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From the set to the studio

We bring the soul of celluloid back to digital video.

Micro-adjustments.
A Filmmaking Tool.

A color processor to recreate the color style of classic cinema.

Designed with granular controls that let you make micro-adjustments with absolute precision.

Colorboy plugin interface

Explore The Color

Base
Fujifilm Eterna 250D
Fujifilm Eterna 250DRec.709
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Fujifilm Eterna 250D

1. Camera

Camera

The color transform native to the sensor (CST — Color Space Transform). It converts the camera's log signal into a consistent working space, no matter which camera the footage came from. This is the entry point — everything downstream assumes the image already lives in this common space.

Meet Colorboy

Colorboy is here. The color process in our demonstration video.

Meet Colorboy

Built to Experience Color

Colorboy is written for Apple Silicon. This isn't a marketing decision—it's an engineering one.

The entire pipeline—Camera → Light → Emulsion → Print Lab → Diffusion → Halation → Grain → Character → Split Toning → Acutance → Deliver—runs natively on Metal, directly on the GPU. No middleware, no translation, no compromises.

Apple Silicon and Metal merge with Colorboy's internal color core. Every pixel is processed in real time, so no matter how demanding your timeline, it delivers the fastest, cleanest, and most accurate color rendering your Mac has ever done.

This architecture—unified memory, a hardware standard—is what makes instant, artifact-free, frictionless color conversion possible.

We didn't build for the average user. We built for the most consistent color engine available today. Colorboy isn't a plugin adapted for Mac. It's a plugin born for Mac.

Who is Colorboy for?

Unified color design. Colorboy is specifically built for image professionals seeking ultimate aesthetic excellence and consistency across their projects:

Colorists: To accelerate and refine the Film Look Design process with high-precision profiles and mathematical transforms, tailored for demanding color workflows.

Filmmakers: To achieve a top-tier cinematic aesthetic directly, swiftly, and fluidly, streamlining post-production timelines.

DOPs (Directors of Photography): To ensure the visual intent captured on set translates accurately and organically onto the final screen through faithful color management.

Art Directors: To guarantee that color palettes, textures, and atmospheres designed during production are preserved and enhanced with maximum chromatic fidelity.

Designed for Mac. Optimized for the set and the studio.

We created the Lite version with one clear purpose: to give independent filmmakers a robust, frictionless tool. It's not a time-limited trial, and it doesn't export with watermarks. It's a free, clean tool, ready to be integrated into your commercial projects today.

The color of cinema, simplified.

Colorboy Lite runs the essential pipeline, built for independent filmmakers who want real film color without the setup.

  • Legendary Film Stock: The classic Kodak Vision3 250D negative, mapped precisely for Rec.709 workflows.
  • Analog Print Lab: Fujicolor Eterna 3513 print stock, for authentic positive film response.
  • Essential Controls: Exposure, White Balance, Push/Pull, Toe, Mids, and Shoulder — everything you need, nothing you don't.
  • Native Apple Silicon: Metal-accelerated, real-time at native 24 FPS.
  • Free, No Watermark: No time limit, ready for commercial work today.

Expand your lab with the Pro version

When the look needs to go deeper, Pro opens the whole lab. Every stage, every stock, every decision, yours to shape from camera to deliver.

