It is 2025, do we have better news to process Nikon NRAW files directly in FCP or are we still dragging our feet on this?
Yes, yes, DaVinci can do it but it breaks the workflow. No one likes this and why would Apple want their customers to add another atrociously pedantic step using a competitor's software into the workflow? What happened to the slick UI and usability which Apple is famous for ?
Nikon / RED have recently released an update to their SDK which enables N-Raw decoding in other apps. So other developers can now more easily incorporate N-Raw decoding (sorry about the terminology, it’s not my area of expertise). News is that Adobe are going to incorporate N-Raw decoding into Premiere this year. So now would be the time to add one’s voice to this for FCP. I’ll do that myself as well although I actually prefer to grade in Resolve for its superior grading tools and edit in FCP. That said, it would be good to have the option to do it all in FCP.
The latest beta version of the free REDCINE app (link below) can now decode N-Raw and export as ProRes for import into FCP so that is a good alternative to Resolve right now and it gives good results. It’s a bit slower than Resolve but has a couple of advantages: it exposes a lot more metadata and you can export in 8K (not possible for the free version of Resolve).
Wait, if you asked QuickTime to recode it to h.264/AAC, aren't you asking the coder to map an NRaw (superwide raw encoding) into a much smaller h.264/AAC ?
You have lost all the juice of the NRAW and downgraded it.
I'm not entirely sure if I see your point.
I have no need for the footage other than to illustrate a point... and no. Can you tell the difference between the actual NRAW file and its transcoded version? Also, consider the fact that I couldn't see it at all without transcoding it.
My point is, generally: No LUTs needed. Color board can be avoided. Less work. Less time spent adjusting video for use.
I got the link in my email.
Yeah - the .nev file doesn't work on my system, but it should have looked no different than the files I was able to open.
From what I can tell from this page:
https://onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/z9/en/06_video_recording_01.html
There is no difference between the .NEV file and a ProRes RAW HQ 12-bit export of the video. I still wouldn't know if I'd be able to open the ProRes RAW version but the Release Notes for 10.4.1 shows that ProRes RAW support was added that early.
Thanks.
Thank you, Clint.
I have Resolve v19 but the learning curve is quite steep.
Some day, I'll carve out some time to learn it.
Not possible as he is using FCP 10.4.10. The minimum specs for Color Finale Transcoder are FCP 10.7 or newer.
How do you plan to recode NRAW into a format which FCP can import?
It sounded like you have done it successfully in your original post. Can you tell us how you did it?
Nikon NRAW video files in FCP
