Why does YOUR 8-bit footage look like sh**?

Your friendly neighborhood colorist helping you fix your 8-bit footage.

In this video we will discover what makes certain type of 8-bit footage so horrible and how to fix it.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - What to expect?
0:15 - 8-bit vs. 10 bit
1:00 - Color Sampling
2:07 - Why did I only upload 5 videos in 5 months?
3:09 - Node Tree breakdown
4:35 - Banding Fixer
9:56 - Working with 8-bit 4:2:2 footage
11:52 - Outro

ABOUT ME
I'm Waqas Qazi, founder and senior colorist at Qazi & Co. I have worked with PRIME VIDEO, ADIDAS, TOYOTA, VIZIO, etc. My mission is to share industry secrets by making fun and practical videos on color grading.

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SOCIAL

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[TheLnkin]

As a professional editor for over 15 years, you made me fall in love (no bs) with color grading. Can't wait for this toolkit (can we beta test it?), and a LUT is always welcome obviously 🥰

[kblamo]

Videos like this highlight just how bad YouTube compression is. I can imagine the night and day difference you're seeing but it's not that clear here on Youtube. They really need to do something about it. In comparrison Vimeo always looks great. I did consider turning this video into a drinking game. Take a shot every time Qazi says it's YouTube compression 🤣

[alphan_]

I’ll never stop leaning from you. You are my mentor. Thanks a lot.

[sane]

I found that transcoding h.264 to prores reduces the blockyness(?) which shows up when picking and altering certain color. I used this technique every time I edit 8 bit footages.
I also watched your previous 8 bit editing videos in the past, because I only had cameras that shoot videos in 8 bit. They helped me a lot!! Good to see you updating 8 bit tips up to these days.

[dukecha]

Thanks Qazi. You continue to teach me new things about DaVincini Resolve and give me confidence in my videos when in 8 bit!

[lpiazzetti]

Thank you, those are great tips! I have been using the "common" selector tool to separate the sky, and applying "Color compressor" to the sky to get rid of the banding. But I'm bringing your tips into my workflow and there are cases where on tool works better than another. And you still can combine both.

[real.samad_]

How to get the best quality footage from a7iii generation cameras:

Choose either the slog2 or slog3 profile. Change colour mode itu709 matrix.

This will give you good colour to grade in the post!

Happy shooting!

[ChusmaChusme]

This seems clutch. What I usually do is a very broad stroak with a qualifier, only using 1 or 2 channels max, to the portion of my video with a banding issue. Then sometimes, a tracked power window as well. It works great for banding issues with the sky and not that intensive on my system. There are definitely scenarios where this approach doesn't work, but depth mapping seems like a great alternative.

[chrissnyder]

Great way to prevent these issues is to simply stop shooting in S-Log3 in 8-bit

[nebelung]

Great tip and also thanks for the LUT. If the rest of the Toolkit is on the same level as that LUT, sign me up! Pretty impressive what it does to the skin tones and color separation.

[TheAFreeLife]

Been learning color grading from this man since day one... this is CRAZY! Thanks Bro!
~ AFree

[femur]

Would love to work with the LUT. Longtime admirer of your work. I always learn much from your videos.

[philipkarst]

Hi, when you put the Depth Maps, how do you activate the black and white screen? Great channel, I am saving money to buy your tools. Thanks!

[DavidWinstead]

Wow, thank you so much for sharing this video! I use to have huge banding issues when filming the sky on my Sony A73 8-bit 4:2:0, now I use an A74 with 10-bit 4:2:2! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!

[toosaintofficial]

thank you for always sharing new techniques for us to get better. Please will love to sample this lut on my 8 bit footage as well, if possible.

[xyrean]

Great tutorial. I'm very curious about QT... Could be EXACTLY what I have been looking for.

[alex_videomaker]

It's hard to explain about differents in 4:2:2 and 10 bits when it looks the same on YouTube

[lilvartdesign]

Unfortunately, I have this problem with the 10-bit Canon C70 C-log. As a newbie, I suffered the learning process with my first feature film. Usually, the worst was with indoor shoots. I tried to change camera settings, lights, etc, but nothing worked, so I thought my gear was faulty. As it came, some extra like chromatic aberration? and noise, I began to use noise reduction as the first node, then deband with masks as the second, after I did the CSTs. I am not a technical person, so I find it very painful to learn 😂😂 I will try this, if it works better. I put my heart and money into this film; I want it as good as possible. Thank you for sharing it with us, Have a lovely evening.

[AyushSharmaa]

The QAZMAN's back with a bannger! It'll help a lot for GoPro as well
Also, throw the LUT if you can. I'm here to catch it😁

[urwaeid]

yes bro ! you make my day, banding always annoying me I was using masking ang blurring, but this of course much better