Film grain or granularity is the random optical texture of processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.

Film grain overlay (FGO) is a process in which film emulsion characteristics are overlaid using different levels of opacity onto a video.

In short, digital cameras tend to produce very sterile images. Filmmakers, editors, colorists and compositors trust our plates to give an organic film look to their digital productions—including CGI and VFX workflows where grain helps integrate elements.

Our film grain is from real film scans that have been processed digitally. We have removed vignettes, dirt and made them suitable for compositing and seamless looping.

Holygrain is compatible with nearly every professional editing, visual effects, compositing, and color correction application including Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Sony Vegas.

No, holygrain’s plates do not affect the colors and luminance of your video unlike other film grain plates.

The grain plates are designed for seamless looping. Adjust the first plate and copy-paste it until the whole clip is covered with film grain.

No, unless your material is incredibly boring. Each dirt plate is one minute long with randomness built in. The Dirt Pack includes sixteen 1-minute plates plus one essential 5-minute plate. Layer clean grain underneath and dirt on top for the most natural result—you can rotate, mirror, cut and mix plates for unlimited variation.

Simply drop the files into your timeline and change the blend mode to overlay. Check out our tutorials section for instructions tailored to your NLE.

Please refer to our Vimeo encoding tutorial.

Yes, please download Free Film Grain.

Once payment is completed, you can use holygrain in any project without restrictions or separate license fees.

Please read our license agreement.

We accept payments by all major credit cards, including Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover, JCB and PayPal.

After payment, our processor sends you to a personal download page. Your licence ID is included in the order metadata. You also receive an email with your download link(s)—save these files to your computer.

Download links are valid for seven days from the date of order. After this period, a standard processing fee for re-downloads may apply. We recommend storing the files on your computer after your first download.

If you are dissatisfied during the first 7 days after purchase, ask for a refund and delete all stock files you obtained from us. To serve you and others better, we request that you tell us why you want a refund.