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Chroma subsampling

A representation that stores color-detail information at lower spatial resolution than luminance.

In practice

Notation such as 4:2:2 needs context for sampling, bit depth, codec, and generation.

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Sources

  1. Premiere Pro editing reference · Adobe
  2. ACES Documentation Glossary · Academy Color Encoding System

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