What's the number one issue that you have with octane lighting?

All right guys here's this weeks quick tip how to set up render layers through AOV's passes to separate your shadows and refractions to recomp into Nuke Photoshop or After Effects. 🤔What should I break down next?

Most Octane updates don’t matter unless something is broken. If you’re stable, stay put. If you hit one of these bugs, update. That’s the real rule.

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