Plugin Modes

Parts of the Filmbox pipeline can be isolated by selecting different modes. This is useful for custom workflows.

Filmbox Mode menu with Full, Negative Only, Print Only, and Halation and Grain Only options

Full Mode

In the default mode, all modules of the Filmbox pipeline are active, and it functions as an end-to-end footage-to-display color pipeline. (You’ll probably want to leave this on Full unless you have something specific you want to accomplish.)

Negative Only Mode

Disables the Print module so that the resulting image has only the film negative processing and is analogous to a “Log” film negative scan. Useful for multi-node workflows.

Disables everything but the Print module; useful for multi-node workflows.

Halation & Grain Only Mode

Disables Filmbox color processing and enables halation, grain, and gate weave to operate in the source colorspace as part of your own color pipeline. See Grain & Halation Only for the complete workflow.

Photo Mode (Resolve Only)

Photo Mode makes it possible to use Filmbox with Resolve’s still-photography-oriented features at much higher resolutions with more detailed textural processing.

Photo Mode enabled in the Filmbox interface

Designed for Resolve Color Management

Enabling Photo Mode automatically configures Filmbox’s source and display spaces to use Resolve Color Management.

We recommend setting Resolve’s Color Management settings to match the configuration below. This helps with ingesting raw photos from disparate cameras into scene-referred space and ensures proper sRGB output and tagging.

Resolve Color Management configured for DaVinci Wide Gamut Intermediate with sRGB output

We recommend leaving Resolve’s Photo Preview Resolution on Auto for performance, but keep in mind that this may show you a low-resolution preview until you export or switch it to full.

Resolve Photo Preview Resolution menu set to Auto