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Hello ML Forum, just wanted to share a project I did utilizing ML raw. Please let me know what you think with regardes to color treatment and overall look. Cheers! 

https://vimeo.com/193506729

Just edited some of my raw footage shot with the 550D and ML:

https://vimeo.com/89770585

I did have some "pink bar" frames, but overall it functioned well. Due to wanting higher resolution, I will be moving onto the 5DIII for future raw needs.

@randomjake

Check out the raw2cdng forum here:
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=5618

I recently went through the same problem you did. I ended up shooting at a lower rez and upscaling to 1280x528 in post. You can see some examples of it here:
https://vimeo.com/89770585

[raw2cdng1.4.9.7 is online]

raw2cdng1.4.9.7 is online pink highlights fix
* this is a testversion, if pinkhighlight-fix works everywhere
* logarithmic approaches freezed
* partymode is now on by default, no click. gamma changes not needed as well.
* raw-bug fixed (fps.denominator was the bad boy)
* downside: it has lost much of its speed. (but: theres space to optimize a lot)

short tests with premiere, acr/photoshop and resolve looked ok. (5dIII)

http://www.phreekz.de/wordpress/2013/06/magiclantern-raw2cdng-cinema-dng/

regards chmee

Hey Chmee,

Went through another short project using your raw2cdng, no problems here! I had some pink banding on afew frames - but I believe this happened during recording the MLV's. I dropped the affected frames.
Here is the video: https://vimeo.com/89770585

Will be migrating to the 5DIII from here on out.
Thanks!

[raw2cdng v1.4.9.5]

raw2cdng v1.4.9.5 is online
* native mlv+audio

http://www.phreekz.de/wordpress/2013/06/magiclantern-raw2cdng-cinema-dng/

PLEASE! i wont believe, that all is working fine. so, test and tell all bugs, glitches, problems. my wish is to get a stable 1.5 version..

@chmee

I think there is a loss in quality when going the CDNG route, but it may also be my inexperience with utilizing speed grade and not really being able to pull all the detail back out. Here are the results I was able to get using the previous version 1.4.9.3 by going the MLV>RAW>CDNG then importing into Premier for my regular workflow:
https://vimeo.com/88723935
Shot on the t2i with the most recent nightly build [v2.3 March] at 1152x482 with a 2.39 aspect ratio, also at 1080p / 24 frames sec selected in the canon menus. Stretched just abit (14%) to fit. Not amazing quality, but eh for the t2i its pretty good! and its leagues better than the h264.
Will continue some testing [this time on my 5DIII] and post results. Excited to see the new version, will definitely give it a shot with my next test!

@AD DP
The difference is the DNG-Wrapper. Premiere uses another code than AFX. Because i dont have Win8.1 i cant check, whats wrong there. Please wait some more days for native MLV-Support, then give it another try.

@chmee

That's Great! I did have success converting to RAW and then using the program to make CDNG's, just not with the MLV's. Cant wait for the updates! Thank you for all your hard work.

@CrW What Version you're using? Please try 1.4.9.3 and tell if its still apparent..
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=5618.msg102531#msg102531

Using 64bit win 8.1 here, no response when attempting to drag and drop a MLV file on version 1.4.9.3 of the converter, am I missing something? 

Edit:
I can convert from MLV to RAW first then use raw2cdng and it works - sometimes (all crash logs saved) - but there seems to be a huge loss in quality when importing to premiere for editing, compared to the other option of converting MLV's to DNG's with Mystic then importing to After Effects, Any ideas? ;/