark p.e.) etc.
 

thanks!

[maru]

Not yet sure if it will be added or not (my guess is yes), but my personal gripe with it is that in the online examples it seems to make all bright things appear dull gray. Llike the sky, but not only that. Not sure if this kind of look would be appreciated in archviz out of the box.

[TomG]

Yeah for me too, in that side by side I'd have taken the left one as being "new and improved" haha, but turns out that's the old one - and I very much prefer it :O

[johnnyswedish]

I'll defo pass on ACES2... Not going to give dull renders to clients n loose my work LOL!

[davetwo]

Now - I'm totally not qualified to say much about this as I don't use it. But isnt the point of ACES unified colour management across different devices and outputs..?

It's not a 'look' (although I know that's how it's treated in Corona as a tonemapping preset).

So it may be that the you're looking for a very neutral baseline with the very minimum of cilpping etc before you grade in davinci or whatever? I wouldn't judge it as the final output.

[burnin]

Indeed, it's based around VFX industry (mostly film & advertising) ~ all those 'diverse tech.' need to match flawlessly in final image otherwise, illusion breaks. This is what "Academy Color Encoding Specification" is developed for (& it's in the name). For architects, unless you do films using different cameras, the ACES is basically 'psy-contaminent' alike 'the cinematic look'.  ;)