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Yep, I'm dealing with the same issue.

Tool, your post mentioned your workflow was RawMagic, which converts to Cinema DNG. How do you not have dead/hot/bad pixels? Did you have lv_af_raw enabled?

it is not a problem of rawmagic only...it is a problem of all software doesn't include or read badpixel opcode tag. Only ACR can read this tag and only raw2dng includes this tag in dng sequence.

http://www.image-share.com/ijpg-2217-222.html

bad/hot/stuck pixels from my 60D.. It looks like a garbage

same is mine  -.-

I noticed Resolve 9.1.5 now can open files converted by Adobe DNG Converter, but story is the same. Resolve doesn't remove badpixels. I think they noticed that Resolve needs to open 14bit files, maybe they will implement also a badpixel removing )

probably next release will be 10. And they could add these small features. Maybe.

yes it works perfectly. But doesn't remove bad pixel. 60d owners are still stuck to ACR 

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=4529&fileID=4219

In Adobe DNG SDK there is a code for bad pixel removal but it's cpp. I'm not a programmer so it's difficult for me to translate it to c.

I've just updated Resolve to 9.1.5 and it really opens DNG files straight from raw2dng. We should to add only a FrameRate tag to chdk-dng.c and some code to raw2dng.

I'm not a programmer too.  Unfortunately i don't help you. Maybe A1ex can.

A1ex, pls look at this article
http://photographylife.com/dead-vs-stuck-vs-hot-pixels

Previous implementation was able to remove only dead pixels but not stuck and hot pixels..

In my case i have only stuck pixel in dng file. In Resolve i open 2 dng sequence and enable wipe mode. The bad pixels are always in the same position.

@marekk

GOOOD NEWS for you! New version of resolve (9.1.5) finally reads dng sequence from raw2dng (14 bit). But it doesn't read bad pixel opcode tag and this is a huge problem 

Try to new Resolve 9.1.5, in changelog they wrote "Improved DNG format support". maybe this was fixed.

THANKS!! New version of resolve read dng sequence from raw2dng!

But after grading in Lightroom I do not need 14bit any more, or?

yes it's right but if you export in h264, it's better convert a uncompressed material than reconvert again a lossy format (jpeg).

1.Convert RAW with RAW2DNG
2.Quick look with FastStone Imageviewer
3. Delete bad footage
4. Remove the pink dots from 650D with forgool's tool
5. Import the dng into Lightroom and grading the footage
6. Jpeg Export Quality 95
7. Open series of Images in Lightworks
8. Cutting and export

or

5. Import the dng into Lighroom just doing the wb and slightly corrections
6. tiff export
7. Import into Davinci Resolve
8. Grading, cutting and export

But on my Hardware (Intel e8400, gtx260)  the first way is much faster.

Second workflow is more linear in my opinion.
Converting in jpeg you lose 14 bit of dynamic range becouse jpeg is only 8 bit.

A lot of people use the Adobe Camera Raw workflow. Why don't you just find some color grading tutorials ON DaVinci...it's a pro application - you can't just open it and start using it - invest some time in learning what does what etc - there is a reason why the pros use it. If not just use something simple.

i use resolve but we 60d owners have big problem in conversion from dng 14 bit. Convert and reconvert and reconvert again is very frustrating. I'm still waiting a cinema dng converter able to remove badpixel.
I love Resolve, it is professional e very user friendly and the time spent in learning is plenty rewarded.

I'm not a programmer but I can try

thanks for your great work, i appreciate it very much :-)

hey guys a short question for you:

if i convert in photoshop dng sequence to tiff 16bit uncompressed, can i work with resolve like a raw sequence (unless resolve camera raw)?
Does dynamic range of 14 bit maintained in tiff uncompressed?

New RAW video
http://vimeo.com/70133868

workflow?

Come on, 16-bit output is easy, use an array of unsigned short, copy the image data, then reverse the bytes.

Or, you can interpolate the bad pixels in raw2dng. A previous implementation did that, but it needs some extra care for blobs of bad pixels.

marekk could you add this feature to raw2dng? with 16 bit file we can try if resolve open correctly dng sequence.

I think it's faster to add one tag to cdng than create 14 to 16bit converter from scratch

agree with you still waiting

It's not a problem of 16bit but adobe dng converter.

Resolve can't open dng files created by raw2dng because of number of bits (14). We need 10,12 or 16 bits to open in Resolve.

ah this is a half good news. Now "just" find a way to create dng in 10,12 or 16 bit from raw file. No one can help you?

Second option is to convert from 14bit to 16 bit in raw2dng but I don't know how to do it.

Unfortunately nope. I test to reconvert with photoshop in 16 bit dng and Resolve open it with a very low resolution. I ask in blackmagic forum and....i've realize that resolve doesn't support dng but only cinemadng.

Just try to focus better and you'll see

yes i know  but no other solution for raw working with resolve...maybe i have one...buying a blackmagic camera 

@chmee

any news for bad pixel opcode tag in your converter?

Again, lv_af_raw is raw data with an edge detection filter applied on it. You don't want to record it.

You can remove bad pixels, but you can't remove lv_af_raw artifacts.

no no it isn't artifacts due to edge detection. It is bad pixel again until you turn off and turn on again lv_af_raw function.
When raw function works properly bad pixel are removed.

This is the only solution to work in resolve at moment, until someone include bad pixel opcode tag in cinemadng converter. (i hope resolve read this tag).

i'm interested too 

I tested it and lv_af_raw stays on and dng files are created without hot pixels.

it's strange. yes when i turn off and turn on the camera lv_af_raw state is on but if i shoot i have hot pixel. But if i turn off and on the lv_af_raw i've no hot pixel anymore. I'll try again.

where do i download this importer?
so this workflow is RAW>>ACDI>>premiere>>resolve?
there's no use of proxy files?
this seems like an easier way as i dont have to do no goofy roundtripping.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26702029/cinemadng_p4_cs5-5importer_060211.zip

I've tested it with premiere cs6 and a short example sequence from blackmagic cinema camera and works perfect.

Follow this tutorial. You can adjust white-balance, black point, white point ecc. like ACR. 

Hope this helps.

my workflow is as follow.
RAW>raw2cdng>CDNG sequence>Resolve>premiere>Resolve for final render

you can use adobe cinema dng importer (for adobe premiere cs 5.5 but it works with cs6 too) for import your cdng sequences in premiere. After you edit your movie, you can import xml and conform your sequence in Resolve then grading and finally render.