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Rosco Butterflies and Overheads are manufactured to fit the standard frames used in motion picture and television production – from 4’x4’ (1.12 x 1.12 m) to 20’x20’ (5.90 x 5.90 m), with custom sizes and finishing available as well.

Using a wide variety of popular filmmaking light modifying materials, Rosco Butterflies and Overheads can be used for diffusion, reflection, beam control & shaping, and modifying colour temperature. Digital compositing textiles such as Chroma Key Green and Blue are also available.

Egg Crate Butterflies are also available to control the spill from large frames of diffusion and direct the light where it needs to be on set. They are available in 40° and 50° configurations and are manufactured using a lightweight, durable, light-absorbing fabric.

All Rosco Butterflies and Overheads are supplied edge-finished with ties and grommets inside a water-resistant bag. The material is sewn onto industrial strength webbing to provide strength and flexibility. The webbing for Nets and Silks is colour-coded to facilitate easy identification on set.

• Single Net (black and white) = Green
• Double Net (black and white) = Red
• Silks (natural and artificial) = Yellow

Standard sizes:

4' x 4' (1.12 x 1.12 m)
6' x 6' (1.74 x 1.74 m)
8' x 8' (2.35 x 2.35 m)
8' x 12' (2.35 x 3.55 m)
12' x 12' (3.55 x 3.55 m)
12' x 20' (3.55 x 5.90 m)
20' x 20' (5.90 x 5.90 m)

Custom sizes and finishing are also available.

Standard materials:

Grid Cloth	White Artificial Silk	Blue Chroma Key
Light Grid Cloth	Black Artificial Silk	Green Chroma Key Trevira
1/4 Grid Cloth	1/4 White Artificial Silk	Blue Chroma Key Trevira
Silent Grid Cloth	White Single Net	Green/Blue Reversible Chroma Key
Silent Light Grid Cloth	White Double Net	Windbag
Silent 1/4 Grid Cloth	Black Single Net	Cinebounce
Full Dyed Grid Cloth CTS	Black Double Net	Griffolyn Black/White
1/2 Dyed Grid Cloth CTS	White Gobelin Scrim	White Muslin
1/4 Dyed Grid Cloth CTS	Grey Gobelin Scrim	Natural Muslin
Full Dyed Grid Cloth CTB	Black Gobelin Scrim	Grey Muslin
1/2 Dyed Grid Cloth CTB	Silver Reflector	White Molton
1/4 Dyed Grid Cloth CTB	Gold Reflector	Grey Molton
Dyed Grid Cloth Moonlight	Checkerboard Gold/Silver	Black Molton
Soft Frost	Green Digital Fabric	Bolton
Silent Frost	Blue Digital Fabric	Black Commando Cloth/Duvetyne
Hilite	Green Molton Chroma Key	Camouflage Net
Cine Diffuser	Blue Molton Chroma Key
White China Silk	Green Chroma Key

Light reduction:

Material	Reduction
Artificial Silk	1 STOP
White (China) Silk	1/2 STOP
¼ Artificial Silk	1/4 STOP
Black or White Single Net	1/2 STOP
Black or White Double Net	1 STOP
Black or White Triple Net	1 1/2 STOP

Egg Crate Butterflies

Egg Crate Butterflies allow filmmakers to control spill from the large frames of diffusion they use to soften light on set. Available in 40° and 50° configurations and manufactured using a lightweight, durable, light-absorbing fabric.

