by Sheffield (FxFactory)·Color Grading
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Movie Color earns a place in the toolfarm library as a preset-driven approach to cinematic color that keeps grading inside your edit system. With over 50 looks plus custom-look saving and mask-based mixing, it leans toward editors after stylized, cinematic results. It was last updated on 2026-01-26.
Sheffield Softworks Movie Color applies stylized, cinematic looks to footage across After Effects, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. It ships with over 50 presets and lets you design and save your own custom looks. Each look can be adjusted for minor scene-to-scene tweaking, or used as a starting point for a completely new look of your own.
Under the hood, Movie Color builds two tinted images and mixes them back into your original image to varying degrees through the use of masks. A mask acts as an adjustable stencil that controls where, and to what degree, the tinted image is painted back over the original. A Pre-Processing section covers saturation, brightness and contrast adjustments, and the plugin includes a Bleach Bypass setting.
Movie Color runs in Final Cut Pro X, Motion, After Effects, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve on both Apple Silicon and Intel processors, and requires Noise Industries FxFactory (a free download) to run. It carries popularity rank 197 in the toolfarm library and was last updated on 2026-01-26.
Sheffield Softworks Movie Color is best for editors who want to apply stylized, cinematic looks and get results without ever leaving the comfort of their edit system.
Sheffield Softworks Movie Color is completely free to download and use.
Movie Color works in Final Cut Pro X, Motion, After Effects, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, covering several major editing and motion applications. It runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel processors. The plugin relies on Noise Industries FxFactory to run, which is a free download. For current system requirements across these hosts, check the FxFactory page, since the developer keeps requirements updated there rather than in a fixed list. That lets you apply Movie Color's looks inside whichever of these supported applications you already use.
Movie Color requires Noise Industries FxFactory to run, which is available as a free download. FxFactory also comes in a Pro version, which is paid and carries the same system requirements as the free one. The developer points to the FxFactory page for the most current system requirements rather than listing fixed specs, so it's worth checking there before installing. Once FxFactory is in place, Movie Color operates inside your supported host applications on both Apple Silicon and Intel processors.
Movie Color is listed as free in this catalog. Because pricing and licensing can change, check the developer's page for the current terms. Separately, the plugin depends on Noise Industries FxFactory to run: the standard FxFactory download is free, while FxFactory Pro is a paid version that shares the same system requirements. For details on what each tier includes, refer to the FxFactory page directly.
Movie Color builds two tinted images and mixes them back into your original image to varying degrees through the use of masks. A mask works like an adjustable stencil that controls where, and to what degree, the tinted image is painted back over the original. Alongside this, Movie Color includes a Pre-Processing section for adjusting saturation, brightness and contrast, plus a Bleach Bypass setting. Together these let you shape a look rather than applying it evenly across the whole frame.
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