• Adobe After Effects

  16bpc vs. 8bpc

  Posted by Charles Duncan on November 14, 2005 at 5:23 pm

  Hello all,

  Which setting is best for televsion 16bpc or 8bpc?
  My reason for asking is, I just completed an into
  for a clients broadcast. I came across some info in
  regards to 16bpc for film. Would 8bpc work just as
  well or should I rerender it in 16bpc?

  Charles Duncan

  Charles Duncan replied 20 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Andrew Kramer

  November 14, 2005 at 7:19 pm

  16bpc repoduces colors more acuratly. The higher quality your source (before going to some codec) the better it will look, even if down-sampling to and 8bpc codec like dv-avi or something.

  Check this out to see the difference.

  https://www.videocopilot.net/bits.htm

  Good luck,
  Andrew
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  Charles Duncan

  November 14, 2005 at 8:21 pm

  Thanks Andrew
  I really appreciate the info

  Charles
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  Erik Lindahl

  November 14, 2005 at 9:17 pm

  However, 16 bpp will take alot longer to render. Some codecs I reckon also do support direct output from AE from 16-bit (AE will here use 8-bit). Also, some filters will pull your sequence down to 8-bit sometimes.
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  Charles Duncan

  November 15, 2005 at 5:53 pm

  Thank you Erik

  Charles

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