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Nathan Quattrini · July 23rd, 2008, 03:03 PM

I am importing some clips from Premiere (Animation Codec MOV on Mac) and want to know if I should be setting the compositions to 8 bit or 16 bit. What's the difference? And if I worked in 8 and need to switch to 16 for better quality, do I need to start over?

Martin Chab · July 24th, 2008, 09:20 AM

if you gonna make heavy color corrections is better to go to 16 bits, otherwise 8 bits is fine (i´m assuming that your original footage is 8 bits, like DV or HDV or so)
You can switch back and forth 8 o 16 whenever you want.

July 23rd, 2008, 03:03 PM	#1
Nathan Quattrini Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 740	8 bit or 16 bit? I am importing some clips from Premiere (Animation Codec MOV on Mac) and want to know if I should be setting the compositions to 8 bit or 16 bit. What's the difference? And if I worked in 8 and need to switch to 16 for better quality, do I need to start over? __________________ Cinematography Site

July 24th, 2008, 09:20 AM	#2
Martin Chab Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malmo Sweden Posts: 103	if you gonna make heavy color corrections is better to go to 16 bits, otherwise 8 bits is fine (i´m assuming that your original footage is 8 bits, like DV or HDV or so) You can switch back and forth 8 o 16 whenever you want.