Now in Beta: Support for Nikon N-RAW

[Fergus H]

We’re excited to announce that support for Nikon’s N-RAW format is now in beta for Premiere Pro, as well as After Effects, Media Encoder, and Audition. Support for N-RAW was added via the RED SDK, which means that customers will modify N-RAW settings via Effect Controls > RED Source Settings. 

Support for N-RAW, including hardware acceleration, is available on Apple silicon computers and Windows computers with CUDA and OpenCL support. N-RAW will not be supported on Macintosh Intel computers. 

We’ve love to get your feedback on this update!

[LeonardoPraga]

perfect

[AlleymanStudio]

YAY!!! Thanks so much!

[AlleymanStudio]

Anyone got any workflow suggestions? Red Source Settings are a bit different.

[Tom Nord]

@AlleymanStudio Red Source Settings should behave very much like Red Source Settings. Is there a particular difference you can point me to? I'd like to make sure that any differences you might be encountering aren't actually bugs on our side that we need to investigate. 

[AlleymanStudio]

I’ve never used any Red editing. Just Nikon.
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[Fergus H]

@AlleymanStudio We're working with Nikon on an updated tutorial for handling N-RAW files in Premiere Pro. Almost any information you can find on forums & YouTube related to handling RED R3D files in Premiere Pro is already applicable to N-RAW files. 

You should get good results with this very simple workflow: 

1. Import N-RAW files into Premiere Pro and make no changes in RED Source Settings. 
2. Got to Lumetri Color > Settings. 
3. In Preferences, check Display Color Management and, if you're on a Mac, Extended Dynamic Range Monitoring. 
4. In Project, check Color Manage Auto Detected Log and Raw Media and Enable Color Space Aware Effects. 

By doing this, Premiere Pro will do a color space transform of the color space of your media into the color space of your project. In short, your media should look good, without having to apply a LUT. For even better results - particularly if you're modifying the imagine in Lumetri Color > Edit and you've got areas of bright highlights - under Lumetri Color > Settings > Sequence, choose Wide Gamut (Tone Mapped).

There's lots more information about Premiere Pro's new color magement system here: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere/desktop/correct-color/set-up-color-management/about-color-managemen...

Regards,

Fergus

[AlleymanStudio]

Got it. Thanks!