# The results of different types of conversions
Following is information about how Elemental Live handles the different types of conversion of the color space.
**Topics**
+ [Converting one SDR color space to another](color-space-convert-f.md)
+ [Converting an SDR color space to HDR](color-space-convert-a.md)
+ [Converting one HDR color space to another](color-space-convert-b.md)
+ [Converting an HDR color space to SDR](color-space-convert-c.md)
+ [Converting HDR10 to Dolby Vision 5.0 or 8.1](color-space-convert-d.md)
+ [Converting other color spaces to Dolby Vision 5.0 or 8.1](color-space-convert-e.md)
+ [Converting a mixed color space to one color space](color-space-convert-g.md)
# Converting one SDR color space to another
You can convert an SDR color space to another SDR color space. In this case, Elemental Live makes the following changes:
+ It changes pixels to values that represent the same color as the original values. The video now fits in the larger color space.
+ It changes the color space metadata to identify the new color space.
+ It applies the same brightness function to the video, because all the SDR color spaces use the same function.
After the conversion, the video complies completely with the new color space.
# Converting an SDR color space to HDR
You can convert an SDR color space to HDR10 or HLG color space. In this case, Elemental Live makes the following changes:
+ It changes the pixel values, if necessary, to fit the colors into the different color space.
+ It changes the color space metadata to identify the new color space.
+ It applies the new brightness function to the video.
+ If converting to HDR10, it calculates display metadata for the video.
After the conversion, the video fits in the new color spaces, but the color is not any richer than before the conversion. However, the bright parts of the video are brighter, and the dark parts are darker.
# Converting one HDR color space to another
You can convert video between the HDR10 color space and the HLG color space, in either direction. In this case, Elemental Live makes the following changes:
+ It changes the pixel values, if necessary, to fit the colors into the different color space.
+ It changes the color space metadata to identify the new color space.
+ It applies the new brightness function to the video.
+ If converting to HDR10, it calculates display metadata for the video.
After the conversion, the video complies completely with the new color space. The color will be slightly different, but probably not more or less rich. The color will match the new brightness function.
# Converting an HDR color space to SDR
You can convert HDR10 or HLG video to an SDR color space. In this case, Elemental Live makes the following changes:
+ It changes the pixel values, if necessary, to fit the colors into the smaller color space.
+ It changes the color space metadata to identify the new color space.
+ It applies the new brightness function to the video.
+ It removes any display metadata because the SDR color spaces don't include display metadata.
After the conversion, the video complies completely with the new color space. The color will be less rich. The color will match the new brightness function.
# Converting HDR10 to Dolby Vision 5.0 or 8.1
You can convert video in the HDR10 color space to Dolby Vision 5.0 or 8.1.
If you convert the video to Dolby Vision 5.0, video players that are Dolby Vision-compliant will be able to play it. If you convert the video to Dolby Vision 8.1, video players that are Dolby Vision-compliant and video players that are HDR10-compliant will be able to play it.
When you convert a suitable video to Dolby Vision, Elemental Live makes the following changes:
+ It doesn't change the pixel values, because HDR10 and Dolby Vision both use the same color space.
+ It changes the color space metadata to identify the new color space.
+ It applies the new brightness function to the video.
+ It calculates the Dolby Vision display metadata for the video.
After the conversion, the video fits in the new color spaces, but the color is not any richer than before the conversion, because the color space hasn't changed. However, the bright parts of the video are brighter, and the dark parts are darker.
# Converting other color spaces to Dolby Vision 5.0 or 8.1
You shouldn't convert non-HDR10 video to Dolby Vision. For example, you shouldn't convert SDR 601 to Dolby Vision. Converting a non-HDR10 video to Dolby Vision doesn't comply with the usage intended by Dolby Vision. After conversion of the color space, the color map of the video will be completely wrong.
The only color space that you should convert to Dolby Vision is HDR10.
# Converting a mixed color space to one color space
The video in your input or inputs might contain a mix of color spaces. You can still set up to convert these color spaces to one color space.
In this case, Elemental Live makes the following changes to the pixel values:
+ For color spaces where it supports conversion, Elemental Live changes the pixel values to values that are appropriate to the new color space. See [the sections](color-space-conversion-results.md) that describe the other conversions.
+ It doesn't change the pixel values for video in unsupported color spaces, or video that has no color space metadata. See [Handling of unsupported color spaces](color-space-conversions.md#color-space-unsupported-handling) for more information.
+ It doesn't change the pixel values for Dolby Vision 8.1 video because Elemental Live doesn't read the color space metadata for Dolby Vision. On the input side, Elemental Live treats Dolby Vision 8.1 as an unknown color space.
+ Keep in mind that Elemental Live [can't ingest Dolby Vision 5.0](color-space-conversions.md#color-space-dv5-handling), so the handling is irrelevant.
Elemental Live makes the following changes to the metadata:
+ If it converts the color space, it changes the color space metadata to identify the new color space. It applies the new brightness function to the video.
+ If it leaves the color space unchanged, it also leaves the metadata unchanged.