Helios Grade
Make digital footage feel less digital.
A film-look plugin for Resolve’s Color page. Add halation, grain, mist, glow, split tone and print character — in small, honest moves that still feel like your grade.
Not a magic LUT. Not a huge control panel made to impress screenshots. Just the useful parts of film texture and colour, laid out so you can make a shot feel better in minutes.
Halation
warmer highlights
Split tone
clean separation
Grain
less plastic
Buy once, keep grading
Licensed software activates on up to 3 computers at a time and keeps working offline between checks. The licence itself never expires.
Made for the Color page
Install the OFX plugin, add it to a node, and keep working inside the Resolve grade you already know — on a Rec.709 timeline or natively in DaVinci Wide Gamut.
Try it on your footage
Run it free, watermarked, with no time limit. Test the look on real edits, not a cherry-picked demo frame.
How to think about it
Choose the feature by what the shot is missing.
You do not need to turn on everything. Start with the problem in the image, then use the smallest tool that solves it.
Use halation when light feels too clean
Headlights, windows, candles and neon should feel like they live in the scene. Halation gives bright edges a warm film-like bleed without turning the whole frame hazy.
Use mist and glow when the scene needs air
Mist softens contrast. Glow lifts bright areas. Dream makes the frame warmer and more romantic. They are separate so you can be gentle instead of heavy-handed.
Use split tone for colour separation
Cool the shadows, warm the highlights, protect skin, and keep the image believable. It is useful when a flat grade needs direction but not a full LUT.
Use print and grain near the end
Print profiles add a final colour personality. Grain adds texture and movement. Both usually work best after exposure, contrast and balance are already in place.
A good starting point: balance, light, colour, texture.
Balance the shot in Resolve. Add Helios for the things cameras and sensors often miss: softer highlight behaviour, gentle colour separation, a print-like finish and grain that moves.
Balance first
Exposure and contrast before film texture.
Shape light
Halation, mist and glow for practicals and atmosphere.
Separate colour
Split tone and density for a clear mood.
Finish quietly
Print profile and grain at the end.
Wide gamut or Rec.709
Tell it which one it is being handed. In DaVinci Wide Gamut it grades DWG/DI and hands it straight back.
Mask views
See what every module is touching before you judge the final image.
Human controls
Small, named controls for real grading decisions — not a wall of mystery sliders.
Keyframeable
Move from subtle to expressive across the shot inside Resolve.
The collection
Tools for a more intentional image.
Professional plugins, LUTs and grading packs. Every product clearly states how it is delivered and licensed.
Helios Grade
Professional film look tools for DaVinci Resolve
Halation, frame-varying grain, three-way split toning and eight print stock profiles in a single OpenFX plugin for the Color page.
- Perpetual licence — it never expires
- Activate on up to 3 computers
- Free watermarked version, with no time limit
Locus
Luminosity masking for DaVinci Resolve
Three soft luminosity bands and a skin unit built on the skin locus, in a single OpenFX plugin for the Color page.
- Three soft luminosity bands — Tone, Width and Rolloff
- A viewable mask on every unit
- Skin protection built on the skin locus
- One-time purchase — no subscription, ever
- Licensed products activate on up to 3 computers
- macOS and Windows, with step-by-step install instructions
- Secure payment through Razorpay
Learn
Learn the technique first.
How to build these looks by hand in Resolve — the node tree before the shortcut. Useful whether or not you ever buy anything.
A film look, broken down: every control and what it touches
One real grade opened up — every module, every value, and the mask views showing exactly which part of the frame each effect is allowed to touch.
How to shoot and export better Instagram Reels
A working checklist — camera, light, the three dials, and the export chain that survives Instagram: a 4K master through Edits at 2K, 24 fps.
Halation in DaVinci Resolve: what each control actually does
What each of the seven halation controls does, including the two nobody guesses from the label, plus a real set of values off a graded frame.