How to edit RAW video in Premiere Pro CC smoothly?

Nowadays more and more professional cameras can capture RAW videos, the RAW videos can offer original video and audio data for users, it is great, but the RAW videos usually have the compatibility issue, most editing programs and playable devices can’t support RAW videos well. How to import RAW video files to Premiere Pro CC and edit RAW video in Premiere Pro CC with native supported codec? From this article you will get the best RAW to Premiere Pro CC converter, which can transcode RAW videos to native supported format of Premiere Pro CC, and then you can edit RAW videos in Premiere Pro CC natively.

Have you purchased or got a high-end camera or camcorder to capture 4K videos, 6K videos or even 8K videos? In the past years many new cameras can capture high-definition videos in RAW format, such as RED digital cinema komodo 6k digital cinema camera, Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K camera, Z CAM E2-F6 cinema camera, etc. so many users have got the RED RAW videos, Blackmagic RAW videos, Z CAM RAW videos and other brands’ RAW videos. Though RAW videos can maintain the original data of 4K videos, 6K videos or 8K videos, it is not so easy to use RAW videos, because most editing programs, players or hardware devices can’t support RAW videos well, include the RED RAW videos, Blackmagic RAW videos, Z CAM RAW videos and other RAW videos. Below is a RAW to Premiere Pro CC question asked by a camera user.

RAW video to Premiere Pro CC Question

"Hello, can you help me to solve RAW video to Premiere Pro CC importing and editing issue? I bought a Blackmagic Design camera three weeks ago, and I used it recorded some RAW 4K videos. Today I want to import RAW to Premiere Pro CC for editing, but I find the Premiere Pro CC can’t support RAW videos well, after searching I know the RAW videos are not well supported by Adobe Premiere Pro CC and many other editing programs, and many users suggest me to convert RAW to Premiere Pro CC supported video formats for playing, can you tell me which software can convert RAW to Premiere Pro CC supported format? Any suggestion is appreciated, thank you!"

As more and more high-end cameras can record high-definition videos in RAW video format, recently on the camera forums and editing websites there are many users have encountered the RAW to Premiere Pro CC importing and editing programs, they can’t import RAW into Premiere Pro CC, or they can’t edit RAW video in Premiere Pro CC smoothly. Most of them can’t deal with recorded RAW videos in Premiere Pro CC, and they don’t know the effective way to solve this issue. The issue happens with RED digital cinema komodo 6k digital cinema camera, Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K camera, Z CAM E2-F6 cinema camera, etc.

Why can’t we edit RAW video in Premiere Pro CC natively? As we know, not all the video formats and codecs are well supported by Premiere Pro CC, especially for the new RAW videos from Red, Blackmagic and Z Cam, the RAW videos uses new codecs and video formats, so the editing programs can’t deal with them natively. From Premiere Pro CC official product page you will know that the native supported format of Premiere Pro CC, the other formats will not be natively supported by Premiere Pro CC, in this case, the best way to import RAW to Premiere Pro CC for editing is to convert RAW to Premiere Pro CC supported format, and then you can edit RAW videos in Premiere Pro CC smoothly.

RAW to Premiere Pro CC Converter on Windows and Mac

It is not so easy to find an excellent RAW to Premiere Pro CC Converter, on the market most converters can’t support RAW codecs and formats, but please don’t worry about this, now we want to introduce a powerful RAW video converter program that can convert RAW videos to any formats you need, the software is Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, this is very excellent software which has full support for RAW files, it supports RAW videos from RED, Blackmagic, Z CAM, Canon and more, such as RED digital cinema komodo 6k digital cinema camera, Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K camera, Z CAM E2-F6 cinema camera, Canon XF705, etc. 1080p RAW videos, 4K RAW videos, 6K RAW videos, 8K RAW videos or 12K RAW videos are all supported.

You can import recorded RAW videos into this top RAW video converter, and then convert to rich formats, or import 4K UHD videos and then convert to H.265, H.264, MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI and other formats you want. There are many optimized formats in this RAW to Premiere Pro CC converter, for example you can choose native format for Premiere Pro CC, Apple ProRes codec for FCP X, DNxHD codec for Avid Media Composer, Apple InterMediate codec for iMovie, etc. this software will help you to convert RAW files to many popular editing programs and playable devices. Now you can download this RAW to Premiere Pro CC converter below.

