Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection

“I bought these powergrades to see how fast my workflow would change and it was a success! Less time creating node trees and more time being creative.”
— Jared Blizzard, verified buyer
Sale price$99.99 USD

Individual license, for productions with budgets up to $5 million USD. Studios and larger productions: see Studio licensing.

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The #1 Recommended PowerGrade "Starter" Kit for DaVinci Resolve

54 Customizable Look PowerGrades

Both Scene Referred (DWG, LogC3) and Rec709 Versions Provided

59 Customizable Utilities PowerGrades

Designed to fit perfectly within your existing workflow

Compatible with

Color Managed Workflows

Our PowerGrades seamlessly integrate with Resolve Color Management (DaVinci Intermediate) and ACES workflows, ensuring accurate and consistent color management throughout your entire post-production pipeline.

Applied to Arri "Isabella" Test Image for Reference

Sample of PowerGrades Included

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's included in the Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection?

Vol. 1 is our most recommended PowerGrade starter kit for DaVinci Resolve. It includes 115 PowerGrade .drx files with over 110 ready-to-use presets, a DaVinci Resolve project that installs them for you, 50 3D LUTs for on-camera use, and a user guide. The looks cover classic film and photochemical styles like 2 Strip, 3 Strip, Cross Process, Teal and Orange, Black and White, and Kodak-inspired grades, so you can drop a starting point onto almost any project.

Do I need DaVinci Resolve Studio, or does the free version work?

The free version of DaVinci Resolve works. PowerGrades are Resolve grades, not plug-ins, so they load in both the free edition and Resolve Studio. You don't need to buy Studio to use Vol. 1. If you can open Resolve, you can use these looks.

Which Resolve versions and platforms are supported?

Vol. 1 supports DaVinci Resolve 18.6 and later on macOS and Windows, and the latest DaVinci Resolve for iPad. The included Resolve project installs all 115 PowerGrades into your gallery in one step.

Is Vol. 1 good for beginners?

Yes. Vol. 1 works as a starting point: you apply a PowerGrade to a clip, then adjust to taste, which is one of the fastest ways to learn how professional looks are built. Each grade is a full node tree you can open and study, so it doubles as a reference while you grade.

Is this a one-time payment or a subscription?

One-time payment. No Hassle Licensing — One-Time Payment, No Subscription, Free Updates. You own the collection outright and get future updates to it at no additional cost.

How do I install the PowerGrades?

After purchase you get an instant download with the .drx files, the installer project, the LUTs, and the guide. Open the included DaVinci Resolve project and the PowerGrades load straight into your gallery, ready to drag onto any clip. You can also load the 3D LUTs on set in supported cameras.

  • 5 stars: 60 (85%)
  • 4 stars: 8 (11%)
  • 3 stars: 3 (4%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Geoffrey Steiner
Best Powergrade for my Videos

This is the best powergrade collection that one can buy. I just recently purchased it and used it on my latest YouTube video and it is stellar. It is simple enough for me to use and has a lot of different looks for the price, plus you get a whole bunch of LUTs too

Judge.me YouTube video placeholder
J
Jeremias Nieminen
A toolkit that helps you learn as you go

I like how it is fully customizable, so I can tweak each look based on my taste and needs. It's been very interesting to learn how the looks were built. I've been utilizing RGB-mixer much more in look development after exploring this package. I'm very curious to see how the upcoming PowerGrade package has evolved.

E
Enrico Marchese
Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection

The Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection was the last PixelTools item that was missing in my collection and now, thanks to the offer, I have completed my "collection". I just started to play a little with some of the PowerGrades included and my first impression is that, as usual with PixelTools, also in this case you will receive a big help in improving and make faster your grades. No need to mention that in the collection you will find a Power Grade that surely fit in every kind of job you have to do. There is lot of flexibility and it is clear, as always with Jason stuff, that everything was built based on Color Science so these are Power Grades from professionals for professionals. It always warming when you find people that share their love for a profession with others, and this is exactly what Jason does with us. Thanks PixelTools and keep going!

