I am testing my new, easy and pleasant workflow which is:
DNG >>> resolve - BMD profile, highlights recovery, Hunter's LUT, >>> export DNxHD 444 >>> Premiere - very fast and fluid editing >>> Selecting all - replacing with AE composition >>> stabilizing, adding effects (optical flares, additional CC with looks, colorista II etc) >>> final h.264 export from Premiere.
This workflow for me has the best quality/speed ratio for now. Final image quality is awesome thanks to very high quality 444 10bit footage which works flawlessly in premiere.
I dont use XMP export from premiere back to resolve because i was having some problems with transitions. I am not an expert in CC so for now I prefer easier ways like looks etc.
EDIT: when you are making those XML roundtrips how are you guys dealing with effects like stabilizing footage, adding flares or other plugins? I suppose there is no way to make such things in davici via XML so you have to back to AE anyway and make final export from there, am i right? In such case the fact is that your final movie is not from resolve but AE/premiere, right?