Re: Ugly ProRes422HQ export, color banding, pan judder

Ok.
After reverting back to the FCS2 Installer, I changed the sequence settings to 'render in 8-bit YUV' from 10-bit YUV, set field dominance to 'none'(default was 'upper'), removed slight speed effects on a couple juddering clips back to 100% from approx. 130%...
and now everything is looking great.
There's just a slight judder every now and then on some pans/movement, which appears only on my LCD. The judder is not noticeable on my CRT monitor.
Overall, this is leaps and bounds beyond what I was getting before, and I'm quite satisfied with the quality of the ProRes422HQ image. No more color banding or quantization to speak of. Gamma is much improved.
Thanks Gary! You can put another tally mark on your slate under the category 'pup shown back to path'.

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