@tim - thank you for taking the time to explain.
(10 With the Denoiser, I will say that what you actually wrote as a response would be extremely valuable if it was in the document, as follows…I also added a disclaimer in parenthesis:
"
[FONT=times new roman]If users want to find the Denoiser commands, they can open the console and type in “denoiser”. You’ll see a list of commands come up that you can adjust.
(*Note - settings and operation are under development and subject to later change, modification of these settings is not otherwise recommended.)
–Your Denoiser Commands image you posted above–
"
PS - I now read on how to use the CMD after seeing your response, newer users may not know how to do that, so a screenshot showing the command and then the number being entered would be helpful.
Also, the reason I asked even in the first place is is that Denoiser is in fact mentioned in the document, but then operation not described. So you are left wondering what you need to do.
Plus, in the forums it is widely discussed as being used, but as guide does not make reference to operation, users like myself are left trying to figure out how to use.
For example, I read in forum that the max setting is 4, while 0 is off. I have no idea if this is correct, so it is trial and error. But at least I can access the commands.
It is strange, I was expecting there would be just one overall ‘Denoiser’, but I see that there 18+? Meaning you have to turn on and off each one?
If so, quite a rabbit hole indeed. But this is a good thing, because it is under development and users can provide ideas upon trialing.
For example, if it is an individual on/off numeric value for each one, I have an thought that there could be a ‘master on/off’ cmd that turns on/off all, to make it simple for users.
(2) With the Auto Exposure, you gave a perfect explanation. But I will tell you why it wasn’t working. I wasn’t viewing the scene from inside the Post Processing ‘box’. In other words, whenever I crossed into and out of the Post Processing box, the 1 to 1 setting was activated, or was disabled. Thus now knowing this, really what I should have done was make the Post Processing Box giant to geographically cover my viewport camera location as well as main scene contents. Then me turning off Auto Exposure would have been applicable no matter how I viewed my scene.
But see I thought this was some weirdness with the Raytracer, but it’s not, it is my own user-error in not gauging the size of the post processing box properly. :o
But thank you so much, very valuable info you gave…Much appreciated!!!