The Blackmagic RAW is a modern, high-performance, professional RAW codec that is open, cross-platform, and free. It is compatible with Blackmagic cameras and DaVinci Resolve, a video editing application owned by Blackmagic Design. To convert BRAW to MP4 or other formats or edit the BRAW video, use DaVinci Resolve. Blackmagic RAW is supported via the free SDK on Mac OS, Windows, and Linux systems.
To convert BRAW into ProRes files for Final Cut Pro X, follow the provided options (Filename, Location, Format, Codec, Encoder, Resolution, Frame rate, Quality) to render BRAW as MP4. Adobe Premiere Pro can be imported using the Blackmagic RAW installer. Maarten shows how to import and manage the files he recorded with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K, including applying LUTs, managing exposure, color correction, and stabilization.
There are two programs you can use to read raw files: Premiere with a free plug-in and DaVinci Resolve. For batch converting BRAW to ProRes while keeping identical filenames, consider using DaVinci Resolve. Open the Render Queue section in the upper right corner and click Render All to convert your BRAW video into MP4. With Blackmagic RAW installed, you can now import Blackmagic RAW files into Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Adobe Media Encoder.
Using the SDK gives access to GPU accelerated and CPU optimized algorithms for decoding Blackmagic RAW files. URSA Broadcast can be turned into a BRAW to Video Converter, allowing you to convert BRAW footage to almost all video compression options.
📹 How To Import Blackmagic RAW Files Into Adobe Premiere Pro
Here’s a quick little tutorial on how to import your Blackmagic RAW files into Adobe Premiere Pro. I couldn’t find a quick helpful …
📹 How to Convert Blackmagic RAW into ProRes for FCPX
Learn how to convert Blackmagic Raw into ProRes files for Final Cut Pro X. BRAW can only be edited in DaVinci Resolve and …
Unfortunately, for some reason, I’m still having trouble importing my .braw files into Premiere Pro 😭 I followed everything said and downloaded the latest version of Blackmagic RAW, and yet whenever I try to import in Premiere, it still says I need a third party plug-in. Am I missing something, or doing something wrong? I’ve also tried updating my computer, as well as just restarting it in general.
Hey Chadwin, great article! However I think there’s one key error made at 4:50. The warning prompt is telling you that the “Image processing is done at the timeline resolution”, which I believe is set to 1080 in your project. Meaning unless your change the timeline settings to 6K, you’re essentially upscaling the 1080 timeline to your desired 6k resolution.
@ChadwinSmith Hey soooo, I’m having an interesting issue when it comes to selecting a custom resolution for exporting (delivering). The presets only go up to Ultra HD 3840×2160. Not only that, but when I select the option to select my own resolution, being that I shot on the BMPCC6K and 4K camera, it still doesn’t allow me to enter anything about 3840. When I try to enter a number that starts with a 4 or 6 followed by 3 digits, it only allows me to enter 3 digits and not 4??? SO WEIRD! So if I went the route of exporting the files as Ultra HD, wouldn’t that mean I’d be downscaling the 6K and 4K footage to Ultra HD? Have any clue what could be the issue? I’m running DaVinci Resolve 16 btw.
I’m using DVR 16 and the footage simply will not appear anywhere in my media pool when importing. There are no error messages. When I navigate to the folders containing the braw files manually, the folders appear empty as if DVR simply doesn’t see them. The files have been tested elsewhere and are fine. Any ideas?
Thank you for posting. I have given up on editing in DR of BMPCC4K BRAW on my 2014 MBP15″. Will have to get another HDD for ProRes conversion, but that is cheap while we wait for the M1x or M2 iMac’s later in 2021. I love grading BRAW in DR, but horrible drop frames with my old MBP with Nvidia Gpu that hasn’t had updates in OS in years and likely never will.
Hi, changed “Decode Using” to “Clip”. But if I change any of the settings – ISO, saturation, whatever – it has exactly no effect. Also I noticed you dragged and dropped the clips instead of trying to import an XML. Is that because you are finding it doesn’t work? That is what is happening to me – although I’ve exported ProRes, on trying to import the XML it crashes, saying “Encounted an unexpected value”. It seems to be trying to link to the BRAW file, instead of the exported ProRes. Any ideas?
Great article, scenario: rendering a bunch of braw clips to prores, maintaining the source name. Then editing the line in final cut. Upon brining the clips back to davinci to edit, now that the clips are in prores form how do I edit the raws instead but with the new line edit, assuming there is more information in the raws?
Thank you for the great article! I followed your process but I have the following problem: After I export the footage from the Resolve it looks good and same with the QuickTime and Preview. But when I import it to the FCPX it looks little different (worse contrast, colours etc.). What could be a reason for that?
Thank you for the article, very helpful! – hint for beginners with new BMCC-6k: You get DaVinci Resolve Studio 16 on a SD-Card. I installed it on MBP with OS Catalina, but the program would freeze while starting up. So I downloaded DaVinci Update to 16.1 from BlackMagic-Homepage. This killed the “Studio”-Quality of DaVinci Resolve, so I was limited to maximum 4k-format. Problem solved: Uninstall DaVinci Resolve, download DaVinci Resolve Studio 16 from the bottom (right side) of this page: blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ – this is version 16.1 and it works with formats up to 8k.