A rare bug with AE clamping HDR values in 32bit - not connected to non 32bit effects!
Ever since version 25.2 we have been noticing a weird bug.
We work in 32bit ACES exclusively.
Every now and then we come across a composition that just clamps all the HDR values down to 1.
I've managed to isolate a comp like that and the problem itself:
- AE ver 25.2 or later (even Beta)
- comp has minimum 3 layers
- at least two layers must be in Add mode - both have to have motion blur turned on
- motion blur in the comp is on
The problem fixes itself in any of the following cases:
- one of the layers gets hidden - so that only one additive layer remains
- you disable motion blur in the comp
- you disable motion blur on one of the layers, so that only 1 layer has motion blur
- you switch renderer from GPU to software
- you open the same project in AE 25.1
This occurs rarely, but if we find a comp like that it bugs out on all our machines
- rtx 4xxxx or rtx5xxxx
- win10 or win11
- throughout the last year we've reinstalled gpu drivers 3-4 times already
I have an example project - I can upload it, just tell we who to send the link to.
