Final Cut Pro 6 - About Color Space and Bit Depth Settings

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About Color Space and Bit Depth Settings

These options determine the color space and video bit depth used for rendering and
real-time playback.

Always Render in RGB

If your sequence uses an RGB video codec such as Photo JPEG or Animation, this
option is always selected. However, if your sequence uses a Y´C

B

C

R

codec, you can use

this option to process your footage using the RGB color space instead. For example, if
you’re using a filter that only processes in RGB color space in combination with filters
that process in Y´C

B

C

R

color space, you can make the appearance of the Y´C

B

C

R

filters

more consistent with that of the RGB filters by selecting this option. However, in most
cases, you should render using the native color space of your sequence’s codec.

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Real Time and Rendering

Rendering Y´C

B

C

R