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Import and Edit 4K video with Adobe Premiere Pro

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As 4K-resolution cameras falling into consumers' hands, the need for editing 4K video has moved into the mainstream. Adobe has done a lot of work with Premiere Pro: Premiere Pro CS6 and CC have gained features- native support for footage from 4K-resolution camera systems: the Red Epic, the Red Scarlet-X, the ARRI Alexa, etc. So, what does 4K video to Adobe Premiere Pro workflow look like? Learn the Full 4K raw editing with Premiere Pro.

4K footage looks amazing but usually it can make video editing a real nightmare. You may get a latest 4K camera like the Blackmagic 4K, Lumix GH4, Lumix GH5, DJI Phantom 4, Sony FDR AX100... meanwhile your computer freezes when editing 4K video in Premiere Pro.

Granted, Premiere Pro CS6, CC can handle (usually) 4K files without much problem, but it is extremely hardware intensive. Thankfully you probably don't have to buy a new computer... but you do need to convert 4K video to Premiere Pro using MPEG-2 (1080p) as primary delivery format. The following paragraphs show us how to edit 4K footage with Premiere Pro without bogging down your computer. The process is surprisingly easy and can be done with the help of Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac.

With it, you can effortlessly encode/re-encode 4K H.264(MP4, MOV), XAVC, XAVC S, etc footage for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, FCE and more. If you work 4K files in Adobe Premiere Pro on Windows PC, please get Brorsoft Video Converter to solve the issues.

Download the 4K Video Converter for Mac

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How to import 4K video into Adobe Premiere Pro

1. Add raw files > Run the program you just set up. Drag and drop the 4K video files to the converter. You can also hit Add files button to import videos to the app. If you wanna combine several videos into one file, you can click the "Merge into one" box.

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2. Choose output format > Click "Format" bar and choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output format for editing raw 4K in Adobe with natively supported video codec.

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3. Advanced V/A settings > Click "Settings" button if you'd like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels. Note: If you want to get original 4K resolution, just keep the video size as original.

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4. Start converting 4K footage > Hit the convert button of the best 4K Video Converter. It will start converting 4K for importing to Adobe Premiere Pro immediately. Soon after the conversion, just click "Open" button to get the generated files for natively editing in Premiere Pro CC/CS6 as well as CS5/CS4/CS3 perfectly.

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