Setting ACES background images

This is how you can properly set the background images if you work in ACES in Blender.
UPDATE: This is probably be fixed in the next Blender release. One of the dev gave me this way to fix it:
Inside your Blender installation you can find all the scripts. In the same place as
the executable there is a folder named after the version (so "3.6", "4.0", etc). Inside
that is a "scripts" folder containing "startup" and inside that is a "bl_ui" folder.
If you open up one in there, "properties_data_camera.py" in any text editor you
will see all the python that is used in that one area of the Properties editor.
If you search for "show_background_images" you will find the applicable section.
Basically at about line 381 or so there is a section like this:
if has_bg:
col = box.column()
col.prop(bg, "alpha", slider=True)
col.row().prop(bg, "display_depth", expand=True)
You just have to add a line in there like this:
if has_bg:
col = box.column()
col.prop(bg.image, "use_view_as_render")
col.prop(bg, "alpha", slider=True)
col.row().prop(bg, "display_depth", expand=True)
Note that python is a bit fussy about whitespace, so you might want to
copy the left-side spaces from a different line.
Thanks Harley!
Link:
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Install it like you would install any addons.
ACES is mostly for the VFX industry. If that's not your case, stick with AGX. :-)
Thanks to Real by FAKE for letting me sharing it!

[@Meteotrance]

Important feature of ACES if your Back plate is filmed with a real cinema camera analog film and digital or even with a converted RAW footage coming from a DSLR or a smartphone that shoot in RAW , please Ask your DP and colorist to export the file on ACES 2065 in open EXR 16 bit linear float format ACES CG is only made for texture painting in 16 bit linear from Krita or Substance and CG render and other multilayer CG deliverable for compositing, DaVinci Résolve was able to read them and also composés then in fusion or in the regular edit and Color grading tool. So CG for the Fake and 2065 from something that came from Real camera.

[@787KurtF]

Blender really needs a UI specialist. At least there are work arounds for some of the clunky interface stuff. Thanks Robert Rioux.

[@BlenderBob]

They do. If you watch Blender Today, every weeks Pablo explains the changes that are being done and they keep tweaking the interface.

[@panzudo007]

As always, a great bonus, Mr. BobGPT!! Thanks!

[@armstronglesabeer9884]

So ......Cycles finally supports lights and shadow linking looking forward to your industry opinion on this feature. As always great content.👍👍

[@BlenderBob]

Thanks! Light linking is awesome and I love that they also feature shadow linking. And I like that they actually made it the Blender way instead of just copying what other people are doing.

[@traderz13]

Thanks Bob

[@luciox2919]

hi u mean u import the images as for example filmic and want to work on aces? or the images imported are already aces?

[@BlenderBob]

Image already in ACES. But you will have the same problem with filmic

[@madlookzvfx]

Chatgpt version??

[@BlenderBob]

Of course!

[@madlookzvfx]

@BlenderBob no i was asking which version of chatgpt built this for you?

[@BlenderBob]

Ah! 4.

[@craggolly]

such a shame blender isn't trying to incorporate aces. was such a hassle to get it working on our render farm

[@BlenderBob]

One day it will come...

[@Meteotrance]

They already a dude that make a simplified OCIO file that content the elementary ACES input and output WE need, by itself Blender are able to work with an ACES OCIO , we Can also in the regular install of Blender override ACES content for texture input and also for render output but they bring that in a Wider Color Space name AGX or Filmic on Filmic no problem the ACES 2065 camera footage and ACES CG all exported on DaVinci resolve work, but in AGX be Carfull i see some wierd Color in red and blue hue tone when using ACES as a source footage or texture so for me AgX IS to banned Filmic are more easy going with ACES override workflow.