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butterflies and overheads

Rosco butterfly panels are available to fit the standard butterfly and overhead frames used in motion picture and television production.

Butterflies are produced in all materials necessary to control light effects such as diffusion, reflection, light intensity and colour temperature. Fabrics, like molton black, grey and white, and textiles for digital compositing, like Chroma and Digistretch are also available.

All standard sizes are in stock:

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)
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)

Any custom size and finishing can also be made available.

All materials are supplied edge-finished with ties and grommets. Filter grip panels are sewn on to a fabric edge tape, which gives strength and flexibility, up to any size and in different colours to facilitate identification of some of the materials used in butterfly production: Green for all Single Net (black and white), Red for all Double Net (black and white) and Yellow for Silk (natural and artificial). The rest of the filter grip panels have the most appropriate colours to go unnoticed. All butterfly panels are delivered in water resistant bags.

Materials available from stock:

Grid Cloth Light Grid Cloth 1/4 Grid Cloth Silent Grid Cloth Silent Light Grid Cloth Silent 1/4 Grid Cloth Full Dyed Grid Cloth CTS 1/2 Dyed Grid Cloth CTS 1/4 Dyed grid Cloth CTS Full Dyed Grid Cloth CTB 1/2 Dyed Grid Cloth CTB 1/4 Dyed grid Cloth CTB Dyed Grid Cloth Moonlight Soft Frost Half Density Soft Frost	Hilite Cinebounce Griffolyn Black/White White China Silk White Artificial Silk Black Artificial Silk 1/4 White Artificial Silk White Single Net White Double Net Black Single Net Black Double Net White Gobelin Scrim Grey Gobelin Scrim Black Gobelin Scrim Chroma Key Blue	Chroma Key Green Reversible Chroma Key Blue/Green Silver Reflector Gold Reflector Checkerboard Lame Gold/Silver White Muslin Natural Muslin Grey Muslin White Molton Grey Molton Black Molton Black Commando Cloth Camouflage Net

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

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Sewing Room	Red Filter Grip Panel. Black Double Net.	Green Filter Grip Panel. Black Single Net.
Tightening Elastic Band with Yellow Grip Panel	Ties. Cinebounce Butterfly	Bungee Cords and Grommets
Water Resistant Bag	Full CTB Grid Cloth	Full CTS Grid Cloth
Black Double Net	White Simple Net	Moonlight
Cinebounce	Black Griffolyn	Gold Silver Checkerboard
Reflector Lame Gold	Silver Reflector Lame	Blue Chroma Key
Artificial Silk	Blue & Green Reversible ChromaKey	Green Chroma Key