Standard Materials

#3030 Grid Cloth	A reinforced diffusion material. Ideal for tenting and large area diffusion.
#3032 Light Grid Cloth	Similar characteristics to Grid Cloth, but less dense.
#3034 1/4 Grid Cloth	Similar characteristics to Grid Cloth, but less dense then #3032.
#3060 Silent Grid Cloth	A reinforced, woven diffusion material. Similar properties to Grid Cloth (#3030), but quiet when used outdoors in windy conditions.
#3062 Silent Light Grid Cloth	A reinforced, woven diffusion material. Similar properties to Light Grid Cloth (#3032), but quiet when used outdoors in windy conditions.
#3064 Silent 1/4 Grid Cloth	A reinforced, woven diffusion material. Similar properties to 1/4 Grid Cloth (No. 3034), but quiet when used outdoors in windy conditions.
#3081 Full Straw Grid Cloth	Reinforced diffusion material that will lower Kelvin temperature of a light source.
#3082 1/2 Straw Grid Cloth	Reinforced diffusion material that will lower Kelvin temperature of a light source.
#3083 1/4 Straw Grid Cloth	Reinforced diffusion material that will lower Kelvin temperature of a light source.
#3071 Full Blue Grid Cloth	Reinforced diffusion material that will raise Kelvin temperature of a light source.
#3072 1/2 Blue Grid Cloth	Reinforced diffusion material that will raise Kelvin temperature of a light source.
#3073 1/4 Blue Grid Cloth	Reinforced diffusion material that will raise Kelvin temperature of a light source.
#3090 Dyed Grid Cloth Moonlight	A reinforced diffusion that, when placed in front of an HMI light, creates a soft moonlight effect. Also can be used on tungsten lights as a correction to match cool white fluorescent.
#3002 Soft Frost	A relatively dense diffuser that creates an even field of soft, “shadowless” light. Excellent for combining multiple lights into a single, large area source.
#3029 Silent Frost	A relatively dense diffuser that creates a smooth field of soft “shadowless” light. Excellent for frames and overheads. Particularly useful outdoors when wind causes a noise problem with other plastic diffusers.
#3014 Hilite	A moderate diffuser that offers high transmission with minimal colour temperature shift. Ideal for tenting or large area diffusion.
Cine Diffuser	A very popular soft diffusion ideal for butterflies and overheads.
#3840 Cinebounce	A durable, lightweight, waterproof fabric. White side offers a soft bounce surface, while black side is suitable as an opaque, light-blocking material. Flame retardant.
Windbag	A three pass acrylic coated white fabric used for blocking and bouncing light.
Griffolyn	A plastic, waterproof fabric similar to Cinebounce. White side offers a soft bounce surface, while black side is suitable as an opaque, light-blocking material. Flame retardant.
White China Silk	Softens and diffuses direct light. Creates a significant amount of ambient bounce.
White Artificial Silk	Great diffuser in wide width which allows the least possible seams.
Black Artificial Silk	Diffuses and softens direct light. Does not introduce ambient bounce.
1/4 White Artificial Silk	Slightly diffuses direct light. Introduces ambient bounce produced by the white fabric.
1/4 Black Artificial Silk	Diffuses and softens direct light. Does not introduce ambient bounce.
White Single Net	An excellent option to work with a seamless butterfly to reduce light intensity over half stop without altering the pattern or colour temperature.
White Double Net	Reduces slightly over 1 stop without altering the pattern or colour temperature.
Black Single Net	An excellent option to work with a seamless butterfly to reduce light intensity over ½ stop without altering the pattern or colour temperature. Black to avoid reflections.
Black Double Net	Reduction of light by over 1 stop without altering the pattern or colour temperature.
White Gobelin Scrim	Excellent for reducing glare and light. White to bounce light.
Grey Gobelin Scrim	Reduces glare and light. Grey colour is neutral to go unoticed in front of any object.
Black Gobelin Scrim	Reduces glare and light. Black to avoid light reflections.
Green Digital Fabric	The Rosco chroma green colour on a polyester substrate.
Blue Digital Fabric	The Rosco chroma blue colour on a polyester substrate.
Green Molton Chroma Key	The Rosco chroma green colour on a cotton substrate.
Blue Molton Chroma Key	The Rosco chroma blue colour on a cotton substrate.
Green Chroma Key Trevira	The Rosco chroma green colour on an inherently flame-retardant polyester substrate.
Blue Chroma Key Trevira	The Rosco chroma blue colour on an inherently flame-retardant polyester substrate.
Green Chroma Key	The Rosco chroma green colour on a flexible polyester substrate.
Blue Chroma Key	The Rosco chroma blue colour on a flexible polyester substrate.
Green/Blue Reversible Chroma Key	All in one. The Rosco Chroma Green and Chroma Blue colours in one unique panel. No colour interferences due to the in-between black molton layer.
Silver Reflector Lame	Bright and cold light reflection.
Gold Reflector Lame	Bright and warm light reflection.
Checkerboad Lame (Gold/Silver)	Bright and mixed cold/warm light reflection.
White Muslin	Ideal to bounce light or use it as white background.
Natural Muslin	Ideal to bounce light adding a warm tone or to do white balance.
Grey Muslin	The ideal TV cyclorama fabric. Also useful in shootings as a good projection surface.
White Molton	The European masking product. White to bounce light.
Grey Molton	The European masking product. Grey colour enables its use also as a projection surface.
Black Molton	The European masking product. Black to avoid light reflections.
Black Bolton	A blackout product with a velvet-like appearance. Black to avoid light reflections.
Black Commando Cloth/Duvetyne	The American masking product also known as Duvetyne. Black to avoid light reflections.
Camouflage Net	Ideal for creating shades and textures in film lighting.

Full CTB Grid Cloth	Full CTS Grid Cloth	Moonlight Grid Cloth
White Artificial Silk	White Single Net	Black Double Net
Gold Reflector Lame	Silver Reflector Lame	Gold & Silver Checkerboard
Blue Chroma Key	Green Chroma Key	Blue & Green Reversible Chroma Key
Cinebounce	Griffolyn	Water Resistant Bag
Ties and grommets	Bungee cords	Black filter grip panel
Red filter grip panel for Black Double Net	Green filter grip panel for Black Single Net	Tightening elastic band. Yellow grip panel for Natural and Artificial Silk