How to edit Nikon Z9 video in DaVinci Resolve smoothly
Nikon Z9 is one of the latest cameras from Nikon, it has many new features, so it is loved by many users, more and more professional users and amateur users choose to use Nikon Z9 to record videos. Nikon Z9 has powerful recording features, such as up to 8K Recording, internal N-RAW and ProRes RAW Video, ProRes and H.265 10-Bit Internal Recording, etc.
The Nikon Z9 videos can offer original video and audio data for users, it is great, but the Nikon Z9 videos usually have the compatibility issue, most editing programs and playable devices can’t support Nikon Z9 videos well. How to import Nikon Z9 video files to DaVinci Resolve and edit Nikon Z9 video in DaVinci Resolve with native supported codec? From this article you will get the best Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve converter, which can transcode Nikon Z9 videos to native supported format of DaVinci Resolve, and then you can edit Nikon Z9 video in DaVinci Resolve 19, 18, 17, 16 natively.
Have you purchased or got a high-end camera like Nikon Z9 to capture 4K videos or 8K videos? In the past years many new cameras can capture high-definition videos in special formats, though these videos can maintain the original data of 4K or 8K videos, it is not so easy to use these videos, because most editing programs, players or hardware devices can’t support these high-end cameras’ videos well. Below is a Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve question asked by a camera user.
Nikon Z9 video to DaVinci Resolve Question
“Hello, can you help me to solve Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve importing and editing issue? I bought a Nikon Z9 camera two weeks ago, and I used it recorded some 4K videos. Today I want to import 4K videos from Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve for editing, but I find the DaVinci Resolve can’t support Nikon Z9 videos well, after searching I know the Nikon Z9 videos are not well supported by DaVinci Resolve and many other editing programs, and many users suggest me to convert Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve supported video formats for playing via Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, any suggestion is appreciated, thank you!”
As more and more high-end cameras can record high-definition videos in 4k or 8k resolution, recently on camera forums and editing websites there are many users have encountered the DaVinci Resolve importing and editing problems, take Nikon Z9 for example, they can’t import files from Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve, or they can’t edit Nikon Z9 video in DaVinci Resolve smoothly. Most of them can’t deal with recorded Nikon Z9 videos in DaVinci Resolve, and they don’t know the effective way to solve this issue.
Why can’t we edit Nikon Z9 video in DaVinci Resolve natively? As we know, not all the video formats and codecs are well supported by DaVinci Resolve, especially for the new Nikon Z9 videos, Nikon Z9 can record videos in RAW 12-bit, H.264 8-bit, H.265 10-bit, H.265 8-bit, ProRes 422 HQ, the videos use high-end video and audio data, so the editing programs can’t deal with them natively. From DaVinci Resolve official product page you will know that the native supported format of DaVinci Resolve, the other formats will not be natively supported by DaVinci Resolve, in this case, the best way to import Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve for editing is to convert Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve supported format, and then you can edit Nikon Z9 RAW, H.264, H.265 or ProRes videos in DaVinci Resolve with native supported format.
Nikon Z9 Video Converter for Mac and Windows
From the information above we know the best workflow to edit Nikon Z9 video in DaVinci Resolve 19, 18, 17, 16 is to convert Nikon Z9 files to DaVinci Resolve supported format, once you convert videos to native supported format of DaVinci Resolve you won’t have importing and editing problems. Here we want to introduce the best Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve converter for you, with which you can easily convert Nikon Z9 RAW, H.264, H.265 or ProRes videos to DaVinci Resolve and other editing programs or devices. This Nikon Z9 converter is called Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, both Windows version and Mac version can work as the best converter for your Nikon Z9 camera, you can check its main features below.
Features of Nikon Z9 Video Converter
1. Convert Nikon Z9 4K or 8K RAW, H.264, H.265 or ProRes videos;
2. Convert Nikon Z9 to MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, etc.
3. Convert videos from Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve;
4. Optimized formats for DaVinci Resolve, FCP X, iMovie, Avid, etc.
5. Native output codecs like Apple ProRes 422/4444, DNxHD, etc.
6. NVIDIA and AMD video card acceleration technology supported.
Convert Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve native format
Step 1. Free download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac or Windows version, install this software on your computer. This Nikon Z9 converter software has Windows version and Mac version, both versions can work as the best 4k/8k video converter for you, you can use it to convert videos on Windows PC or Mac.
Step 2. Launch this Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve converter, you will see its main interface, you can drag and drop the Nikon Z9 footages to the software, or you can click “Add Files” button to import the Nikon Z9 recordings, 1080p videos, 4k videos as well as 8k videos are all supported.
Step 3. After you imported the Nikon Z9 videos, please click format bar to choose output format. You can choose the best codec for DaVinci Resolve, just click and choose “HD Video -> HD MP4 Video (*.mov)” to output. In the format column you will also see many other formats that you can choose, if you need to convert Nikon Z9 videos to other formats, just choose the output format according to your need.
Step 4. This Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve converter has customization feature, and it is easy to use. You can customize the output parameters in “Settings”, it is available to adjust the video resolution, video bitrate, frame rate, etc. if you don’t need to adjust the output parameters you can skip this step.
Step 5. This is the last step in this Nikon Z9 4K video converter, just click convert button on the main interface, the Nikon Z9 to DaVinci Resolve conversion will begin.
Acrok Video Converter Ultimate will convert Nikon Z9 videos at top speed with high quality, when the Nikon Z9 files are converted to the supported format of DaVinci Resolve, you can import them to DaVinci Resolve and edit without problems, you will not meet with importing or editing issues anymore, the powerful converter will solve the 4k/8k video compatibility issues for you.
Tip: If you have other editing programs on your computer, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate can also do the work for you, it has many native codecs and formats for editing programs, it can convert from Nikon Z9 to FCP X Apple ProRes 422 or ProRes 4444 codec, or convert 4K videos from Nikon Z9 to Avid Media Composer DNxHD codec, or convert videos from Nikon Z9 to Premiere Pro supported format, or convert files from Nikon Z9 to iMovie native supported codec, etc. just get this wonderful Nikon Z9 video converter and try it as you want.
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