Is it possible to save a tonemapped sequence with the Gamma workflow?

[dimitrios_kapiniaris]

Hi everyone, I had to retouch some old files (version 3.x kind of old), so I decided to stick with the Gamma workflow, since I don't have a good understanding of ACES yet.

Loading the original scene in Vray 6.2 gave me renders that are identical to the old ones, so that was a good start. I moved the lights around, applied Filmic (Hable) and test-rendered. All I was after was the RGB, no additional layers, no compositing process.
The result looked considerably muted in After Effects. I saved the sequence as .exr and ticked the "save VFB color corrections to RGB channel" but it didn't do the trick.

I'm not asking for a step-by-step guide, just want to know if I can save what I see in the frame buffer without investing time to learn ACES.

[hermit.crab]

Is the color profile in After Effects sRGB (or identical to the one in the VFB display correction)?

[dimitrios_kapiniaris]

Hi Hermit, the color profile in AE is sRGB, as is the VFB display. I'm using the same colorspace in Photoshop, with the same exact results.

The first attachment is a screenshot of the VFB, the second one is how the saved .exr looks like in Photoshop and After Effects.
My first impression was that the .exr lacked VFB's tone-mapping. I removed it and the image in the VFB looked more desaturated than attachment "b", so that's probably not the case.

I'm also attaching a screenshot of the VFB settings, which are practically the default ones, save for the tone-mapper.

There was an occasion where I test-rendered a 60-frame sequence and the result was 99% identical to what I was seeing in the VFB, but I haven't managed to replicate that since.

Edit: Copying to clipboard has the same result as saving the render.

[hermit.crab]

What are your Color Management settings? Also, does the difference occur if you save the image with the "Display correction" baked?