AI TV Show Maker

Delivery specs for landscape AI video, as each vendor states them

Broadcast term: bit depth (10-bit)

Bit depth is the number of bits per colour channel: 8-bit gives 256 steps, 10-bit 1,024, 16-bit far more. More steps mean less banding in gradients and more room to grade. From 3 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Bit depth: reference and vendor useBit depth is the number of bits per colour channel: 8-bit gives 256 steps, 10-bit 1,024, 16-bit far more. Vendors whose figures use it: Luma and Runway.TermBit depthDefined for this sheet.ReferenceYouTube HDR upload requirementsVendorsLuma and Runway
Fig. 1 Definitions written for the sheet; reference and vendor lines are quoted.

1Reference

Color depth 10 bits or 12 bits Color primaries Rec. 2020

YouTube Help, upload HDR videos

Two vendors print a depth: one lists 10-bit SDR and 12-bit PQ masters, the other 16-bit HDR with 16-bit EXR.

YouTube accepts HDR at 10 or 12 bits.

Bit depth is often left out of vendor pages because standard web video is 8-bit and needs no mention. A grade that pushes shadows or skies hard is where 8-bit shows its limits.

EXR frames sidestep the question by storing floating-point values.

2Vendors whose figures use it

Bit depth in vendor figures, one line per tool, checked 2026-09-25.
ToolFigure as printed
LumaNative 16-bit HDR generation, exported as 16-bit EXR frames
RunwayGen-4.5 renders true HDR graded into BT.2020 with HDR10 metadata; HDR10, HLG, 12-bit PQ master, ProRes and OpenEXR deliveries

Inclusion rule. Tools on the sheet whose recorded figure uses the term or its usual shorthand. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.

  • Upload requirements
    HDR uploads carry 10-bit or 12-bit colour depth and Rec. 2020 primariescolourYouTube Help, upload HDR videos / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Ray3
    Native 16-bit HDR generation, exported as 16-bit EXR framesHDR and EXR exportLuma AI, Ray3 page / recorded 2026-09-25
  • HDR and high bit-depth (Gen-4.5 only)
    Gen-4.5 renders true HDR graded into BT.2020 with HDR10 metadata; HDR10, HLG, 12-bit PQ master, ProRes and OpenEXR deliveriesRunway Dev docs, available AI models / recorded 2026-09-25

3Adjacent terms

  • HDR and bit depth across twenty-nine tools

    • 4The production side of the spec

    For a delivery question like “Bit depth”, SceneMixer states the following about what it produces:

    Segments are numbered within their episode and the numbering is maintained for you when you insert or delete one.

    SceneMixer, What Is Inside a Project — “Can I reorder segments?” (read 2026-10-13)

    It is the reference every later segment points at, which is what keeps a character's face and a location consistent across an episode.

    SceneMixer, Glossary — “What is a setup image for?” (read 2026-10-13)