  • Ten film stocks: From Kodak Vision3 and Fujifilm Eterna to Eastman Double-X and ORWO Wolfen, versus one in Lite.
  • Three print stocks: Kodak Vision 2383, Kodak Premier 2393 and Fujicolor Eterna 3513, with full control over the density of analog print positives.
  • Halation, Split Toning and Acutance: Pro-only stages for glow, tonal color and edge character, plus Bleach Bypass and Printer Lights.
  • Advanced workflows: Native support for DaVinci Wide Gamut (DWG), and Log curves for film cameras.
  • Deliver tools: Advanced export options for exhibition masters.
  • Two Macs: Use it in the studio and on your personal Mac.
Colorboy Versions
Colorboy Lite
Colorboy Pro
Host
DaVinci Resolve 19.1.4 or higher
Operating Systems
macOS 13+ Apple Silicon
GPU Performance
Built for Apple's Unified Memory, powered by Metal. Real-time 4K 24 FPS, every section, no stutter. Every stage runs on-chip, tapping the full compute power of Apple Silicon.
Device Activations
Up to 1 Mac
Up to 2 Mac
Input
Standard Rec.709 Gamma 2.4
Standard and DaVinci WG/Intermediate
Source
Rec.709 Bypass · Apple Log · Apple Log2 · ARRI LogC3 · ARRI LogC4 · BMDFilm Gen5 · BMDFilm Gen1 · Canon C-Log2 · Canon C-Log3 · DJI D-Log · Fujifilm F-Log · Fujifilm F-Log2 · Nikon N-Log · Panasonic V-Log · RED Log3G10 · Sony S-Log2 · Sony S-Log3
Exposure
Enable · Blend · Exposure
Enable · Blend · Exposure
White
Enable · Blend · Kelvin · Tint
Enable · Blend · Kelvin · Tint
Development
Push/Pull · Toe · Mids · Shoulder
Push/Pull · Pivot · Toe · Mids · Shoulder · Mid Gray Selector
Color Body
Enable · Blend · Color · Vibrancy · Density · Richness
Enable · Blend · Color · Vibrancy · Density · Richness
Mid Gray Targets
Not included
Studio Standard · ARRI LogC3 · ARRI LogC4 · Apple Log · BMD Film Gen5 · Canon Log2 · Canon Log3 · DaVinci Intermediate · Fuji FLog · Fuji FLog2 · Panasonic VLog · Nikon NLog · RED Log3G10 · Sony SLog3
Emulsion Layer
Kodak Vision3 250D
Fujifilm Eterna 250D · Fujifilm Super F-125 · Kodak Vision3 250D · Kodak Vision3 500T · Eastman Double-X · Kodak Vision2 250D · Kodak Vision3 50D · Kodak Vision3 200T · ORWO Wolfen UN54 · ORWO Wolfen NC500
Print Lab
Fujicolor Eterna 3513
Fujicolor Eterna 3513 · Kodak Premier 2393 · Kodak Vision 2383
Diffusion
Not included
Included
Halation
Not included
Included
Grain
Not included
Included
Range
Included
Included
Bleach Bypass
Included
Included
Printer Lights
Not included
Included
Split Toning
Not included
Included
Acutance
Not included
Included
Deliver
Not included
Rec.709 · sRGB · P3-D65 · P3-DCI · Display P3
FreeFor independent filmmakersDownload free
$199For the set and the studioBuy Colorboy Pro

Color begins in the eye, passes through the camera, and rests on your timeline. A film look is a series of decisions. Colorboy gives you every one of them. Choose how the film sees, how it prints, how it glows, and how it sharpens.

Buy Colorboy

Colorboy Pro

Color Science. Each module. Complete pipeline.

$199Lifetime

Buy Colorboy Pro

Not sure it runs on your Mac? Try Lite free first.

  • For colorists, cinematographers, and high-end productions demanding total control.
  • Ten film stocks and three print stocks, with all 11 sections active: Camera, Light, Emulsion, Print Lab, Character, Halation, Split Toning, Acutance, Diffusion, Grain and Deliver.
  • All nine stages in real time at 4K 24 FPS, powered by Metal on Apple Silicon.
  • Two activations: the studio and your personal Mac. License delivered by email.
  • Yours for good. Every update, today and tomorrow, included.

Colorboy LiteCore color. Essential tools.

For indie filmmakers. Everything you need to bring pure film color to your daily edits.