R
Rick Klop
Some great grades

Buyingg another dctl I got this one for free! I'm now editing my honeymoon, shot with a camcorder in REC709. The grades work like a charm with rec709. Highly recommended.

A
Andrew J.
Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection observations

Excellent customer support ! The power grades work but not always as expected. They all seem to be designed to work within a rec 709 environment. Nodes are include to convert from Davinci Intermediate and Davinci Wide Gamma to the grade node in rec 709 and back again. You can modify these nodes to change from other sources. Arri log conversion nodes are also included. The preview does not always show accurately depending on what I nodes and correction I have previously set up.
The written installation instructions do not match the video, though both work. I found the video easier to follow.
On the whole a good and useful product, you will need some previous knowledge of Resolve to get the most out of it.

M
Mr Honesty
Good starting point

This powergrade collection gives a good starting point for making creative choices and giving my video a film-look vibe. I get good results with the looks this powergrade offers because they don't break the image. It's a quick and convenient solution that gives me a good starting point for adding other tools.

N
Neal Bilbe
Great tools, affordable.

These tools make my work easier, as I don't use Resolve color management, I look through my library of presets to quickly build a look. Just a few minor tweaks and I am on my way. These help me find my overall creative look quickly, and I am off to passes on each shot.

S
S.G.
Efficient, flexible, and professional!

Pixeltools' Powergrade Collection (Volume 1) is an innovative, time-saving toolkit for colour grading in DaVinci Resolve. Each PowerGrade is well-built, with clean node structures that are easy to tweak and adapt to any project. Whether I’m chasing a bold cinematic look or a clean, natural grade, there’s a preset that gets me close—fast.

It’s more than a shortcut; it’s a solid creative foundation that helps maintain consistency and polish across edits. I now reach for these grades on nearly every timeline.

d
david scott
Underwhelmed

Not sure what I was expecting…. I’m a fairly experienced colourist and am always keen to expand my knowledge, but didn’t really find anything here useful. I decomposed the nodes and found it was all fairly basic stuff I do anyway on my own node trees. Sorry guys! The last time I was truly impressed was with the finishing LUTs supplied by Lens Distortions which are beautifully crafted. I think I was hoping these would be the same, but with some adjustments possible, which of course LUTs can’t do.

We’re sorry to hear you were disappointed with our PowerGrades. They’re designed for beginner and intermediate artists, which may explain why you didn’t find anything new. However, they’re also meant to save time by eliminating the need to build looks manually.

Regarding your comparison to the Lens Distortion LUTs, they serve a different purpose and are designed for a different audience. PowerGrades are intended as a starting point for looks, rather than a finalizing tool.

If you’re still within our satisfaction guarantee exchange window, please reach out, and we’ll make sure you’re taken care of.

X
Xuan Nguyen
Best PowerGrades on the market!

PixelTools offers a wide range of high-quality film print emulation looks, utilities, and creative color grades that are easily accessible within Resolve's native PowerGrade system. The Film Lab PowerGrades provide a flexible film emulation pipeline with saturation adjustments, grain, halation, and blur effects to mimic the aesthetic of theatrical film prints. The hueShift tool allows smooth hue adjustments, skintone refinement, and camera matching in a single node.
A key advantage of PixelTools is the ability to deconstruct and customize the node trees, enabling you to learn from the techniques used and build your own looks!

R
Randy Rundio
Still Learning

I’m still learning how to work the powergrades into my workflow. I like that the powergrades allow you to see and edit each node. With more experience, I expect to be more efficient using the grades.

Z
Zahier Abrahams
It completely changed my whole grading experience

This was definitely the best decision I’ve made in terms of color grading. Ives spent a lot of money on luts, and never been able to achieve anything close to a professional look. With this it was instant, more importantly learning how to adjust nodes and craft my own load was incredibly easy. I look forward to experimenting with grades now :)

C
Christer Molander
Good help forward

The Powergrade Collection helps me to work faster and with more accuracy. No hassle, faster and safer.

