>> Posted by: Job ter Burg
>> They cut in Avid, exported as QT Uncompressed 10-bit 601. That got sent to
>> the grading house.
>
> In theory, this would have sent a flatter file to the grading house.
Not flatter, it's a straight export. Sure, if you are watching it on a
non-601 monitor, it may look dull, but why would you? It's video, it's 601,
so watch it in 601, work with it in 601.
> Maybe RGB
> export would have been a better choice
I strongly disagree, Oliver.
If you export from Avid as RGB, you crush all blacks below 16 (not often a
problem) and lower them to 0, but you also clip ALL whites above 235 (and
most if not all of the video footage I get from camcorders DO have peak
whites over 235). So I ALWAYS stay 601, in order to not convert/clip/crush
anything. If you export to RGB, you are throwing away valuable information.
I've had this discussion before, and everyone eventually seems to agree that
an RGB export is ONLY relevant when you export for desktop use, and want to
forget about 601. When exporting to grading houses, you should keep things
as they are, not clipping or crushing anything.
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Job ter Burg
film editor - NL
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