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Output 16bit Quicktime?
I’m working with AE set to 16bit, but when I go to render a Quicktime I can’t set 16bit (Trillions of colors)…?
If I set the output type to TIFF I can, but not Quicktime. QT does support up to 32bit, whats the deal? I have the compression set to “none” – have tried other settings but still can’t get trillions as a selectable output depth.
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You need a codec that supports 16-bpc color. QuickTime doesn’t come with any 16-bpc codecs. (And I’m not aware that any 32-bpc codecs exists. All current 32-bpc workflows I’m familiar with use image sequences.)
Digital Anarchy offers the None16 codec for free. It’s an uncompressed, 16-bpc codec. Keep in mind that will chew up a LOT of disk space.
https://www.digitalanarchy.com/micro/micro_none16.htmlDA also makes a lossless compression version of the codec, Microcosm, that you can pay for.
https://www.digitalanarchy.com/micro/micro_main.html(FYI, when DA refers to None16 and Microcosm as 64-bit codecs, remember that they’re talking about 64 bits total: 16 bits per channel, Red, Green, Blue, and Alpha.)
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Thanks for the info!
So – without adding any ‘non standard’ QT codecs, what type of image sequence would you recommend? TIFF?
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