O
Owen D. Young, Jr.
Excellent value!

Powergrades is one of the best color enhancement tools available. It's not just LUTs, the node trees allow full customization and offer a collection of classic color grading techniques. I've tried other color enhancement tools, but none as versatile as this. It's an excellent value.

D
Damon Girbon
Great time saving tool

Loving the PowerGrade Collection Vol 1. Great to start with for inspiration and then so easy to edit as you see fit for the project you’re working on. Clear instructions and no issues running on the lates release of Resolve (18.6) Thanks guys for a great product.

U
Uli Hoffmann
Timesaver

PixelTools PowerGrade Collection makes color grading in davinic easy and quick. Setup your camera color space, adjust temperature and you can choose a bunch of different professional looks; with delicate handling of colors and dynamics. In addition you get a deep insight how to adress demanding grading tasks in DaVinci. I use the Collection in every project.

W
Wade Asher
Ready, Set, Go!

This is by far the easiest tool to use to whip through post production and dang good results at that.

U
Ulrico Selinger
Powerfull

The PowerGrade Collection is absoutly powerfull and very helpfull!

B
Benjamin McIntire
Quite nice

Yeah it’s really nice. Probably the best powergrade collection I’ve downloaded. I still prefer to do things from scratch, but in the odd time where a client wants to cycle through some looks I think it will be a really nice addition:)

K
Kreative Imagination
Plenty of Options!

Easy to use for a beginner colorist like myself!

A
Alfred Zacharias
Productivity and Education

As much as the PixelTools Vol. 1 PowerGrade will speed up your grading process it will also educate you, because - as many other reviewers wrote - they are not just LUTs, but node trees that use DaVinci’s very own tools. This way you will see how you can use the tools and what they do. Additionally you can tweak them to your own taste. Very much worth it!

m
matthieu wolmark
Powergrade coll.

Very simple to use. I gives many choices and variations that I can choose from. I'm not using it for all projects but on some it is a time-saver.

V
Vasil Otiuridze
Finally

PixelTools Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection is almost everything you need while color grading. Easy to install and use.

J
Jason
Powergrade Collection Vol. 1

Having recently bought the DCTL pack and receiving the Powergrade Collection Vol. 1 I can certainly see that I will use them in some of my projects going forward. They are well laid out and easy to install using the supplied DR project. There are certainly more than enough to choose from to suit anyone's creative requirements for projects they may have.

Jason.

J
Jeffrey Rodriguez
Saturation made easy for a beginner and pro

This plugin makes correcting/enhancing saturation really easy!

K
Karl Polverino
PowerGrade Collection

PixelTools Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection is the third product that I’ve used from Pixel Tools. Each product allows me to add more creativity to my color grading workflow.

S
Solomon Isaac
PixelTools Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection

I am a newbie to color grading and editing process. I edit Christian music videos of my church. After getting the powergrade collection package, I used it in my latest project and it was really a game changer for me. It made my work to look more professional. I am also using the exposure collection package to properly expose my shot and then add the powergrade look at the end of my flow. I heard comments that it looks very clear and professional looking. Thanks for the tool and it greatly reduced my workflow time.

C
Claudio Polotto
Eccelente.

Sono molto soddisfatto dei vostri prodotti e ne sono veramente soddisfatto.

  • 5 stars: 60 (85%)
  • 4 stars: 8 (11%)
  • 3 stars: 3 (4%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
G
Geoffrey Steiner
Best Powergrade for my Videos

This is the best powergrade collection that one can buy. I just recently purchased it and used it on my latest YouTube video and it is stellar. It is simple enough for me to use and has a lot of different looks for the price, plus you get a whole bunch of LUTs too

Judge.me YouTube video placeholder
J
Jeremias Nieminen
A toolkit that helps you learn as you go

I like how it is fully customizable, so I can tweak each look based on my taste and needs. It's been very interesting to learn how the looks were built. I've been utilizing RGB-mixer much more in look development after exploring this package. I'm very curious to see how the upcoming PowerGrade package has evolved.

