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title: "Noir"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/Stylize_noir.html"
section_path: "Stylize > Noir"
description: "Create dramatic noir lighting effects with saturation controls, optically captured vignettes, flickering, Venetian patterns, and more using Noir."
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## NOIR

![Universe CrumplePop Noir Plugin](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/U_Noir_Moderne_universe.jpg)

Create dramatic noir lighting effects with saturation controls, optically captured vignettes, flickering, Venetian patterns, and more using Noir.

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### Presets

![Image: Uni_Stylize_Noir_presets.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Stylize_Noir_presets.png)

Click the **Choose a Preset...** button to see an animated preview of all available presets. Double-click any preset to apply it. Once a preset is selected, you will see its name highlighted within the **Vignette Preset** drop-down menu below. Presets can also be applied directly from this Vignette Preset menu.

The images below illustrate how Noir changes a portrait with the Venetian preset's default values.

![Image: Uni_Stylize_Noir_Venetian.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Stylize_Noir_Venetian.png)

As with all other Universe tools, you can modify or create a Noir look and then save it under its own name by pressing the **Save Preset...** button.

### Modify the Effect

- To decrease the overall strength of the **Vignette Preset**, shift the **Vignette Opacity** value to a lower setting.
- Changing the **Noir Contrast** slider from its default of 50 will increase or decrease how evident the difference between darkness and lightness is within the image.
- **Exposure** controls lighten or darken the overall scene. A -1.0 value yields a dark, underexposed look while +1.0 gives you an overexposed effect that bleaches out shadow details.
- Bring the **Saturation** slider up toward 100 to add back the color of the original image or leave it at 0 for a black and white image.
- Shift the **Lens Blur** control from 0 to 100 to increase the blur's intensity and influence.
- Choose from the **Blend Mode** drop-down to select the blending mode used to composite the Noir result over the original input image. For example, the Venetian preset defaults to using the **Overlay Blend Mode**, but changing to **Difference** creates a solarized appearance that could be useful in transitions or (melo)dramatic advertising clips.
- Turning on the **18FPS** checkbox changes the frame rate of your footage to 18 FPS, which gives footage a slightly jerky, distorted feel throughout the effect. If you’d like a smoother animated effect, leave this box off to keep the footage’s original frame rate.