Many effects plug-ins have a "Force 16-bit processing" option than you can select. But the Avid project settings allow you to choose 16-bit processing for effects rendering. Is the plug-in's 16-bit option only useful when you are otherwise using 8-bit processing in the project settings?
What is "Force 16-bit processing" ?
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It does have something to do with color space. Less banding and artifacting when applying multiple effects. You ALWAYS want to do in effects in the highest bit-depth possible. So my question is: do you get any advantage by selecting an effect's "force 16-bit processing" option when I've already selected "render in 16-bits" in the Avid project Settings? I mean, doesn't selecting "render 16-bit" in the Settings force ALL effects to be 16-bit? What would the effect's individual 16-bit option give me in this case? I do notice when I select the "force 16-bit" effect option I get a very slight "gamma shift." But this doesn't mean anything to me.