ACES Project Plan

This Project Plan is a live look at the planning document we are using in our ACESNext development. First discussed at the November 2020 TAC Meetings, it details tasks and milestones in our development and roll-out schedule for upcoming versions of ACES. It is subject to change, as it reflects the progress of the Virtual Working Groups and feedback from Product Partners and users as we develop additional features and a more enjoyable ACES experience.

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  • May 11, 2022
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  • February 17, 2022
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  • January 27, 2022

To the ACES Community,

At our most recent Architecture Technical Advisory Council meeting, the Output Transforms Working Group reported that they are making progress but would like additional time to bring the group to consensus on some important issues related to requirements and design of the output transform algorithms. The group meets weekly and the Architecture TAC is currently focused on three lines of output transform development.  The group’s progress is being reported to the TAC and ACES leadership on a regular basis. 

The ACES Project Plan (created in 2020) called for an ACES 2.0 “Release Candidate” to be available in October 2021.  We will revise the schedule as soon as we get an estimate for the Output Transform Working Group deliverables.  We anticipate being able to provide more information as to the schedule in the spring.

Please check back here for updates or join the Working Group or monitor their progress by listening to the meetings and reading transcripts on ACESCentral.com.

Sincerely,

ACES Leadership

  • September 7, 2021
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  • August 24, 2021
    • Moved EXR Compression deliverables based on new aprox. start date
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  • July 26, 2021
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  • July 13, 2021
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  • June 29, 2021
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  • June 1, 2021
    • Marked Sprint TAC meetings as complete and updated TAC meeting prep timeline progress
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  • May 17, 2021
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    • Fixed typo in Output Transforms documentation deliverable
  • May 4, 2021
    • Shipped ACES 1.3 Final release on 4/30/2021 and marked as complete on project plan
    • Shipped ACES 1.3 RC2 on 4/2/2021 and marked as complete on project plan
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  • March 23, 2021
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  • March 17, 2021
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  • March 8, 2021
    • Shipped ACES 1.3 RC1 on 3/1/2021 and marked as complete on project plan
    • Updated timeline progress associated with ACES 1.3 RC1
    • Update timeline progress of IDT working group reference implementation
    • Marked Winter TAC meetings as complete and updated TAC meeting prep timeline progress
  • February 27, 2021
    • Updated timeline progress of working groups