Color Dance Grading Engine

Everything, in one node

A full film pipeline, without the node tree

Color Dance folds the tricks colorists spend hours rebuilding into a single, tunable engine.

13 Movie Looks

Thirteen looks modeled on the color science of landmark modern films — one dropdown, instant direction.

ARRI Color Character

The "Secret Sauce" stage recreates the highlight roll-off and skin rendering that make ARRI footage sing.

Print-Stock Emulation

Genuine negative + print film development with printer points, density and bleach control for true photochemical color.

Hue Mixer

Six-way hue-versus-hue, sat and luma control to bend skies, foliage and skin exactly where you want them.

Grain & MTF Detail

Animated, resolution-aware film grain plus an MTF detail engine for that organic, textured film-scan feel.

Optical Effects

Vignette, chromatic aberration, two-strip toning and a cinematic gold sprinkle — the finishing touches, built in.

The look library

Chase any cinematic look

Thirteen looks inspired by the color science of landmark modern films — pick the movie, get the grade, then make it yours.

DuneGreig Fraser · warm desert epic

The BatmanGreig Fraser · red-amber noir

Blade Runner 2049Roger Deakins · orange & teal neon

1917Roger Deakins · muted & cold

OppenheimerHoyte van Hoytema · high-contrast

InterstellarHoyte van Hoytema · cool & vast

Transformerspunchy orange-teal blockbuster

AvatarMauro Fiore · lush cyan-green

The RevenantEmmanuel Lubezki · cold wild

La La LandLinus Sandgren · saturated romance

Life of PiClaudio Miranda · vivid oceanic

GravityEmmanuel Lubezki · clean & cold

All Quiet on the Western FrontJames Friend · bleak & desaturated

★ The library keeps growing. New film looks are added in free updates — every one yours forever.

Looks inspired by the color science of these films — swap the swatches for graded stills from your footage before launch.

The story behind Color Dance

Decades of chasing a feeling

This didn't come from a formula. It came from years of chasing a feeling.

For as long as I've been making images, I studied the colorists and cinematographers I admired most — watching countless interviews, breakdowns and podcasts, quietly reverse-engineering what separated a good image from a truly stellar one. And I kept landing on the same conclusion: it was never a single trick. It was a specific set of parameters and combinations, working together.

Those became the exact controls I always felt I was missing — the ones I gravitated back to every time I wanted that high-end, cinematic look. So I built them into one engine. Color Dance is everything I wished I'd had, in a single node.

Ezra Dave

Filmmaker & colorist · creator of Color Dance Grading Engine

Everything you get

What's in the box

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Color Dance Grading Engine plugin

All 91 controls and 13 looks — Windows & macOS OFX.

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One-click installers

Windows & Mac — approve one prompt and you're done.

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Illustrated user manual

Every control explained, plus the full look library.

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Your personal license

Unlocks the plugin — no account, no internet check.

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Free lifetime updates

Every future release, at no extra cost.

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Email support

Real help from the maker when you need it.

Own it forever

One plugin. Every project.

LAUNCH PRICE

Color Dance Grading Engine

$250

One-time · lifetime updates

Full plugin — all 91 controls & 13 looks
Windows & macOS · Resolve 21 and up
Multi-core, real-time playback
Illustrated install guide + user manual
Free updates — new film looks added regularly
Email support from the maker

Buy & Download

Instant download · Try every look free (watermarked) before you buy

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Good to know

Questions, answered

Who is Color Dance built for?

Intermediate-to-advanced colorists who want a fast, cinematic film pipeline in one node. Beginners can absolutely use it too — you'll just get the most out of it if you already understand color spaces and the basics of grading. If you know what you're doing, Color Dance gives you a movie look in seconds.

Which software does it work with?

DaVinci Resolve 21 and up (Free and Studio), on Windows and macOS. It installs as a standard OFX effect under OpenFX → Filters.

How do I install it?

Run the included one-click installer, restart Resolve, and drag Color Dance onto any clip. A full illustrated guide is included.

How does licensing work?

After purchase you receive a personal license file. Drop it in your user folder and the plugin unlocks — no account, no internet check, no subscription.

Will it slow down playback?

No. The render engine is multi-core and optimized for real-time playback, so you can grade and scrub without proxies.

Do I get updates?

Yes — every update is free for life with your one-time purchase.

What is your refund policy?

Because Color Dance is an instant digital download, all sales are final and we don't offer refunds. You can install and run it free in watermarked mode first — try every look on your own footage — so you know exactly what you're getting before you buy.