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101 – Video Compression

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4 : 4 : 4

No compression and transports both luminescence and color data entirely

4 : 2 : 2

Half the sampling rate horizontally, but will maintain full sampling vertically.

4 : 2 : 0

Sample colors out of half the pixels on the first row and ignores the second row of the sample completely.

  • ProRes 4444 (HD)
  • DNxHD 444
  • Cineform 12-bit HD
  • Uncompressed HD 10-bit 4:4:4
  • ProRes 422 HD, UHD, HQ & LT
  • DNxHD & DNxHR
  • Cineform 10-bit HD & UHD
  • h.264 HD & UHD

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