You just saved my arse using Redshift! (I'm also an Octane user)

Had exactly the same issue so thanks for posting such a clear solution.

If you can transfer color to mograph color shader, the plugin will recognize that.
I thought C4D kind of worked the other way round. MoGraph effectively alters the display color which is what an MGColor shader looks at to get its color information. This is why a C4D MoGraph shader will work with ...

Hi there,

I'm wondering if there's a way to get Octane materials to use an object layer's Display Color (in the Basic Tab) to output multiple colors for different objects from just one material? With C4D you can use the MoGraph Color Shader because, without a cloner or other mograph generator, it ...

Hi Dino

I only partially agree with your post. I personally always prefer to work fully linear at 32bit as you suggest. However there are many individual artists who have limited storage space and also limited need for deep colour workflows. In fact the last project I worked in 16bit was for an ...

A friend of mine was confused about getting Octane multilayer renders into After Effects using ProEXR2. So I made a help tutorial which someone else might find handy.
Good luck!
https://vimeo.com/303997000