@Entropy512 enfuse doesn’t require specific conditions to work per se as long as the input files have the same format and you use the correct parameters. I have used it on various colour spaces, TRCs and data, and it worked splendidly.
Not quite but I would say that many papers get the basics terribly wrong, invalidating most of their findings. However, as a hobbyist, I still read them because they aren’t completely rotten. There are still good ideas to be found.