<p>I'm trying to create film grain effect using DaVinci Resolve's built in Film Grain effect in Fusion (ignore the brightness and ellipse nodes, it's irrelevant):</p>
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<p>The film grain effects animates the grain as expected for the first few seconds (exactly 51 frames) perfectly. Then the grain animation stops and the whole video is overlaid with a static film grain &quot;image&quot; overlaid. As a result the first 51 frames of the video has the grain effect that I want, and for some reason, after 52nd frame it just stays static. I've also tried changing the random seed and time lock to see if it helps, but no avail.</p>
<p>What should I do? (I'm on Resolve 17.4.3 build 10)</p>

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2022-06-25T17:58:18.780Z
I have this problem as well! Did you ever figure out the problem?
iangilman
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2022-06-25T19:20:50.340Z
@iangilman IIRC I gave up. Probably a bug in Resolve.
Can Poyrazoğlu
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2022-06-27T22:23:52.847Z
OK, thanks for letting me know! I ended up switching to the node called just "grain" and that one worked fine.
iangilman
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2022-06-28T11:18:45.073Z
@iangilman thank you! Next time I need that I will go with that.
Can Poyrazoğlu
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DaVinci Resolve FilmGrain effect staying static after 51 frames
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# DaVinci Resolve FilmGrain effect staying static after 51 frames

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-10)

I'm trying to create film grain effect using DaVinci Resolve's built in Film Grain effect in Fusion (ignore the brightness and ellipse nodes, it's irrelevant):

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/AVJzw.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/AVJzw.jpg)

The film grain effects animates the grain as expected for the first few seconds (exactly 51 frames) perfectly. Then the grain animation stops and the whole video is overlaid with a static film grain "image" overlaid. As a result the first 51 frames of the video has the grain effect that I want, and for some reason, after 52nd frame it just stays static. I've also tried changing the random seed and time lock to see if it helps, but no avail.

What should I do? (I'm on Resolve 17.4.3 build 10)

**Tags:** davinci-resolve, fusion

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I have this problem as well! Did you ever figure out the problem?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 IIRC I gave up. Probably a bug in Resolve.  
> **username_1**: OK, thanks for letting me know! I ended up switching to the node called just "grain" and that one worked fine.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 thank you! Next time I need that I will go with that.  

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