The S_FilmDamage filter comes from the Emmy award winning Boris FX Sapphire filter set.

Film Lab.

To select a preset, pick one from the Presets window.

The effect is advanced in time.

Scales the amplitude of the film grain that is added to the result. Set this to 0 to disable all grain.

Scales the red grain amplitude.

Scales the green grain amplitude.

Scales the blue grain amplitude. Note that grain is added and subtracted from the image, so for example, increasing Grain Amp Blue will amplify both the blue and yellow speckles.

The relative amount of grain applied to the darkest regions of the image per channel. This defaults to less than 1 because dark areas usually have less grain than midtones.

The relative amount of grain applied to the brightest regions of the image per channel. This defaults to 0 because bright areas usually have less grain than midtones. Note that highly saturated colors can be affected by both Grain Amp Darks and Grain Amp Brights because they are dark in some color channels and bright in others.

The grain is smoothed by this amount. Increase for coarser grain.

The relative blur amount for the red grain.

The relative blur amount for the green grain.

The relative blur amount for the blue grain.

When enabled, the same grain pattern is used for the red, green, and blue channels.

Scales the color saturation. Increase for more intense colors. Set to 0 for monochrome.

Scales the result by this gray value. Increase for a brighter result.

Adds a gray value to the darker regions of the source. This can be negative to increase contrast.

Scales the result by this color, thus tinting the lighter regions.

Adds this color to the darker regions of the source.

The number of stains.

Relative density of stains on the print.

Relative density of stains on the negative.

Scales the width and height of stains.

Amount to vary the size from one stain to the next.

Scales the opacity of the stains.

Amount to vary opacity from one stain to the next.

Amount to vary brightness from one stain to the next.

Amount of additional, random color variation for each stain. If this parameter is greater than zero, stain colors can vary outside the range defined by Stain Color1 and Stain Color2.

Beginning of the range of colors for stains.

End of the range of colors for stains. Each stain will have a random color between Stain Color1 and Stain Color2.

The number of dust elements.

Relative density of dust on the print.

Relative density of dust on the negative.

Scales the width and height of dust.

Amount to vary the size from one piece of dust to the next.

Scales the opacity of the dust.

Amount to vary opacity from one piece of dust to the next.

Amount to vary brightness from one piece of dust to the next.

Amount of additional, random color variation for each piece of dust. If this parameter is greater than zero, dust colors can vary outside the range defined by Dust Color1 and Dust Color2.

Beginning of the range of colors for dust.

End of the range of colors for dust. Each piece of dust will have a random color between Dust Color1 and Dust Color2.

The number of hairs.

Controls the amount of random movement and stretching that each hair exhibits.

Scales the opacity of the hairs.

Scales the width and height of the hairs.

Amount to vary the size from one hair to the next.

The color of the hairs.

The number of scratches.

Number of black scratches, relative to the Scratches parameter value.

Number of white scratches, relative to the Scratches parameter value.

The length of the black scratches.

The length of the white scratches.

Width of the average scratch, in approximate NTSC−sized pixels.

If this is 0, all the scratches will be the same width. Increase to let each scratch have its own width.

Controls the pointiness of the ends of each scratch. A larger value makes a longer taper on each end.

Maximum opacity of the scratches. Setting this to 0 will fade the scratches out.

Amount to roughen the edges of each scratch to simulate the random character of a real scratch.

Sets the frequency of the roughness on the scratch edges.

Like real analog scratches, the dust particle creating the scratch sometimes rolls around and the scratch skips. This controls how much that happens.

The frequency of the scratch gaps.

The center coordinate of the area of the screen covered by the scratches. 0 is in the middle of the screen, −1 is the left edge, and 1 is the right edge.

The width of the area of the screen covered by scratches. 1 means the scratches cover the full screen area. To produce scratches only in one strip, adjust the Scratch Area Width smaller.

Vignetting is darkening of the image towards the corners and sides of the image. This parameter controls how much the outer corners of the screen should be darkened or vignetted. 0 produces no vignetting, while a value of 1 creates maximum darkening.

Distance from the center to apply the vignette.

The width of the vignette's soft edge. Larger values give softer, less visible edges.

Controls the aspect ratio of the vignette ellipse. This should normally be set to the aspect ratio of the image.

Used to initialize the random number generator. The actual seed value is not significant, but different seeds produce different results and the same value should give a repeatable result.