Colorboy System Requirements

DaVinci Resolve 19.1.4+ or higher (Free and Studio) / macOS 13 Ventura or higher / Apple Silicon

Colorboy User Manual

Download the PDF
Update

Lifetime

Pay once and Colorboy Pro is yours to keep. Every update is included. No subscription, no renewal.

Multi-device

Multi-device

Colorboy Pro includes 2 activations. Use it in the studio and on your personal Mac — switch anytime from FutureFx Studio.

Support

Support

We personally answer every inquiry within 24 hours. Write to us at hi@futurefxstudio.com.

DaVinci Resolve

Host

Built natively for DaVinci Resolve — the industry standard for professional color grading.

Frequently Asked Questions

Colorboy is a film color processing OFX plugin for DaVinci Resolve. It emulates the behavior of real film negatives through an eleven-stage pipeline: Camera, Light, Emulsion, Print Lab, Diffusion, Halation, Grain, Character, Split Toning, Acutance, and Deliver. Colorboy is built to emulate the density, color response, and curves of real film stock — giving you an authentic technical foundation to work from. From there, its tools and stages guide you into Look Development: the creative process of turning that foundation into your project's unique visual identity.
Colorboy runs exclusively on Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later), on DaVinci Resolve 19.1.4 or later. It is not compatible with Intel Macs or Windows.
Minimal system impact. Colorboy is built with code optimized exclusively for Apple Silicon, taking full advantage of Metal GPU power. Smooth playback, no overhead, no lag.
Yes. Colorboy works with both DaVinci Resolve Studio and the free version — verified from version 19.1.4 onward.
None. In our technical testing, we've verified the plugin performs identically in Studio and Free.
Colorboy Pro includes the full color pipeline: all eleven stages — Camera, Light, Emulsion, Print Lab, Diffusion, Halation, Grain, Character, Split Toning, Acutance, and Deliver — with every section active, including Bleach Bypass and Printer Lights. Allows 2 simultaneous activations. Recommended for color studios that need full control over the emulsion look. Colorboy Lite runs the same color processing core, with essential controls, built for independent filmmakers.
Yes. If you already have your own conversion pipeline before and after Colorboy, it integrates naturally into your workflow.
Colorboy handles two input modes: Standard, for timelines without color management, and DWG, for managed color workflows. Check the user manual for more detail. If you prefer to handle your own LOG to Rec.709 conversion in parallel, you can — just disable the Camera section.
Pro allows 2 simultaneous activations. Lite allows 1. You can deactivate a device from FutureFx Studio to free up a slot and activate on another Mac. Applies to the Pro version.
Only to activate your license the first time. Once activated, Colorboy works offline.
Download the FutureFx Studio application from the link in your purchase email, open the app, enter your purchase email and license key, and click Authorize. The plugin installs automatically in Resolve.
Updates are downloaded directly from the FutureFx Studio app whenever a new version is available.
Yes. Colorboy Pro is a lifetime license and includes all future updates. Check for new versions anytime using the Check Updates button in FutureFx Studio.
macOS 13 Ventura or later. Apple Silicon M1+.
Colorboy Pro is available at a launch price of $199 through November 30, extended for the Pro launch and Black Friday. Starting December 1, the lifetime license is priced at $349.
We don't offer refunds — all sales are final. We provide detailed technical information, images, videos, and the complete user manual, so you can make an informed purchase decision. Not sure it will run on your Mac? Download Colorboy Lite free first — it uses the same color core.
Reach out to us directly at hi@futurefxstudio.com. We personally respond to every inquiry within 24 hours.

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Colorboy: A color processor that reaches its full potential through precise user customization.

Colorboy: Emulates the behavior of film negatives through an eleven-stage pipeline, giving you an authentic technical foundation to develop your project's unique visual identity.

Eleven stages. One pipeline. Camera, Light, Emulsion, Print Lab, Diffusion, Halation, Grain, Character, Split Toning, Acutance, Deliver.

A complete film lab, built into one plugin.

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