Saturation effect applied for the sake of negating a master Saturation adjustment layer

[Todd Kopriva]

The two primary ways that you lose color information through the application of one effect and then another effect to undo the changes are quantization and clipping. You can avoid both of these problems by working with your project at 32-bpc and using effects that work at 32-bpc. The added precision of color information and preservation of over-range and under-range values prevent artifacts of the kind that you’re concerned about.

BTW, you could answer your question for yourself by applying the Hue/Saturation effect to a layer with a Master Saturation value of 27, then another instance of the effect with a Master Saturation value of -27. Then compare this with a duplicate of the original layer with no effects using the Difference blending mode, which shows you any places where the layers differ. I just tried this in 8 bpc, 16 bpc, and 32 bpc, and I saw tiny artifacts at the two lower bit depths but none at 32 bpc.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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[Pawl Fisher]

wow thanks. so it’s as simple as channel the bits per channel? 🙂