[Gerry Curtis] "Hi Walter,
Can you explain the rationale behind this? Seems like there would still be a benefit for exporting out to 10 bit in HQ even though the camera is (I believe) 8 bit? "
ProRes and ProRes HQ are BOTH 10bit codecs. I have no idea where people starting thinking ProRes is 8bit, but it's 10bit and has always been 10bit. There's essentially no difference between the two, however there are some scaling and artifact issues with HQ when using it with a format of 1080 or smaller. We have seen this numerous times here in the form of green artifact blocks, shots re-scaled, shots captured at half resolution instead of full frame.
If you really want to find out more about it, look up Gary Adcock and ProRes HQ in the AJA Kona and Apple Final Cut Pro forums.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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