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V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max General
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my computers changed and i’m setting up a new one. i am NOT able to calibrate my monitor so its just whatever windows 11 profile is active which is sRGB. i am trying to save images in a bit larger color gamut, a 16-bit TIF file, aRGB then open those images in photoshop and match what’s in the VFB. how close am i to that in the settings below? i think i need to change the display device in the VFB to be aRGB and in the ones below. then when i open .TIF file in photoshop i can assign aRGB to it and get a larger gamut to avoid any banding in skies and such. thanks.

(side note, i might be able to calibrate my monitor? it’s a virtual machine, so maybe if i calibrated it on the laptop that connects to the virtual machine, that would help?) thanks.

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Everything seems fine, except that the Rendering RGB primaries in the V-Ray settings must also be ACEScg (usually it should automatically match the one set in 3ds Max, but there’s an existing issue where this doesnt ot always happen; switch to Gamma workflow and back to ACEScg to fix it). The display device setting should be the profile for which your monitor is calibrated. Otherwise, check this article.

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thanks! it seems to be working. thanks for the other post too, helpful info!