NOTE I should have mentioned this in the beginning, but this tutorial and way of working wouldn't really apply for individuals working within a true ACES pipeline with other people. This is for the freelancers and one-man-band types that have to deliver final products to clients or posting to social media. ALSO, these are very early days for OCIO in AE. So all of this is pretty basic and not fully functioning. I believe Adobe is aware of this and are working on updating this to an actual fully working system. Fingers crossed!

Now that Cinema 4D 2023 has implemented OpenColorIO & ACES and After Effects will soon be doing the same (OCIO has been added to the Beta version), I walk through what these changes mean for for our ACES workflow. (Sorry about the audio; I’m going to make it a point to actually learn how to do this properly)

00:00 Intro
00:59 C4D 2023 OCIO Settings
05:47 Exporting Raw EXRs
08:32 Exporting JPGs
09:32 Setting Up Textures in Redshift
12:01 After Effects Beta OCIO Setup v1.0.3
31:53 Maybe an Easier AE OCIO Setup?
38:00 Color Grading in LOG Gamma
44:46 ACES Transforms Only on Export
49:40 After Effects Beta ACES Version Options
57:05 Criticism of ACES and Potential Future Fixes


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If you're brand new to ACES and OCIO here are some good places to start learning about what all the fuss is about:


/// RESOURCES ///
Chris Brejon’s ACES Blog
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Aces Central Online Community
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