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I am loving Octane for 3dsmax but here are my 3 questions for anyone to jump in and answer...

1) If I want to save the render output as true HDR, I understand that I turn off TONE MAPPING. But then it is displaying and saving in GAMMA 1.0. I saw on a forum response about saving as GAMMA 2.2. I don't see any option to change gamma for the Octane plugin except for in the TONE MAPPING section I just turned off and disabled. Also I don't like to use Octane Cameras, so I am using standard cameras. So please don't suggest in the octane camera settings. So how do I save an HDR EXR as a GAMMA 2.2 file please ?

2) Stupid question but why for the love of god is every possible pass option available except for simple ALPHA ? Why is ALPHA not the very first pass after BEAUTY ? Where can I generate a clean simple alpha pass ?

3) This one is more an OBVIOUS OMISSION by the Dev Team. Please add a SAVE IMAGE button directly to the dam Octane Live Window. I don't want to have to "copy to 3dsmax buffer" just to save it anyway. ADD a SAVE button to 3.0

1. Turn tone mapping on, set the response to Linear, set Gamma to 1.0, save exr or hdr as unclamped 32 bit and do the conversion back to gamma 2 in PS, AE or other in 32 bit and add together using linear dodge. Octanes passes dont add up otherwise.

2. Otoy removed the ability to have a alpha saved + keep sky a few versions back. Now you need to save beauty with keep alpha + save an environment pass to achieve the save result. I personally preferred the old system.

3. Yes!

richardyarlett wrote:ADD a SAVE button to 3.0

YES, PLEASE !!!