HAP / HAP-Q codec
The HAP family comes in multiple flavours for different purposes.
HAP
Enables very large canvases at lower bitrates, with some trade-off for compression. HAP is very similar to DXV in terms of compression profile, but allows much larger canvases. If you are preparing canvases over HD, we recommend using HAP. When preparing shot footage, HAP is often the go to choice for bandwidth and compression.
HAP-Q
Utilises twice the bandwidth of HAP, but offers much better detail in tone, which is especially important in rendered content where tone gradients are utilised.
HAP Alpha
HAP Alpha has the same image quality as HAP, and supports an Alpha channel. HAP Alpha has roughly the same bandwidth as HAP-Q.
Graphics with Gradients usage of HAP-Q
Most lossy codecs are very sensitive to gradients through tone. Below is a comparison of HAP-Q and HAP performance on a gradient through tone in order of quality. Click the image for full size.
Original
HAP-Q
PhotoJPEG
HAP/DXV