Collection · 21 plates · free

4K film grain overlays

A grain plate has to be at least as big as the frame you put it on. If you scale grain up, the specks turn soft and blurry and the effect looks fake. The 4K plates below are 3840 px wide, so they cover a 4K video frame or a large photo at 100% without any upscaling.

For stills from most cameras the 3000 px plates further down are enough. They are the same grain, sorted from fine ISO 100 to coarse pushed film.

Blend mode Overlay or Soft Light · opacity 30–60%. For video, put the plate on a track above your clip and set the same blend mode.

See every plate in the full film grain collection.

All plates are free for personal and commercial use, no sign-up. See the license and the blend modes guide.

Related collections: 16mm film grain overlays · 35mm film grain overlays · 8mm and Super 8 film grain