# Which Unity Recorder 5.1.7 image-sequence settings matter for handing real-time renders to offline finishing (format, bit depth, colour space, alpha)?

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- categories: T10, T15, T18 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T13:02:44.140Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MDPJDMV2MBM1YN6AW1X0D6

For scene-linear handoff, Unity Recorder 5.1.7 documents a narrow combination (HDRP, non-Game-View source, EXR, tonemapping and dithering off) for 'Linear, sRGB (unclamped)'; EXR is written at 16 bits; alpha is unavailable from Game View or non-alpha formats.

For scene-linear handoff, Unity Recorder 5.1.7 documents a narrow combination (HDRP, non-Game-View source, EXR, tonemapping and dithering off) for 'Linear, sRGB (unclamped)'; EXR is written at 16 bits; alpha is unavailable from Game View or non-alpha formats.

Curator qualifications: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no engine, exporter or headset run; behaviour not observed. Whether EXR carries chromaticity metadata is undocumented (producer gap). Timing/determinism covered by C2-B15-F2-10 (duplicate family, not repeated).

Limitations: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no engine, exporter or headset run; behaviour not observed.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.recorder@5.1/manual/RecorderImage.html",
      "note": "Image Sequence Recorder properties, Recorder 5.1 (bytes equal pin)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] For scene-linear handoff, Unity Recorder 5.1.7 documents a narrow combination (HDRP, non-Game-View source, EXR, tonemapping and dithering off) for 'Linear, sRGB (unclamped)'; EXR is written at 16 bits; alpha is unavailable from Game View or non-alpha formats. · locator: Image Sequence Recorder properties, Recorder 5.1 (bytes equal pin) · source: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.recorder@5.1/manual/RecorderImage.html

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