BRAW FILE PROBLEM

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August 15, 2021
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I'm trying to import some braw video files on to my after effects but they seem to be greyed out.

Does anyone have experience in overcoming this hurdle?

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Nicolas from Autokroma

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Hello,

In order to import BRAW files in AfterEffects (or PremierePro), you need to install a third party plugin. There are 2 available plugins which allow you this : the BlackmagicDesign (BMD) plugin and the BRAW Studio plugin.

The BMD plugin is free. In AfterEffects you will only be able to import your files though, and not change the Source Settings. It is for basic use so. You can download it from here (You need to install the "Blackmagic RAW" : https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/

The BRAW Studio plugin is not free, but it has the "Layer Settings" effect in After Effects. If you apply it to a BRAW Studio element in your composition, you will be able to change all its "Source Settings" so exposure, white balance, color science V4/V5, LUT, Gamut and Gamma, etc ...

You will also have some of the metadata BRAW file like Scene/Shot/Take in the "comment" section.

Applying the Layer Settings brings better performances in After Effects than just having it in the importer ! And it can uses 100% of the GPU !

You can get more information and test BRAW Studio here : https://www.autokroma.com/BRAW_Studio

Best,

Nicolas from Autokroma

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These links are just attempts to get you into their website. They are not interested in guiding you to the plugin you seek, they just want you to read all their articles and sell their software. There is no search field and no downloads page for plugins.
I spent half an hour trying to find a simple download button. Which i didnt find. I found two rather dubious alternatives: 1. a download for a file that might be correct, but it was hard to know untill I got a subscription. And 2. a download for a bundle of some sort that require me to install a .exe file. which Im pretty confident will require a subscription of sorts and a lot more advertisement. Stay clear is my advise!

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pat pro

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Hi @pat pro , the red cross is only present in After Effects if you are using the BRAW Studio Layer Settings effect. BRAW files are still imported without red cross for free !

You can also

grade your footage with the Layer Settings (with the red cross)
click on "Update Sidecar"
Disable Layer Settings effect
Clean AE Cache and restart AE => The importer will have the good look you gave it in the Layer Settings without the red cross on it.

All the feature you can find in the Free Blackmagic Plugin are also free in BRAW Studio, and more ! (Less bug, more little features).
Best,

Nicolas from Autokroma

1) Why should I use to import BRAW Studio if I don't use the Layer Setting Effect?

2) If I can really use the Effect with this complicated restart/cache rest process why you make that the red cross?

I would love to see a native way to use BRAW in After Effects like in Premiere (with Color Science Settings, ISO und K Controls) - don't get why it doesn't work in AE like there.