articleactiveColor and imaging science

Which ACES 2.0 Output Transform presets exist, how do I choose one (rendering target versus display), and where do the docs and the repository disagree on names or coverage?

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ACES 2 presets combine a rendering target (limiting gamut, peak luminance, creative white) with a display encoding; at the pinned aces-output commit the curator counts 54 forward and 54 inverse CTL presets, every one named with '_in_', while the implementer notes' example uses '_as_' (a docs/repo naming mismatch). Working-group members say little-used targets (e.g. Rec.2020 gamma 2.4) were dropped because nobody was known to use them. Curator qualifications: Docs, CTL and threads read 2026-10-22; no transform run. Thread 5991 and later posts of 5769 not re-read. Limitations: Docs, CTL and threads read 2026-10-22; 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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      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aces-aswf/aces-output/6d8f9071a67b044bac0fbcb3d51ad0543f065e66/d65/rec2100/Output.Academy.P3-D65_1000nit_in_Rec2100-D65_ST2084.ctl",
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      "url": "https://github.com/aces-aswf/aces-output/tree/6d8f9071a67b044bac0fbcb3d51ad0543f065e66",
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      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aces-aswf/aces-docs/7c34c2100c8da55cd6f94301125d57e38079fc62/docs/system-components/output-transforms/implementer-notes.md",
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      "url": "https://community.acescentral.com/t/5991",
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] ACES 2 presets combine a rendering target (limiting gamut, peak luminance, creative white) with a display encoding; at the pinned aces-output commit the curator counts 54 forward and 54 inverse CTL presets, every one named with '_in_', while the implementer notes' example uses '_as_' (a docs/repo naming mismatch). Working-group members say little-used targets (e.g. Rec.2020 gamma 2.4) were dropped because nobody was known to use them. · locator: aces-docs output-transforms/implementer-notes.md (raw), L11-32; aces-output d65/rec2100/Output.Academy.P3-D65_1000nit_in_Rec2100-D65_ST2084.ctl at 6d8f9071 (raw); ACEScentral thread 5769 (Discourse JSON GET), post 3 by nick, 2025-04-15; curator count: gh api -X GET repos/aces-aswf/aces-output/git/trees/6d8f9071?recursive=1 source

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documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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