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Activity Forums Apple Final Cut Pro Optimization and hdr gamut

  • Devrim Akteke

    March 24, 2026 at 6:31 pm

    If your videos are recorded in HDR, you can edit them in HDR, but if you have SDR footage, I don’t see the point of converting them to HDR or working in HDR with SDR footage.

    Can you give more info on your intent?

  • Ben Balser

    March 29, 2026 at 10:50 pm

    If you start with SDR, you only have that information in the file. Converting it to HDR does NOT add image information that doesn’t already exist. You get the same image quality with a larger file size. You must start by shooting HDR first. And there should not be any need to convert it nor to use optimized files.

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