Often, this banding isn’t going to be noticeable to anyone outside of filmmaking. On the example above, we can see that instead of smoothly blending from one hue to the next, the colours are distinctively separate, and are more visible as individual streaks (also noticeable on the cover photo). The issue is that when I export at H.264, the 8bit codec can’t contain the color information throughout the gradient, and instead, we get this color banding. Just like this!įilming at 10bit or 12bit RAW keeps this color blends nice and smooth. And because I like to film at golden hour and I film many landscapes, the sky is often filled with these beautiful gradients from deep blue to a golden yellow. However, I have an issue when I’m exporting a video to showcase the visuals of the camera. The problem is, it’s an 8bit codec, and that doesn’t work well with gradients, here’s how to fix that.įor the majority of exports, for online consumption, H.265 is perfectly adequate. In fact, it’s YouTube’s suggested video codec on their recommended settings page. H.264 is one of the most widely accepted codecs by online platforms.
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