E
Enrico Marchese
Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection

The Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection was the last PixelTools item that was missing in my collection and now, thanks to the offer, I have completed my "collection". I just started to play a little with some of the PowerGrades included and my first impression is that, as usual with PixelTools, also in this case you will receive a big help in improving and make faster your grades. No need to mention that in the collection you will find a Power Grade that surely fit in every kind of job you have to do. There is lot of flexibility and it is clear, as always with Jason stuff, that everything was built based on Color Science so these are Power Grades from professionals for professionals. It always warming when you find people that share their love for a profession with others, and this is exactly what Jason does with us. Thanks PixelTools and keep going!

R
Rick Klop
Some great grades

Buyingg another dctl I got this one for free! I'm now editing my honeymoon, shot with a camcorder in REC709. The grades work like a charm with rec709. Highly recommended.

A
Andrew J.
Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection observations

Excellent customer support ! The power grades work but not always as expected. They all seem to be designed to work within a rec 709 environment. Nodes are include to convert from Davinci Intermediate and Davinci Wide Gamma to the grade node in rec 709 and back again. You can modify these nodes to change from other sources. Arri log conversion nodes are also included. The preview does not always show accurately depending on what I nodes and correction I have previously set up.
The written installation instructions do not match the video, though both work. I found the video easier to follow.
On the whole a good and useful product, you will need some previous knowledge of Resolve to get the most out of it.

M
Mr Honesty
Good starting point

This powergrade collection gives a good starting point for making creative choices and giving my video a film-look vibe. I get good results with the looks this powergrade offers because they don't break the image. It's a quick and convenient solution that gives me a good starting point for adding other tools.

N
Neal Bilbe
Great tools, affordable.

These tools make my work easier, as I don't use Resolve color management, I look through my library of presets to quickly build a look. Just a few minor tweaks and I am on my way. These help me find my overall creative look quickly, and I am off to passes on each shot.

S
S.G.
Efficient, flexible, and professional!

Pixeltools' Powergrade Collection (Volume 1) is an innovative, time-saving toolkit for colour grading in DaVinci Resolve. Each PowerGrade is well-built, with clean node structures that are easy to tweak and adapt to any project. Whether I’m chasing a bold cinematic look or a clean, natural grade, there’s a preset that gets me close—fast.

It’s more than a shortcut; it’s a solid creative foundation that helps maintain consistency and polish across edits. I now reach for these grades on nearly every timeline.

d
david scott
Underwhelmed

Not sure what I was expecting…. I’m a fairly experienced colourist and am always keen to expand my knowledge, but didn’t really find anything here useful. I decomposed the nodes and found it was all fairly basic stuff I do anyway on my own node trees. Sorry guys! The last time I was truly impressed was with the finishing LUTs supplied by Lens Distortions which are beautifully crafted. I think I was hoping these would be the same, but with some adjustments possible, which of course LUTs can’t do.

We’re sorry to hear you were disappointed with our PowerGrades. They’re designed for beginner and intermediate artists, which may explain why you didn’t find anything new. However, they’re also meant to save time by eliminating the need to build looks manually.

Regarding your comparison to the Lens Distortion LUTs, they serve a different purpose and are designed for a different audience. PowerGrades are intended as a starting point for looks, rather than a finalizing tool.

If you’re still within our satisfaction guarantee exchange window, please reach out, and we’ll make sure you’re taken care of.

X
Xuan Nguyen
Best PowerGrades on the market!

PixelTools offers a wide range of high-quality film print emulation looks, utilities, and creative color grades that are easily accessible within Resolve's native PowerGrade system. The Film Lab PowerGrades provide a flexible film emulation pipeline with saturation adjustments, grain, halation, and blur effects to mimic the aesthetic of theatrical film prints. The hueShift tool allows smooth hue adjustments, skintone refinement, and camera matching in a single node.
A key advantage of PixelTools is the ability to deconstruct and customize the node trees, enabling you to learn from the techniques used and build your own looks!

