Fix Panasonic GH5 4K to Premiere Pro CC Importing Issues

Read this article you can find the solution to importing and editing Panasonic GH5 4K videos in Premiere Pro CC. 

I have both the Panasonic GH4 and new the GH5. Some thoughts: The feel in my hand feels better with the video record button moved to an easier position on the top. And the quality of the video out of this camera is unbelievable! If you plan on shooting at 10bit 4:2:2 in 4K this camera gives you billions of colors that must be seen to really be appreciated! What caused my issue is that I found Premiere Pro CC can't import GH5 4K files correctly. I'm looking for the solution to it.

I have scoured the internet, tried everything I could find about the Panasonic GH5 4K video to Adobe Premiere workflow. The final result I found from all relevant forums is that we'd better transcode Panasonic GH45 4K to a more "edit" friendly codec and 1080p would be the best settings.

The basic reason is that the GH5 can capture 4K videos in MP4, MOV format. But the problem is, H.264 MP4/MOV file format from Panasonic GH5 is beyond the compatibility of Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Something else, Premiere Pro CC can (usually) handle 4K files without much problem, but it is extremely hardware intensive. In most cases, editing 4K in Premiere Pro CC is very taxing on your computer.

In this case, Brorsoft 4K Video Converter comes out to give us a hand. Overall, this video conversion program can effortlessly encode/re-encode 4K H.264(MP4/MOV), XAVC, XAVC S, H.265 etc footage for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Windows Movie Maker, Davinci Resolve and more. If you work 4K files in Adobe Premiere Pro on Mac(macOS Sierra, El Capitan), please turn to 4K Video Converter for Mac to solve the issues.

Tranascoding Panasonic GH5 4K MP4/MOV to Premiere Pro CC 

STEP 1. Load GH5 4K footage

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. In the right window, you can preview your videos.



STEP 2. Choose output format

Click "Format" bar and choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output format for editing Panasonic GH5 4K in Adobe Premiere Pro with natively supported video codec.



Tip: Before conversion, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels. 1080p would be the best settings. Of course, if you wanna get Panasonic 4K workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro, you can keep the original video resolution.



STEP 3. Start 4K conversion

Hit the convert button of the best 4K Video Converter. It will start converting GH5 4K for importing to Adobe Premiere Pro CC immediately.

Soon after the conversion, just click "Open" button to get the generated files for natively editing Panasonic GH5 4K MP4/MOV in Premiere Pro CC as well as CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3 perfectly.