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  • 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
  • 4 Replies
  • 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

  • Charles Duncan

    November 14, 2005 at 8:21 pm

    Thanks Andrew
    I really appreciate the info

    Charles

  • 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.

  • Charles Duncan

    November 15, 2005 at 5:53 pm

    Thank you Erik

    Charles

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