Use a look

A look is a colour grade or finish: warmer light, film grain, black and white, a painting. Shotz has one set of looks, and you'll find the same ones in Create, the editor and Studio. They're free on every plan.

See them all

They're in the Agent's card: choose the Look tile above your words (see below). In ⌘K, search for a look by name to open the card with it on, or choose Looks to see them all.

The looks come in four groups:

• Colour film: Portra 400, Gold 200, Ektar 100, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Velvia 50, Superia 400, Pro 400H and CineStill 800T, after the film stocks they're named for.
• Black and white: Tri-X 400, HP5 Plus and Delta 3200.
• Cinema: Teal and orange, Bleach bypass, Technicolor and Day for night.
• Vintage: Instant film, Disposable, Expired film, Cross-processed, Lomo and Silent film.

Edits and pictures made with an earlier look keep it, and it still shows by its name.

Make a shot in a look

On the Agent's card, choose the Look tile over your words. Every look is shown on the same sample, with a strip of its colours. Pick one and the tile shows its name and picture, and the takes are made in it from the start. Open the tile again and pick Original to take it off. A look doesn't change what a take costs. If you also pick a Lighting, it replaces the look's own light, and a black and white look leaves the lighting's colours out. If you also use a brand, the look sets the grade and the brand's own grade steps aside for that shot. Voice, music and talking avatars have no look. The card’s Camera and Lighting tiles work the same way; see The card and its settings.

You can also ask the Agent: "make it feel like film" or "in Tri-X".

Put a look on a clip or a picture

• In the editor: pick clips on the timeline, choose Looks and pick a look. See Looks and transitions.
• In Studio: open a picture and choose Looks. See Studio.

In the editor and Studio a look sits on top of your file, so you can change it, turn it down or take it off any time. It's burned into what you export.

Don't do both to the same shot: a take made in a look already has it, so putting the same look on it in the editor makes it twice as strong.