White solid is not white in OCIO color engine

[Gawron]

How can I make a white solid in the OCIO color space? Currently, the color is not white. It looks almost gray. See my attached screenshots. Both whites are #FFFFFF. 

[Rick Gerard]

You have a color management mismatch somewhere. Start by checking the Project Settings (Shift + Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + K)

[Mylenium]

Hex codes don't mean much. As Rick said already, you have some wrong settings somewhere. since you haven't provided any info about your CM settings we can't tell you more than that.

Mylenium

[Gawron]

Thanks for the quick reply! I'm attaching my project settings. I'm using ACEScg for my working color space because I'm bringing EXR renders in from C4D/Redshift. If I set my working color space to "None". The "Whites" are correct, but all of my renders are wrong. I need to be able to work in ACEScg with my renders and then also be able to comp in graphics with correct "whites". 

Thanks!

[Gawron]

Any Updates on this topic?

[imcalledandy-]

I'm having the same issue - I'd love to hear about a solution. Did you solve this on your own @Gawron? If I find one myself, I'll let you know.

[DrStrangelove3]

I am having similar issues regarding this. I have noticed that a project in ACES is fine at first (white equals white), then along the way whites become gray. I even havea case where seen two comps in the same ACES ae file act differntly, and they are using the same settings. See attachements.

[DrStrangelove3]

Sorry for all the typos in my previous post. This post includes an AE scene that shows two comps in the same project interpretting white differently.

[imcalledandy-]

So as a workaround we need to add an OCIO Color Space Transform either directly to a layer or an adjustment. Set the Input to Output - sRGB and set the Output to ACEScg.

[danielg90862556]

Hey folks,

i ran into the same issue. Here i found the solution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nVbAJd1R_4&ab_channel=i_go_by_zak

Under: Effects/Color correction you find the OCIO Color Space Transform - Efferct, which imcalledandy

also mentioned. You use this on your rendered footage/passes only and then you turn the pulldown in the viewer to off. 

Before it was for example ACES/sRGB or ACES/Rec.709 for example. This one is only for Preview. If it´s set to a different colorspace, the in After Effects created stuff like for example type, is shown in this colorspace and you can´t get it white. I´m not a native speaker, so i hope you understand what i mean.

Best regards,

Daniel