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Davinci Resolve
Styler Durden DCTL
Color grading DCTL for DaVinci Resolve editors that delivers filmic contrast, original split-toning, saturation, and grain — no LUTs, no node trees.
LOSING ALL LUTs IS FREEDOM
Solo artist? Tight deadlines? Covering every post‑production role yourself? You can't afford to spend hours on color grading – but you still want to offer something special (and sleep occasionally). Styler Durden DCTL is for you. Simple, fast, and effective. You can even delegate color grading to your granny now.
Styler Durden brings together the best parts of my other DCTLs – all in one tool. The controls are simplified into sliders with preset values, so you get powerful results without the complexity. Use Styler Durden for speed. Use the full tools for depth.
It adds to your toolkit — it doesn't replace it!
Perfect for: Social Media Content Creation, Urgent Projects, and classic stylized looks like Teal-and-Orange, Bleach Bypass, and Creative Film Emulation.
KEY FEATURES
Contrast, powered by Stone DCTL, delivers "filmic" S‑curve adjustments. You can dial in a faded, low‑contrast look or high‑contrast with deep blacks and smooth roll‑off.
Full Stone DCTLSplit-Tone, powered by Simple Mix DCTL, gives you an instant complementary palette – warm highlights, cool shadows. It compresses hues and offsets tonal ranges.
Full Simple Mix DCTLSaturation, powered by Saturation RGB open-source DCTL, adjusts saturation using 7 different logics:
- Subtractive
- Standard
- Additive
- Middle‑base
- Channel‑specific
- Red
- Green
- Blue
- Red
Grain, powered by the Lazy Grain and Lazy Blur open-source DCTLs, adds grain by applying random gamma and blurring in random directions per pixel. It's not a true film grain emulation – it's on the creative side. More grain tools never hurt.
QUICK TIPS
Full Potential: for best results, apply the DCTL in your working/camera color space before the final output transform to delivery color space.
Keep Exposure: if you need to keep exposure untouched and adjust contrast only, set the pivot point to the middle grey value of your working color space (choose from the Pivot Preset dropdown or set manually).
Soft Colors: if you want to make colors less "toxic" yet saturated, lower the Saturation slider and increase the Saturation Boost slider (it'll saturate pale hues more than already saturated ones).
Dynamic Grain: if grain looks static in some areas, keyframe the Random Seed slider.
Bleach Bypass Look:
- Set Contrast to 1.0.
- Change Saturation Type to Additive.
- Reduce Saturation to your preference.
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.
Level Up: all-in-one tools are great, but big projects demand precision. Use full DCTLs for control, learn color management, and watch your portfolio speak for itself.
System Requirements
DaVinci Resolve Studio 19.1 and newer.
GPU: NVIDIA or Apple Silicon.
Welcome to Color Grading Club. The first rule of Color Grading Club is: you do not talk about LUT packs. The second rule of Color Grading Club is: you DO NOT talk about LUT packs! Third rule: if someone yells "deadline!", gets nervous, or taps out, the work is over. Fourth rule: only two minutes to a shot. Fifth rule: one adjustment at an iteration, fellas. Sixth rule: the first iteration is bare primaries. No masks, no tracking, no keying. Seventh rule: iterations will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Color Grading Club, you have to manage color.
Discussions
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Head over to r/aescripts to chat with fellow users about this product.
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Version History
1.0.0 -
Aug 27, 2026
Key Improvements & New Features:
- New 'Contrast' parameter replaced old 'Y Stone'. Powered by completely updated Stone DCTL (v1.0.0), it brings a low-contrast faded look, a high-contrast one, and everything in between – no more stepped presets, but smooth adjustable S-curve.
- New 'Split-Tone' and 'Axis' parameters replaced old 4 'Mix' and 'RGB Stone'. Powered by completely updated Simple Mix DCTL (v1.0.0), it brings original hue and saturation compression combined with tonal offsets for warm highlights and cool shadows.
- Improved 'Saturation' replaced old 'Sub. Saturation Gain'. Now with 7 saturation types, powered by the Saturation RGB open-source DCTL.
- New 'Saturation Boost' replaced old 'Sub. Saturation Gamma'. Affects pale hues more than vivid ones, using the same saturation type as the 'Saturation' slider.
- New 'Grain', powered by the Lazy Grain and Lazy Blur open-source DCTLs, adds grain by applying random gamma and blurring in random directions per pixel. It's not a true film grain emulation – it's on the creative side.
- UI overhaul – cleaner, more intuitive, and easier to navigate.
- Presets – added new pivot point presets for additional color spaces.
- 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 Styler Durden DCTL require DaVinci Resolve 19.1 or later. Due to its reliance on new DCTL development features introduced in Resolve 19.1, this plugin will not function in prior versions of DaVinci Resolve. Please ensure your application is up to date.
0.1.1 -
Aug 1, 2024
0.1.0 -
May 20, 2024
Compatibility
Davinci Resolve
21, 20, 19
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