{
 "slug": "film-finish",
 "name": "Halation, vignette and grain",
 "category": "effect",
 "group": "Motion and finish",
 "media": [
  "image",
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "Rendered or generated footage looks photographed.",
 "use_when": "The last pass on code-rendered and 3D video.",
 "phrase": "warm halation around the bright areas, a soft vignette, fine grain over everything",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Grain at 2 to 5 percent, and never two grain layers on top of each other.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
  },
  {
   "text": "Effects are the finish on a scene, never the idea.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on motion graphics"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "film-35mm",
  "light-leak-cut",
  "global-look-block"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on motion graphics and Director Chair notes on A Blender film from one request (Riley Brown, Claude Fable 5.2)"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/film-finish",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/film-finish.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me an edit brief: where it goes on the timeline, the exact settings, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is halation, vignette and grain: rendered or generated footage looks photographed. How it works: warm halation around the bright areas, a soft vignette, fine grain over everything. It is right for: the last pass on code-rendered and 3D video. Grain at 2 to 5 percent, and never two grain layers on top of each other. Effects are the finish on a scene, never the idea. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}