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SUPER8 FILM LAB

Super8 Film Lab — grain, dirty bloom, halation

A standalone Windows app that renders a small-gauge film look onto any video clip, with every pass available as a separate layer.

SHIPPING BUILD Build 3.3.2 (2026-10-19), single-file Windows x64

The download is the build described on this page. Keep the .exe anywhere; it needs nothing installed.

Content reviewed October 19, 2026
GRAIN BLOOM HALATION EXPOSURE FLICKER GATE WEAVE CHROMATIC INSTABILITY EDGE DIRT IMAGE DIRT SCRATCHES LIGHT LEAKS BURNS TEARS FRAME SCRUBBER LAYER EXPORT

Windows 10 / 11 x64 · one .exe, nothing to install · build 3.3.2 (2026-10-19) · OpenCL GPU with CPU fallback · no macOS build

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SCREENSHOTS

These images show the current Desk interface with synthetic demonstration data. They illustrate the UI, not completed native acceptance testing. Gantt images show a separate prototype.

Super8 Film Lab window: a title card glowing in the preview, effect switches and strength sliders, output and preset controls.
The main window with the APOCALYPTIC preset on a loaded frame; every effect has its own switch and slider. View full size (1720x1100)
Super8 Film Lab window with Show original checked, displaying the untreated title card.
Show original flips the same frame back to the source for an instant comparison. View full size (1720x1100)
Super8 Film Lab window during a render, progress bar partway, controls disabled.
Rendering a 1080p clip on the GPU; progress and time remaining appear under the Render button. View full size (1720x1100)

LOOKBOOK

Same source frame, different settings. The first tile of each row is the untouched original. Click any tile to compare at full size; use the arrows or keyboard to step through the row.

DAYLIGHT / SKIER

Daylight, hard sun, lots of sky: the look that burns out fastest.

Source frame, untouched: Daylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind.ORIGINALDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, heavy grain look: grain at 200 percent, every other switch off.HEAVY GRAINDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, soft bloom look: bloom with a little halation and grain.SOFT BLOOMDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, halation look: halation at 200 percent, bloom low.HALATIONDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, glow look: bloom at 180 percent with strong halation.GLOWDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, chroma drift look: chromatic instability at 200 percent.CHROMA DRIFTDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, light leak look: a light leak at 200 percent across the frame.LIGHT LEAKDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, scratched look: scratches at 200 percent with flicker and heavy grain.SCRATCHEDDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, dirty gate look: edge dirt and image dirt on their own, as recommended.DIRTY GATEDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, burned look: a burn event with tears and flicker.BURNEDDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, torn frame look: a frame tear with gate weave.TORN FRAMEDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, full apocalypse look: everything on, with a leak and a scratch run.FULL APOCALYPSEDaylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, grindhouse (v2 engine) look: the retained V2 grindhouse engine.GRINDHOUSE (V2 engine)Daylight footage: a skier posing on a dirt lot with a stadium behind. After Super8 Film Lab, grindhouse (v1 engine) look: the original V1 grindhouse engine.GRINDHOUSE (V1 engine)

TITLE CARD / FOREST

Bright lettering over a cool background: bloom and halation have something to grab.

Source frame, untouched: A green title card over a snowy forest.ORIGINALA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, heavy grain look: grain at 200 percent, every other switch off.HEAVY GRAINA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, soft bloom look: bloom with a little halation and grain.SOFT BLOOMA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, halation look: halation at 200 percent, bloom low.HALATIONA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, glow look: bloom at 180 percent with strong halation.GLOWA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, chroma drift look: chromatic instability at 200 percent.CHROMA DRIFTA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, light leak look: a light leak at 200 percent across the frame.LIGHT LEAKA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, scratched look: scratches at 200 percent with flicker and heavy grain.SCRATCHEDA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, dirty gate look: edge dirt and image dirt on their own, as recommended.DIRTY GATEA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, burned look: a burn event with tears and flicker.BURNEDA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, torn frame look: a frame tear with gate weave.TORN FRAMEA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, full apocalypse look: everything on, with a leak and a scratch run.FULL APOCALYPSEA green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, grindhouse (v2 engine) look: the retained V2 grindhouse engine.GRINDHOUSE (V2 engine)A green title card over a snowy forest. After Super8 Film Lab, grindhouse (v1 engine) look: the original V1 grindhouse engine.GRINDHOUSE (V1 engine)

RED CURTAIN / GALA

Saturated red and white text: shows how far each look pushes colour.

Source frame, untouched: A gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy.ORIGINALA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, heavy grain look: grain at 200 percent, every other switch off.HEAVY GRAINA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, soft bloom look: bloom with a little halation and grain.SOFT BLOOMA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, halation look: halation at 200 percent, bloom low.HALATIONA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, glow look: bloom at 180 percent with strong halation.GLOWA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, chroma drift look: chromatic instability at 200 percent.CHROMA DRIFTA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, light leak look: a light leak at 200 percent across the frame.LIGHT LEAKA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, scratched look: scratches at 200 percent with flicker and heavy grain.SCRATCHEDA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, dirty gate look: edge dirt and image dirt on their own, as recommended.DIRTY GATEA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, burned look: a burn event with tears and flicker.BURNEDA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, torn frame look: a frame tear with gate weave.TORN FRAMEA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, full apocalypse look: everything on, with a leak and a scratch run.FULL APOCALYPSEA gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, grindhouse (v2 engine) look: the retained V2 grindhouse engine.GRINDHOUSE (V2 engine)A gala title card over a red curtain with a star trophy. After Super8 Film Lab, grindhouse (v1 engine) look: the original V1 grindhouse engine.GRINDHOUSE (V1 engine)

Film, not a filter.

Super8 Film Lab treats your footage like a strip of small-gauge film. Grain is built at delivery size, bloom and halation are driven by the light in your own shot, and exposure flicker, gate weave and chromatic drift move the way a projector does. Three presets (LIGHT, MEDIUM, APOCALYPTIC) set the strength; every effect has its own switch and slider.

Scrub, compare, render.

Load a video and the first frame appears in the preview. Drag the timeline to any moment, step a frame at a time, flip Show original to compare, pick a seed you like. Render writes a 24 fps MP4 with your audio, at 1080p, source resolution or 4K. Progress and time remaining show while it works; Cancel stops after the current frame.

Layers for your editor.

Choose Final + layers and every pass is exported as its own clip: grain, bloom, halation, dirt mattes and a transport layer that carries the gate movement. LAYERS.md in the output folder gives the blend mode and stacking order so you can rebuild or adjust the look in After Effects, Premiere, Resolve or anything else.

Runs on your machine.

Uses your OpenCL GPU when there is one and a compiled CPU path when there is not. Nothing is uploaded, nothing phones home. Renders are not fast: a few seconds of 1080p takes seconds on a good GPU, long clips and 4K take minutes. Budget for it.

Known limits

Edge Dirt and Image Dirt do not combine well with the other effects: the debris is pushed through bloom, halation and grain and tends to turn muddy. Use dirt on its own exported layer, or leave it off. This will probably not be fixed. Physical damage (scratches, burns, tears, light leaks) is the older V1 look and renders on the CPU only. SDR footage only; grade HDR or log material first. Windows only; no macOS build.