Combining render passes - slight value shift compared to the beauty pass

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Hi,

I’m wondering has anybody noticed a slight difference in value when they combine, for example, direct, indirect and reflection passes when compared to the beauty pass?

The change is very slight, but it’s there.

Cheers

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Cheers for the quick response :smiley:

Yes, I had a value of 1.3 in the highlight compression.

So what’s the usual practice for this? I was using that setting as it gave me a lovely balanced look in my lighting.

Would changing the exposure setting give similar results that don’t quite match also? Just curious.

Thanks

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Just do it in comp, there are several tools in the forum, two scripts for Fusion, one for Nuke I think, and After effects has it’s own HDR Compression tool.

Cheers!

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Cheers, do you have a link to the scripts? Would’t mind seeing them thanks

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Cheers, you are awfully nice!

Cheers!