Nikon announced the Z5 II mirrorless camera last night, but in addition to that announcement was another exciting update for Nikon videographers. The company revealed that Adobe will finally offer support for Nikon's N-Raw video format in Premiere Pro.
N-Raw is Nikon's proprietary 12-bit Raw video format. It supports Rec2020 color gamut and allows users to adjust white balance in post-production, much like what's possible with Raw photo files. As a result, it provides more flexibility during the editing process. Despite that extra data for editing purposes, it also produces smaller file sizes compared to Apple ProRes Raw. It's ideal for those who need editing flexibility while saving space on memory cards and hard drives.
DPReview's 2025 wishlist included increased N-Raw codec support from software makers since such a limited choice of editing programs reduces the value of that in-camera Raw capture. The only other options for editing N-Raw files are DaVinci Resolve and RedCine-X Pro, so it is great to see Adobe getting on board.
While support for N-Raw in Premiere Pro is certainly welcome news, users will have to wait until "the end of 2025. " Nikon didn't provide more specifics than that, simply saying it will come with an updated version of Premiere Pro coming later this year.
Press release:
NIKON’S N-RAW VIDEO FORMAT WILL BE SUPPORTED IN ADOBE’S VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE PREMIERE PRO®
MELVILLE, NY —
Nikon Inc. is pleased to announce that Adobe will add support for Nikon’s N-RAW video format to its video editing software, Premiere Pro®, with a new version scheduled for release by the end of 2025.
N-RAW is Nikon’s proprietary high-quality RAW video format that provides users with a large amount of imaging data in order to enable more freedom and flexibility, including a wider Rec2020 color gamut in 12-bit N-RAW with its billions of colors captured and software-modifiable white balance, in post-production. Adobe Premiere Pro® is a popular video editing software widely used by professional creators and filmmakers, and support for the N-RAW format opens up extensive new possibilities for video and film production using Nikon cameras. Premiere Pro® support for the N-RAW format has been realized via the addition of Nikon N-RAW support to RED’s R3D SDK.
Nikon will continuously meet the needs of those involved in video and film production, contributing to the development of imaging culture, with the hope of expanding possibilities for imaging expression.
2025-4-4 18:00
