Is non-clamped color work with afterburn?

[renochew]

Hi, just want to confirm that if the fusionworks non-clamped color work with Afterburn or not, because I am unable to get a unclamped render.

Thanks!

[sitnisati]

Hello,

It should work - try to save to hdr.

Kresimir

[s_luebbert]

Sorry to bring up this old thread, but I'm experiencing the same problem in 3dsmax 2014 and scan-line renderer.

I can get unclamped colors from the preview (beauty render) but when rendering a FumeFX Fire or Smoke render element, I'm getting clamped colors.

I've tried EXR and HDR file formats. FusionWorks has "non-Clamped Color" checked.

renochew, were you able to get this working?

[sitnisati]

Hello s_luebbert,

All I can confirm is that FumeFX 3.5.5 Fire and Smoke RE does not clamp the colors it computes.
Render Elements are completely independent from the FusionWorks.

Regards,
Kresimir Tkalcec

[s_luebbert]

Thanks for the quick reply!

After more investigation, I can't get ANY Render Element to output un-clamped values in max 2014. Even in a simple test seen (bright light on a sphere) only the beauty render is un-clamped, every other RE I've tried is clamped... even "Luminance HDR" is clamped.

I feel like I'm missing something basic here with Render Elements, or maybe its just a major oversight on Autodesk's part?