TOOLS

The tools, built in the suite.

PixelTools are the DCTLs and pipeline assets I build for my own grades, then refine for everyone else's. From free utilities like Checker, Exposure/Chart, and the PQ Tester to full suites like Film/Emulsion™ and Prime/Grade™, every tool is engineered for one thing: signal integrity at every stage of the pipeline. They've been downloaded more than 30,000 times by colorists and editors.

Film/Emulsion™

Real color profiles — modeled, not approximated.

A node-based film emulation system covering negative, print, halation, and grain — 21 stocks meticulously shot and profiled, with halation and grain recreated as physical processes so footage reads as photochemically processed. Not a pack of looks — a film system that responds to exposure and color the way the stock did, shot after shot.

Prime/Grade™

Every primary, balanced in a single node.

An all-in-one primaries tool that brings exposure, contrast, and color into a single step — a clean, balanced image without stacking unnecessary nodes. Built for colorists who want to move fast.

Hue/Shift™

Subtractive hue & saturation control.

A subtractive saturation and hue tool built for precise control over color relationships while preserving image integrity — without the artifacts of conventional saturation tools.

Split/Tone™

Split-tone looks without the node gymnastics.

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Filmic/Contrast™

A signature filmic tone curve, built on a proper contrast model.

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Three/Strip™

Controllable two- & three-strip Technicolor density.

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Exposure/Tool™

Precise exposure control, without the guesswork.

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Checker

Free

Skin, false-color, middle-gray & negative checkers for image analysis.

Get it free — Checker

Exposure/Chart™

Free

Chart-based image analysis & look development.

Get it free — Exposure/Chart™

Free Film Emulation PowerGrade

Free

A production-ready film emulation node tree — free.

Get it free — Free Film Emulation PowerGrade