Free download RAW to Premiere Pro CC Converter

Convert RAW to Premiere Pro CC supported format

Install RAW Converter

Install Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac or Windows version on your computer, run it as the best RAW to Premiere Pro CC Converter, with this program you can convert RAW to Premiere Pro CC or any formats you need, both Windows version and Mac version can do the RAW to Premiere Pro CC conversion work for you.

Add RAW files

To import RAW files or other HD videos, please click "Add Files" button on the top left corner, and then you can load the RAW videos that need to convert, batch loading and converting is supported by this RAW to Premiere Pro CC converter.

Tip: you can load RAW videos recorded by RED digital cinema komodo 6k digital cinema camera, Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K camera, Z CAM E2-F6 cinema camera, etc. many cameras and camcorders recorded RAW videos are well supported, such as Canon RAW videos, Sony RAW videos, Blackmagic RAW videos, Panasonic RAW videos, etc.

Set Premiere Pro CC format

To edit RAW video in Premiere Pro CC smoothly, please choose output format that supported by Premiere Pro CC. Click format column and choose "Editing Software -> Adobe Premiere Pro CC", this format is native editing format for Premiere Pro CC and you won’t have any importing or editing issue with this format. You can choose Premiere Pro MOV format if you use Mac, or choose Premiere Pro WMV format if you use Windows computer.

If you want to get 4K videos for editing in Premiere Pro CC, you can choose 4K MP4 as output format.

Settings

This RAW to Premiere Pro CC converter has easy-to-use customization feature, before you convert and edit RAW video in Premiere Pro CC, you can click settings button and change the resolution, bitrate, frame rate, codec or other parameters.

Convert RAW for Premiere Pro CC

The last step is to click convert button on the main interface, RAW to Premiere Pro CC supported format conversion will begin immediately.

This RAW to Premiere Pro CC Converter will help you to transcode the RAW videos at fast speed, video and audio synchronization is perfectly guaranteed, when the RAW to Premiere Pro CC conversion is done you can click open folder button to get the converted files, and then you can import converted videos to Premiere Pro CC and edit smoothly, there will be no importing and editing issues anymore, and you can handle recorded high-definition videos with native supported format on your computer. As you can see, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate can work as the best RAW video converter on Mac or Windows computer, if you have got some RAW videos, just download this powerful program and use it, it will help you to solve video compatibility issues easily.

Tip: Examples of Acrok Video Converter Ultimate supported RAW Cameras

Example 1: RED DIGITAL CINEMA KOMODO 6K Digital Cinema Camera
You can use Acrok Video Converter Ultimate to convert RED RAW videos to Premiere Pro CC. For example, RED DIGITAL CINEMA KOMODO 6K Digital Cinema Camera is a popular high-end camera, uses can capture 6K RAW videos with it, if you want to edit RED RAW video in Premiere Pro CC, you can use Acrok Video Converter Ultimate to convert RAW videos of RED 6K Digital Cinema Camera, and then you will get supported videos of Premiere Pro CC.

Example 2: Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K camera
Many Blackmaic Design cameras can record videos in RAW format, take Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K camera for example, it can capture 4K RAW, 8K RAW or 12K RAW videos, with the help of Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, you can easily transcode Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K camera RAW videos to Premiere Pro CC native supported format, and then you can edit Blackmagic RAW videos in Premiere Pro CC with best format.

Example 3: Z CAM E2-F6 cinema camera
Z CAM has many cinema cameras that can record videos in RAW, Z CAM E2-F6 is one of the most popular Z CAM cameras. To edit Z CAM E2-F6 RAW in Premiere Pro CC, you can use Acrok Video Converter Ultimate to convert RAW videos from Z CAM E2-F6 to Premiere Pro CC supported video format, there are optimized formats in this RAW video converter, besides Premiere Pro CC, you can convert Z CAM E2-F6 RAW video to FCP X, Avid Media Composer, iMovie, Vegas Pro, etc. this RAW video converter is very powerful that can handle nearly all the RAW videos.