Compass
Film grading, fixed.
Unlock PFE LUTs, film scan mapping, and true printer points.
THE PROBLEM
Resolve's Film Looks LUTs are some of the best film emulations ever made — DI colorists relied on them to preview actual film-outs. But they tease you with half the puzzle: they only tell you their output color space, and no matter what color space you feed in, the results are off: thin exposures, poor skin tones, broken colors.
Film scans are the same story from the other direction. There's no reliable way to map scanned negative into a digital color space — standard solutions just give you different flavors of wrong. So you compensate by hand, and without even realizing it, you slowly "video-fy" the image.
These problems have the same root cause: a missing model for the actual color space of film negative.
THE SOLUTION
Compass is a lightweight OpenFX plugin built with Kodak color science legend Mitch Bogdanowicz to do one thing: map between digital color space and film negative color space.
That one capability fixes PFE LUTs, gives you a real input transform for film scans, and unlocks true film printer points for grading.
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"Compass is producing the best results I have seen. Filmbox had been my go-to for years, but as far as I am concerned Compass is the new winner."
"With ADX10 or Cineon I have to fix the image before even starting to make creative decisions. With Compass the starting point was way healthier and I can get straight into a creative mindset."
"Compass has simplified our color corrections process by allowing us to achieve the same or better results 4x faster. The cost of the program paid for itself in our first project."
what's included
• Compass perpetual license (all future updates)
• PowerGrade presets for every workflow — drop in and go
• 3 PFE stocks from my private library: Kodak 2393, Fuji 3510, Fuji 3521
• Quickstart video to get you up and running fast
frequently asked questions
Does Compass require a certain pipeline or color management setup?
Nope, it slots seamlessly into your preferred setup — just tell it what color space you're using.
What's the difference between Compass and Genesis?
Genesis models the entire film process, including lab work, printer points, and 60+ negative and print stocks. Compass is a focused utility that does one thing: moves you in and out of film negative color space.
If you have Genesis, Compass gives you a dedicated tool for film scan input mapping and for grading with true printer points.
If you don't have Genesis, Compass unlocks the world-class film emulation that already lives in your Resolve LUT folder, plus film scan input mapping and grading with true printer points.
I already have a film emulation plugin — do I need Compass?
Probably not, but you can always grab a free trial and compare for yourself (the trial comes with test footage to make this easy).
Can I use all my normal tools when grading with Compass?
Yep, everything works — primaries, curves, qualifiers, ColorSlice, etc. The only tool to skip is the HDR palette, since it can't accurately map in and out of film negative space for its color space aware operations.
GRADED WITH COMPASS
PRICING
COMPASS
Perpetual
2 Workstations
Unlimited updates (for v1)
Quickstart video
PowerGrade presets
BONUS
3x PFE LUTs from my private library: Kodak 2393, Fuji 3510, Fuji 3521
$249
$149
This week only: Grab Compass for 40% off.
Discount ends Sunday 5/24 at 11:59pm Pacific.
The free trial of Compass includes:
Unlimited time use
ALL features
Resolve project with test footage (evaluation purposes only)
Note: Watermark applied to free trial
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