Introducing ReelSkillz Grain Lab

The texture of film.
Your finishing touch.

8, 16 and 35 mm grain. Fine dust and scratches. Warm halation and soft bloom, in one focused Resolve plugin.

$15USD · one-time purchase

macOS and Windows releases are in preparation. Purchase and installation open after platform validation.

ReelSkillz Grain Lab — Film logo formed from emulsion grain with halation and scratches

GRAIN LAB

GRAIN · DUST · SCRATCHES · GLOW

Three film formats.

Full 8, 16 and 35 mm grain scans. Start with a preset, then adjust amount, size, sharpness and colour, with separate shadow, midtone and highlight controls.

Small imperfections.

Add fine dust and subtle scratches, with their own controls. Keep the frame clean or introduce a little age.

Light with character.

Shape warm highlight edges with Halation and a broader glow with Bloom. Light Response controls which highlights feed the effect.

Made for your node tree

Place it before the Output CST.

DWG / IntermediateGrain LabOutput CST · Rec.709 Gamma 2.4

Use DaVinci Wide Gamut / Intermediate for Halation and Bloom. Grain Lab is a separate product from Film Pro and Skin. It will install and activate through ReelSkillz Manager at launch.

Film-grain data is approximately 2.13 GB, separate from the plugin. Manager will download it once, or use your existing FILM_GRAIN folder.