The short answer
No. Your data. Shrink it from its app; don’t delete the folder.
What is it?
Original footage over 1 GB from cinema and professional cameras: Blackmagic RAW (.braw), RED (.r3d), ARRIRAW (.ari), Canon Cinema RAW Light (.crm) and MXF files from many pro camcorders. These are camera originals and a single clip can take tens of GB.
Original footage from cinema cameras. Your media: offload to an external drive, never deleted.
What happens if you delete it?
Nothing regenerates: proxies and exports made from them cannot replace the originals for grading or re-editing.
How to remove it properly
Do not delete them just to save space. Copy them to an external drive or archive storage, check the copies (open a few clips or compare checksums), ideally keep two copies, and relink your editing project to the new location before removing the local files.
Better moved to an external drive than deleted.
Before you delete it
Editing projects show media offline if the originals disappear; relink before removing anything.
How MoreRoom helps
MoreRoom recognises this as your data and never suggests deleting it. It shows how much space it takes, so you can shrink it from its own app.
Frequently asked questions
Can I delete camera RAW video files (BRAW, R3D, MXF)?
No. Your data. Shrink it from its app; don’t delete the folder. Nothing regenerates: proxies and exports made from them cannot replace the originals for grading or re-editing.
Will Camera RAW video files come back after I delete it?
No. Nothing regenerates: proxies and exports made from them cannot replace the originals for grading or re-editing.
How do I remove Camera RAW video files properly?
Do not delete them just to save space. Copy them to an external drive or archive storage, check the copies (open a few clips or compare checksums), ideally keep two copies, and relink your editing project to the new location before removing the local files.