articleactiveColor and imaging science

Which aces-core commit introduced the peak-scaled lower-hull gamma (1.14 + 0.07*log_peak) in the ACES 2.0 CTL, and what did its message or PR say?

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In aces-core, commit cd5017c5 (Scott Dyer, 30 Aug 2024) changed lowerHullGamma from the constant 1.14 to 1.14 + 0.07 * log_peak to improve the inverse at higher peak luminance; the 2 Sep 2024 Developer Release 3 changelog records it and says SDR outputs reduce to the former value; the formula is still present (as lower_hull_gamma) at 069b0bc3 (Sep 2026). Documentation stating a constant 1.14 therefore lags the code from at least 30 Aug 2024. Curator qualifications: The 'SDR reduces to 1.14' statement is the changelog's; it implies log_peak = 0 at the SDR reference peak, not checked against the log_peak definition. No PR or commit comments (producer API result) not re-queried. Which documentation pages still state 1.14 (C2-B57-K1-04) not reinspected here. Static reading of CTL text and GitHub API metadata; no transform run. Limitations: Static reading of CTL text and GitHub API metadata; no transform run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] In aces-core, commit cd5017c5 (Scott Dyer, 30 Aug 2024) changed lowerHullGamma from the constant 1.14 to 1.14 + 0.07 * log_peak to improve the inverse at higher peak luminance; the 2 Sep 2024 Developer Release 3 changelog records it and says SDR outputs reduce to the former value; the formula is still present (as lower_hull_gamma) at 069b0bc3 (Sep 2026). Documentation stating a constant 1.14 therefore lags the code from at least 30 Aug 2024. · locator: gh api -X GET repos/aces-aswf/aces-core/commits/cd5017c5 (projected JSON); CHANGELOG.md at 8d571b69, Version 2.0 Developer Release 3 (Sept 2, 2024); lib/Lib.Academy.OutputTransform.ctl line 1661 at 069b0bc3 source

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