u/paranoid_patatoid

question regarding "auto-apply pixel workflow defaults"

Hello, I am wondering whether I should enable this option or not. If I understand correctly, it auto-enables a tone-mapping module (for example AgX) from the start, with some (static?) default values.

From what I understand, when processing an image with DT it is recommended to apply modules in a certain order, and the tone-mapping module is far from the first step. Also, I have tried this auto-apply thing anyway, and most of the time, when I arrive at the tone-mapping step, the pre-applied default values don't make much sense (especially when significant cropping has happened beforehand). Also I'm suspecting that having some tone-mapping pre-enabled makes the exposure-setting step only harder (because tone-mapping sort of dampens the effects of exposure setting).

So I wonder: what's the use case for this "auto-apply" feature, when should one enable or disable it? I have a hard time figuring that out.

Please note that I am by no means an expert, so I may be missing some important info or concept.

Thanks.

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u/paranoid_patatoid — 4 days ago