R
Randy Rundio
Still Learning

I’m still learning how to work the powergrades into my workflow. I like that the powergrades allow you to see and edit each node. With more experience, I expect to be more efficient using the grades.

Z
Zahier Abrahams
It completely changed my whole grading experience

This was definitely the best decision I’ve made in terms of color grading. Ives spent a lot of money on luts, and never been able to achieve anything close to a professional look. With this it was instant, more importantly learning how to adjust nodes and craft my own load was incredibly easy. I look forward to experimenting with grades now :)

C
Christer Molander
Good help forward

The Powergrade Collection helps me to work faster and with more accuracy. No hassle, faster and safer.

O
Owen D. Young, Jr.
Excellent value!

Powergrades is one of the best color enhancement tools available. It's not just LUTs, the node trees allow full customization and offer a collection of classic color grading techniques. I've tried other color enhancement tools, but none as versatile as this. It's an excellent value.

D
Damon Girbon
Great time saving tool

Loving the PowerGrade Collection Vol 1. Great to start with for inspiration and then so easy to edit as you see fit for the project you’re working on. Clear instructions and no issues running on the lates release of Resolve (18.6) Thanks guys for a great product.

U
Uli Hoffmann
Timesaver

PixelTools PowerGrade Collection makes color grading in davinic easy and quick. Setup your camera color space, adjust temperature and you can choose a bunch of different professional looks; with delicate handling of colors and dynamics. In addition you get a deep insight how to adress demanding grading tasks in DaVinci. I use the Collection in every project.

W
Wade Asher
Ready, Set, Go!

This is by far the easiest tool to use to whip through post production and dang good results at that.

U
Ulrico Selinger
Powerfull

The PowerGrade Collection is absoutly powerfull and very helpfull!

B
Benjamin McIntire
Quite nice

Yeah it’s really nice. Probably the best powergrade collection I’ve downloaded. I still prefer to do things from scratch, but in the odd time where a client wants to cycle through some looks I think it will be a really nice addition:)

K
Kreative Imagination
Plenty of Options!

Easy to use for a beginner colorist like myself!

A
Alfred Zacharias
Productivity and Education

As much as the PixelTools Vol. 1 PowerGrade will speed up your grading process it will also educate you, because - as many other reviewers wrote - they are not just LUTs, but node trees that use DaVinci’s very own tools. This way you will see how you can use the tools and what they do. Additionally you can tweak them to your own taste. Very much worth it!

m
matthieu wolmark
Powergrade coll.

Very simple to use. I gives many choices and variations that I can choose from. I'm not using it for all projects but on some it is a time-saver.

V
Vasil Otiuridze
Finally

PixelTools Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection is almost everything you need while color grading. Easy to install and use.

J
Jason
Powergrade Collection Vol. 1

Having recently bought the DCTL pack and receiving the Powergrade Collection Vol. 1 I can certainly see that I will use them in some of my projects going forward. They are well laid out and easy to install using the supplied DR project. There are certainly more than enough to choose from to suit anyone's creative requirements for projects they may have.

Jason.

J
Jeffrey Rodriguez
Saturation made easy for a beginner and pro

This plugin makes correcting/enhancing saturation really easy!

K
Karl Polverino
PowerGrade Collection

PixelTools Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection is the third product that I’ve used from Pixel Tools. Each product allows me to add more creativity to my color grading workflow.

S
Solomon Isaac
PixelTools Vol. 1 PowerGrade Collection

I am a newbie to color grading and editing process. I edit Christian music videos of my church. After getting the powergrade collection package, I used it in my latest project and it was really a game changer for me. It made my work to look more professional. I am also using the exposure collection package to properly expose my shot and then add the powergrade look at the end of my flow. I heard comments that it looks very clear and professional looking. Thanks for the tool and it greatly reduced my workflow time.

C
Claudio Polotto
Eccelente.

Sono molto soddisfatto dei vostri prodotti e ne sono veramente soddisfatto.

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