It usually only needs a DNG codec pack to be installed, e.g. Adobe DNG or Microsoft RAW. That said, Vegas Pro won't read the metadata needed to correctly display such kind of RAW footage.

Grazie, what Canon RAW are you importing in Vegas? from what camera?

most RAW fotage are in 12bit , 14bit and 16bit like Sony F55, F5 and F65, and FS7, FS5 or FS700 output 12bit RAW, but Vegas only work with 10bit footage

The RAWs have a CR2 suffix and come from a SX50hs Bridge. What else do you need to know?

most RAW fotage are in 12bit , 14bit and 16bit like Sony F55, F5 and F65, and FS7, FS5 or FS700 output 12bit RAW, but Vegas only work with 10bit footage

Woah! You got some nice kit there. Colour me green.

Grazie, if you take a RAW image and export it with Adobe Bridge the final result will be 10bit or 8bit image, that is why you can use it in Vegas Pro; but I need native read of RAW footage like Davinci Resolve, and I hoppe Vegas Pro updated in that way

Grazie, if you take a RAW image and export it with Adobe Bridge the final result will be 10bit or 8bit image, that is why you can use it in Vegas Pro;

I don't use Adobe Bridge? I've never heard of it.

The RAWs have a CR2 suffix and come from a SX50hs Bridge. What else do you need to know?

Sorry, but as you mention "SX50hs Bridge" I assume that was Adobe Bridge.... So you can import directly CR2 picture files into Vegas Pro?? are you ussing RAW uncompressed or RAW compressed from the camera???

Grazie, finally get it, I downloaded a few cr2 from rawsamples and all files are "24bit 8bit per channel", so the camera produce an 8bit image per channel and that is why Vegas Pro can handdle it; the other RAW files from big cameras like my Phantom Flex 4K produce a 12bit per channel video raw, and the sony F55 can do 16bit per channel in raw

Vegas Pro isn't limited to 10 bit. Import EXR into a float point project and it can handle 16 and 32 bit or even float point again. Some flavors of RED R3D are handled as 12/14 bit.

The limitation in Vegas Pro isn't the bit depth — it's the file format.

Vegas Pro isn't limited to 10 bit. Import EXR into a float point project and it can handle 16 and 32 bit or even float point again. Some flavors of RED R3D are handled as 12/14 bit.

The limitation in Vegas Pro isn't the bit depth — it's the file format.

but in the case of MXF Sony files only works with footage in 10bit, any 12 or 16bit MXF are not sopported

Good. And as we've drifted towards movies, my Canon (great glass 🙂) XF300 produces 8-bit video (422) and at that time was a BBC standard for narrative work.

If that MXF is X-AVC then there is no 12 bit (or higher) supported by the X-AVC standard itself. If it is MXF RAW then Vegas Pro would not import without transcoding, right.

The usual HQ workflow for a camera like F5/F55 is to use the RAW viewer (or Catalyst Browse/Prepare) to transcode the RAW to 16 bit EXR and use the 16 bit EXR in Vegas Pro. And - yes - it would be great if Vegas Pro would support these kinds of RAW files natively including the read of metadata.