From 26a4719c2a46f2ae16513f8b20e5f1fd6e449ee4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: twotalesanimation <80506065+twotalesanimation@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:47:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(connector): strip reference LUT/overlay before Queue
 Export renders EXRs

Build Shot adds the show LUT and overlay burn-in into the artist's main
comp, enabled by default, for reference while compositing. The legacy
manual "Queue EXR" button has always disabled both before rendering;
Queue Export (the pipeline's one-click path) never got that same step,
so EXRs queued through it could ship with the LUT graded in and the
burn-in baked on. Queue Export now disables them the same way, right
before the project save the render worker reads from.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 VFXReviewConnector.jsx | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/VFXReviewConnector.jsx b/VFXReviewConnector.jsx
index 8dea799..40ba73d 100644
--- a/VFXReviewConnector.jsx
+++ b/VFXReviewConnector.jsx
@@ -4002,6 +4002,25 @@ var PANEL_VERSION = "2.5.0";
             return;
         }
 
+        // The rendered EXRs must be clean, linear and free of burn-in — the
+        // show LUT and overlay are reference-only, for the artist's own
+        // viewing while compositing. The legacy manual "Queue EXR" button has
+        // always disabled them before rendering (see queueEXR()); Queue Export
+        // does the same here so the pipeline's EXR output matches.
+        app.beginUndoGroup("VFXReview Connector - Queue Export (disable LUT/overlay)");
+        try {
+            for (i = 0; i < comps.length; i += 1) {
+                comp = getMainCompForSelection(comps[i]);
+                if (!comp) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                disableLayerByName(comp, getOverlayCompName());
+                disableLayerByName(comp, getLutCompName());
+            }
+        } finally {
+            app.endUndoGroup();
+        }
+
         // The worker renders the saved file; unsaved changes would silently
         // render stale comps.
         try {