Stone DCTL

Pivot-based curves DCTL for DaVinci Resolve colorists that lets you make precise tone adjustments without overshooting and copy curves between color spaces.

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Description

S-TONE, WITH STONE

Curves are powerful, but when you want to adjust just a bit, it often moves much further than you intended. And copying a curve between color spaces? Impossible – because the middle grey point shifts. Stone DCTL fixes both. Set your pivot, then dial in highlights and shadows with 0.001 precision.

KEY FEATURES

Pivot is everything:  make adjustments relative to the pivot point – moving it shifts your other adjustments to preserve the curve shape for shadows and highlights. Perfect for matching looks across different color spaces.

Keep it smooth: the curve shape is dynamic – like native DaVinci Resolve curves, the DCTL ensures that changing one anchor point won't cause harsh transitions elsewhere. And you can adjust smoothness too.

Work on individual channels: Y (Luma), R, G, B, or all (YRGB) – just like DaVinci's native curves.

Choose from Pivot Presets with predefined middle grey points for various color spaces – including ACEScc/cct, ARRI LogC4, RED Log3G10, and more.

Designed with color panels in mind: 4 highlight and 4 shadow parameters, perfectly mapped to the knobs for hands‑on control.

Stone DCTL UI in DaVinci Resolve Studio

QUICK TIPS

Subtractive Saturation Curve: change the node‑level color space to HSV or HSL, select the 'G' channel inside the DCTL, and you've got a curve for subtractive saturation. (Just ensure your input is within 0–1 range – otherwise, you'll lose information.)

Untouched Shadows when adjusting Highlights (and vice versa): if you need to adjust only one part of the curve and smoothing isn't acceptable, move an anchor point of the unaffected section to the pivot point.

Copy curves between color spaces: Take a curve made for one, paste it into another, tweak the pivot point – and you're set. Just keep in mind: output may vary slightly depending on the color science and your ODT.

Work on individual channels with sequential nodes. Need to adjust Red? Select 'R' – Green and Blue stay untouched.

UI Tooltips: If you are not sure about the function of a parameter, hover your mouse pointer over the parameter name and you'll see a hint. Note: tooltips are not available on the Fusion page.


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System Requirements

DaVinci Resolve Studio 19.1 and newer.

GPU: NVIDIA or Apple Silicon.

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Version History

1.0.0 -

Aug 17, 2026

Simpler, but much better! This major update introduces significant improvements and a new feature that leverages the latest DCTL API. Please review the following changes and important compatibility notice.

Key Improvements & New Features:
• Completely new logic – now closer to DaVinci Resolve's native curves tool by smoothing transitions between anchor points, leading to more natural-looking grades
• UI overhaul – cleaner, more intuitive, and easier to navigate. Also color panel friendly!
• 5 processing modes – Y (Luma), R, G, B, or all (YRGB) – just like DaVinci's native curves
• Presets – added new pivot point presets for additional color spaces
• Smoothing – new parameter to control the overall shape of the curve
• Clamp – new checkbox to clamp output values between black and white points
• Anchor Points – "Show Curve" now also draws anchor points for better visual feedback
• Performance boosts – under-the-hood optimizations for smoother playback
Changes Leveraging the Latest DCTL API:
• In-UI Tooltips – hover any parameter for a helpful explanation (Fusion page not supported)

Important Compatibility Notice
This version and all future versions of Stone DCTL require DaVinci Resolve 19.1 or later.
Due to its reliance on new DCTL development feature introduced in Resolve 19.1, this plugin will not function in prior versions of DaVinci Resolve. Please ensure your application is up to date.

0.1.2 -

Jul 21, 2025

Added slider "RGB Curve Visibility", which changes the brightness of the RGB Curve overlay. Useful if curves become pure white due to the usage of custom CST nodes, like OpenDRT.

0.1.1 -

Aug 1, 2024

Fixed a bug, which was causing black artifacts on Windows machines.

0.1.0 -

May 19, 2024

Initial release

Compatibility

Davinci Resolve

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