
A small icon will show up on the film grain clip in your Media Pool, indicating that the clip is imported as a matte.

If it is added already, delete it from your project.

In the Composite settings, set the Composite Mode to Overlay and adjust the Opacity to your liking - around 30-60 % usually looks good.

Select the film grain on your timeline and open the Inspector.On the Edit tab, drag the film grain clip to a new video track on your timeline, above the footage you want to add the film grain to.On the Media tab, import your film grain to your bin.

To add film grain to your footage using the timeline overlay method, do the following: The Timeline Overlay method is the most familiar way of adding film grain, as it resembles the timeline workflow of other applications, like Adobe Premiere and Avid Media Composer. There are two main methods of adding film grain in Davinci Resolve, and of course we cover them both in this article. Film grain is not to be mistaken for the digital gain noise that we see in digital video when shooting on high ISO values it's something that gives your footage depth and character, when used correctly. Film grain naturally occurs when shooting using traditional, analog film stocks and is often used to make digital video more organic and "real".
