MagicGrade
New in v1.2.0- 40 Film Stocks, Lens Effects & Colour Space Transforms
Alex, founder of MrAlexTech

An OFX Plugin by MrAlexTech

MagicGrade

Colour, Simplified

Grade on the edit page or the colour page. Drag on the preview to adjust colour, contrast, density, saturation and more. Plus Grain, Halation & Bloom! Easy, fast and intuitive. Works on both Free & Studio versions of DaVinci Resolve. Bosh!

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New in v1.2.0 · Film Stocks

40

film stocks, based on real film data.

Not "filmic-ish" presets - proper emulation built from measured film characteristics. Pick a stock and MagicGrade handles the colour response, the contrast curve and the grain. One click, and your footage stops looking digital. Every frame below is the same shot, rendered by the plugin.

Go on, click a frame ↓  -  same shot, forty stocks. Scroll the strip for the lot.

Demo frame graded with the Cinema 83 film stock in MagicGrade
Cinema 83
Cinema 83 colour swatch chartSwatch

Grain that follows the stockNew

Every stock carries its own grain profile. Pick a fine-grained ISO 50 slide and the grain tightens up; pick a pushed ISO 400 and it gets big and lively. Size and density, matched automatically.

No grain slider guesswork!

Colour Space TransformsNew

No colour-managed timeline needed. Tell MagicGrade what your camera shot - S-Log3, Log-C, V-Log, R3D, whatever - pick your input, done. The stock lands exactly as designed.

Pick your input. Done.

Based on real film data

Built from measured characteristic curves and dye behaviour of real stocks - how each one renders colour, rolls off highlights and crushes (or doesn't crush) shadows.

Proper film emulation.

MagicGrade

Colour grading, minus the complexity

Grade on the edit page or the colour page with on-screen controls. No node graphs, no tiny dials.

Colour Correction

Exposure, contrast, saturation, temperature - the essentials, laid out simply.

Curves

Shape the image with a simple, intuitive curve. Lift the shadows, roll off the highlights - no node graphs needed.

Density

Add colour density for rich, vibrant tones - without tipping over into neon.

Hue vs. Controls

Tweak saturation, warmth, density and hue on each colour individually. Plus Crosstalk!

RGB Curves

Per-channel curves for simple, intuitive split toning.

On-Screen Controls

Grade right on the preview by dragging your mouse. Or dive into the sliders - your call.

MagicGrade Density control applied to a colour-graded frame
MagicGrade colour controls with the vectorscope overlay on a graded frame

Under the hood · Colour Science

Simple controls. Real colour science.

The sliders feel simple because the maths underneath is serious - the same colour science you’d find in a high-end grading pipeline, with none of the homework.

  • Linear Gain Exposure - brightness moves like a real camera stop, not a brightness filter
  • Tetrahedral Colour Warper - clean hue moves that hold together, no banding, no broken gradients
  • Filmic saturation & density - colour gets richer the way film does, never neon

Texture & Lens

The finishing touches

Grain, glow, bloom - and now a full lens kit. Designed to be clean, simple and fast. Stuff that just looks good.

MagicGrade Texture: Halation and Grain applied to the After side -- after
MagicGrade Texture: Halation and Grain applied to the After side -- before
BeforeAfter

Grain

Natural film grain, now profiled per stock. Runs fast, looks good - never like a bad Instagram filter.

Halation

That warm glow around highlights that screams film. Simple intensity control, instant vibe.

Bloom

Soft, dreamy highlight bloom. Dial it up for music videos, keep it subtle for narrative.

Vignette

Draw the eye to the centre of frame. Clean, smooth falloff - nothing heavy-handed.

Lens EffectsNew in 1.2.0

Lens Blur

Gentle softness towards the edges of frame, like a vintage prime wide open. Centre stays crisp.

Chromatic Aberration

Subtle red/cyan fringing at the edges. The imperfection that makes digital footage feel photographed.

Lens Distortion

A touch of barrel or pincushion to take the digital edge off. Two sliders, instant character.

New in v1.2.0 · MagicGrade Film

MagicGrade without the grading.

Already happy in your node tree? MagicGrade Film is a second, stripped-back tool: just the Colour Space Transform, the 40 Film Stocks and Texture. Drop it at the end of a traditional grade and get the film look - your nodes stay yours.

CAMERA LOGYOUR GRADEYOUR NODESMAGICGRADE FILM

CST + Film Stock + Texture. That's it. That's the tool.

The MagicGrade Film panel sitting in a DaVinci Resolve colour page node tree

How it works

Seriously, it's this easy

Step 1

Install it

Download the installer, run it, done. MagicGrade shows up in Resolve automatically.

Step 2

Pick a stock

Choose one of 40 film stocks, set your camera's input colour space, and you're already most of the way there.

Step 3

Drag to grade

Fine-tune right on the preview - drag to adjust colour, contrast and density. Save it, share it, make it yours.

F5

Stuck? Press F5. Quick Help pops up right inside the plugin - every control explained, no manual required.

MagicGrade colour-palette controls and on-screen colour wheel overlay during a portrait grade

Pricing

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MagicGrade · v1.2.0 included
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  • 40 film stocks, based on real film dataNew!
  • Lens Effects & Colour Space TransformsNew!
  • MagicGrade Film - the node-tree-friendly toolNew!
  • On-screen preview controls - grade by dragging
  • Colour correction & curves
  • Look presets
  • Texture - grain, halation, bloom, vignette
  • Create & share your own presets
  • GPU accelerated (CUDA + Metal)
  • Windows & macOS (Apple Silicon native)
  • Free updates for life
  • No subscription, ever
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