8 bit uncompressed

Chris Adams

Chris Adams

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Every time I think I have this editing thing figured out someone throws something new at me.

I have a client that wants footage I shot on my HVX200 at 720p 24pn sent to them in 8 bit uncompressed...and I have no idea what that means. If I just export the sequence as a quicktime, that is uncompressed right? Is that all they need? What do I need to do to export this?

Thanks
 
You will need to either send to compressor and export as uncompressed 8-bit or export in quicktime conversion and change the settings to uncompressed 8-bit...
 
Ok yeah I figured that out and figured out how to do it 16x9. Now my real question is what is the advantage of 8 bit uncompressed? The file size goes from 345MB to 2.67GB. And at least on my monitor I can't tell a difference.
 
8-bit uncompressed is exactly what the name entails- its uncompressed. DVCProHD, XDCAM, etc are codecs that limit the bit rate of the video and the color sampling among other things.

As they are probably getting media from multiple HD shooters who presumably have all shot in different formats, delivering in uncompressed gives them the highest quality footage without having to deal with the different codecs. This gives them the ability to compress it as their needs fit and saves them time in the editing room dealing with multiple formats and matching them all together.
 
Yeah it's sorta pointless in that it will not add any additional resolution. but it will allow the client to have the footage in a format that will resist further degradation. Still, that said, ProRes HQ does the same exact thing visually and is a much smaller file...

Noah
 
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