P: Improved performance for Canon raw video formats

[Chris Spiegl]

[Moderator: I tweak the title to make it easier for people to find this thread.]

Dear Adobe Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take the opportunity to share some feedback on my experience using the Canon EOS R5C with Premiere Pro. While I have been utilizing raw files more frequently, I have noticed that the software is struggling with processing these files during playback. Even without any effects or color adjustments applied, Premiere Pro seems to lag significantly, but particularly with small effects like lumetry color.

Upon playback, my CPU usage spikes to 100% on all cores, while the GPU remains relatively calm at around 50%. This makes it nearly impossible to smoothly playback footage at full resolution. When I reduce the playback resolution to 1/16, it does play through, but this compromises the quality and is not an ideal workflow.

Using proxy files is an option, but it becomes limiting when I need to make more intricate adjustments such as color grading or noise reduction.

With these concerns in mind, I would like to inquire if it is possible for Adobe to improve the processing of Canon RAW Light files in Premiere Pro, so as to alleviate the heavy strain on system resources.

To provide some context, I am working on a powerful M1 Max 64GB machine which handles 4k HEVC flawlessly. However, the Canon RAW files seem to overwhelm the system.

I genuinely appreciate any insights or guidance that you could offer on this matter. It is my hope that Adobe can continue to enhance the render engine to address these challenges.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards,

Chris

[Fergus H]

Hi all, 

Hardware acceleration for Canon Cinema RAW Light is now in beta. More info is available here: 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-discussions/new-in-beta-hardware-acceleration-for-c...

With support now in beta, I'm going to lock this thread. We'd love your feedback on Cinema RAW Light support; please add your comments to the thread above. 

Regards,

Fergus

[Fergus H]

Hi all, 

I've updated the status of this request: hardware acceleration for Canon Cinema RAW Light was already released earlier in 2025. 

Regards,

Fergus