timAugustine wrote:Hi dmerziii, thank you for your response. Call me fickle but I've already switched to AgX
The dark patches on my renders don't look so dark any longer. I still don't know if the settings I've chosen for Octane Color Management on the Addons window is correct. I've included screenshots for all over here.
Just check all the links I've shared. Everything is in them, including a section about the ACES checkbox
If it still doesn't look "right", I would strongly suspect something fishy at hardware/OS level (your display or Windows OS/GPU "color settings")
timAugustine wrote:I've noted that just selecting the ACES tone mapping check box option is enough. Thank you for pointing this out!
Unless someone has to follow an ACES pipeline, typically in a studio environment, the ACES checkbox does suffice. However, it is based on ACES 1.2 and even 1.3 has flaws. AgX is nothing perfect but the closest to, despite it's core design approach, I can't recommend it enough. It's a no-brainer and straight forward.