[Antonio Lahuerta]

Excellent answer!!!!
I’ve just installed the AVID codecs and doing the first tests. They look very promising so far.
THANKS A LOT!

[Antonio Lahuerta]

Well,

I’ve tried this, step by step:

1st
Create a new project and a new sequence with the following parameters:

Then, I add a .PSD file 16bits with the gradient, 2% noise and gaussian blur, in order to obtain a properly made gradient to be used on the Premiere Project.

Finally, I render the project with this configuration:

As a result I obtain an image like this, where you can find traces of the banding artifact. I’ve split the image in two parts, the left one is the original gradient fresh made in photoshop as I described before. The right one is the image as seen in the rendered video.
Unfortunately, the result is far from being proffesional. (NOTE: Mind that after some compressions the image is at a lower quality as seen here on my computer, but still is possible to appreciate the difference between them)

I think that I’ve configured the premiere project to be ready to work at 10-bits colour depth and the photoshop file and the rendering have been set to be as good as possible.

So the only conclussion left is that Adobe Premiere IS NOT a professional software to perform this duties.

What do you think about this process and the conclussion?