Why are ProRes files imported as 16-bpc in Silhouette?

Updated March 17, 2026 14:44

Silhouette imports all ProRes media as 16 bits per channel (16-bpc) when using the GStreamer-based decoder. This behavior is due to a limitation in the ProRes decoding implementation used by Silhouette.

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