Making 4K timelapse in AE, bit depth question at DVinfo.net

Dave Morgan · November 30th, 2015, 05:27 AM

I am assembling timelapse footage shot from raw stills, in after effects I choose the 16 bpc then have been exporting the clips as 4k Cineform files in the 12 bit RGBA setting, quality level 3.

is this all overkill, should I just use 8 bit, and a different export codec?
or is the 16bpc going to give me more when I do color correction and effects?
Should I go higher in the AE settings to 32 bits?

My system cant even play 4K 12 bit cinform files, but I just downsample them for editing.

Warren Kawamoto · December 7th, 2015, 08:01 PM

What will your final product be used for? Web? HD commercial? Movie theater showing? Choose your bit depth and resolution depending on the requirements of your final product, otherwise you'll be wasting a lot of time rendering an overkill project that you'll end up downsampling.

November 30th, 2015, 05:27 AM	#1
Dave Morgan Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 293	Making 4K timelapse in AE, bit depth question I am assembling timelapse footage shot from raw stills, in after effects I choose the 16 bpc then have been exporting the clips as 4k Cineform files in the 12 bit RGBA setting, quality level 3. is this all overkill, should I just use 8 bit, and a different export codec? or is the 16bpc going to give me more when I do color correction and effects? Should I go higher in the AE settings to 32 bits? My system cant even play 4K 12 bit cinform files, but I just downsample them for editing.

December 7th, 2015, 08:01 PM	#2
Warren Kawamoto Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,435	Re: Making 4K timelapse in AE, bit depth question What will your final product be used for? Web? HD commercial? Movie theater showing? Choose your bit depth and resolution depending on the requirements of your final product, otherwise you'll be wasting a lot of time rendering an overkill project that you'll end up downsampling.