Source: [Overview](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/overview)

# Overview

Welcome to Filmbox!

Filmbox is a scene-to-screen simulation of photochemical imaging. Light enters the camera, exposes the negative, gets developed in the lab, printed to print stock, and projected onto your display.

![Diagram showing the photochemical flow from camera exposure through negative development, print development, projection, and display](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/full-guide/filmflow-1b6c6016.jpeg)

The Filmbox interface is organized from top to bottom in the order that light flows through this system, with global plugin settings at the top.

![Filmbox Pro interface showing Film System, Mode, Source, Photo Mode, Camera, Negative, Lab, Print, and Display](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/getting-started/filmbox-pro-interface-70ed73c2.png)

Below is an overview of each module, followed by guides for getting the most out of Filmbox.

**[Film System](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/film-systems)**: Choose from different motion-picture and still-photo systems. Each contains a set of negatives, lab parameters, and print processes that were historically designed to work together.

**[Mode](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/plugin-modes)**: Isolate parts of the Filmbox pipeline for advanced workflows, or use Resolve’s still-photo functionality with **[Photo Mode](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/plugin-modes#photo-mode-resolve-only)**.

**[Source](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/source-camera)**: Choose the color space of your footage or working space.

**[Camera](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/source-camera#camera)**: Adjust the camera’s exposure and color balance before exposing the negative.

**[Negative](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/negative/overview)**: Select the film negative stock and fine-tune characteristics including halation, grain, gate weave, flicker, and aura.

**[Lab](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/lab-module)**: Creatively modify the negative before printing, with controls ranging from push/pull processing to acutance.

**[Print](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/print-module)**: Modify the print characteristics, from a full contact print to a telecine scan.

**[Display](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/display)**: Select the destination display color space, integrate with color-managed pipelines, and control HDR.

![Switch to Filmbox Looks button at the bottom of the Filmbox Pro interface](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/getting-started/looks-button-95a0ab82.jpeg)

**[Looks Library](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox/full-guide/looks-library)**: Filmbox includes a library of creative starting points that you can browse in the Looks interface and apply to the Pro interface for customization. We recommend playing around with them to get a feel for how the various elements of Filmbox interact with one another to achieve a huge range of creative goals.

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