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Offbeat Bryce Productions
Inspiring
March 4, 2018
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transcoding 8 bit to 10 bit suddenly will improve color correction?

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I keep reading articles all over the web claiming that if someone transcodes their 8 bit camera footage to 10 bit it somehow magically makes the colors pop and color correction is easier. I don't see how this is possible when the original is already 8 bit. The only thing I do know transcoding does is it creates timecode, smoother playback and sometimes faster renders

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Correct answer excited_Genie16B8

You won't improve the original.  But the effects you use may produce better results when used on 10 bit footage.

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excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
Legend
March 4, 2018

You won't improve the original.  But the effects you use may produce better results when used on 10 bit footage.

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Offbeat Bryce ProductionsAuthor
Inspiring
March 5, 2018

so once I have my picture locked should I export it to say Cineform then do the effects?

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Offbeat Bryce ProductionsAuthor
Inspiring
March 5, 2018

The scopes are a different setup. 8-bit is so you can see your media in 8-bit terms. Float is showing what it appears like in the internal processing (and what I normally use), and HDR is not really that well executed in PrPro and I don't have the monitors for it anyway.

Neil


so is float what the IRE levels really are or 8 bit correct? I have an field monitor I use when I record that shows IRE levels via the built in waveform monitor. It seems that for my field monitor 8 bit setting in lumetri matches what my field monitor shows.

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