I do most work in Rec 709. It’s not a colour space issue, it’s a renderer issue.
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Here’s my take on the optics node, as a matchbox.
More or less does the same thing as the OG node, but runs a bit faster, has a few more controls, and an output matte.
I hope someone finds it useful!
Edit: Here’s an updated version with some new features:
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Thank you, Maury!!
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I wish there were more genius Flame artists who live within blocks of my house and make things I like!
But I’ll take just the one.
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What a coincidence, I also have a wildly talented flame artist right around the corner 
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pa·lav·er
/pəˈlavər,pəˈlävər/
informal
noun
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- unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure.
“there’s a lot of palaver involved”
- unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure.
Thanks for the new word, John!!
-Ted
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Ok you’ve convinced me to try and use it more again… haha
Will spend a little free time figuring out what to not bother adjusting etc.
BUT I really do think it needs an overhaul of the controls along with the ability to not defocus the plate at all if it’s sitting on the focus plane.
Just downloaded this Maury.
Going to give it whirl, thanks!
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I hope it’s useful for you!
Try pre-blurring the matte channel, and turning down/off the noises, makes a nice glow effect. I might add that pre-blur to the shader when I get a moment.
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Here’s an update to that Optics shader, with a few new features, including filtering the input matte, adding procedural noise to the edge:
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