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8 bpc or 16 for internet video
Hi There,
Should I keep my project at 8 bpc for internet. Does the internet even support 16 bpc?
If the internet does support 16 bpc and my video which does have glows will look better .. can I convert to 16 bpc after the fact and still benefit?
Thank so much,
Doug -
3 Replies
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i’m with dave… 8 bpc is million’s of colors and would be a much smaller file size than 16 bpc, trillion’s of colors. it would also come down to the codec you were rendering to, and i’m betting that most of the streaming web type codecs would be 8 bpc.
to asnwer your second question, rendering to 8 bpc, then upconverting the render to 16 bpc should gain you anything accept file size…. however working in 16 bpc and rendering to 8 bpc may give you better results. this is due to calculating effects and blending in 16 bpc even though you will render to an 8 bpc codec.
note, you should be able to see any benefit by toggling through the bpc depth setting in ae. the preview window should show what effect the setting change has on your comp.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Kevin’s on the right track, if you’re going to use 16bpc at all set your AE project to composite using 16bpc but then render to 8bpc. This will help reduce rounding errors and banding.
However, the benefits may be marginal and the render time will increase.
Darby Edelen
Lead Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA -
O.k. I’ll just leave it at 8 bpc. I don’t see any banding in Quicktime and if it keeps the file size down..that’s a good thing for the internet.
I guess I’ll do 16 bpc for rendering out to dvd, ect.
Thank you guys for a quick response,
Doug
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