Adhesive & Cling ND Filters — WindowCling & RoscoGrip (AU & NZ)
Rosco stick-on ND · the fastest way to knock light back · AU & NZ
Blown-out window? Flaring practical? Stick it on and dim it down.
The window's two stops brighter than the room. The headlight's flaring. The sign is clipping. You need to knock the light down now — without building frames or taping messy gel that bubbles and falls off. Rosco's cling and adhesive ND press straight onto glass and bright sources, drop the exposure, reposition while you work and peel off clean. See exactly what they fix below.
What it fixes
Two problems, two filters
A window that's blowing out
WindowCling — static-cling ND that presses onto glass with no adhesive, pulls the daylight down to match the room, and peels off clean to reuse. ND.6 fixes most windows; ND.9 for harsh sun.
A hot practical or headlight
RoscoGrip — adhesive 2-stop ND that sticks straight onto a headlight, sign, dashboard or light-box and kills the flare in seconds. Trim to size; reposition; peel at wrap.
For glass & windows
Rosco WindowCling — add to cart
Static-cling ND on a polyester base — no adhesive, no residue, reusable. 610 mm × 7.62 m roll, cut to any pane. Neutral (no colour shift). Pick your stops.
WindowCling ND.3 (#8603)
One stop down — windows just a touch too bright, or soft daylight.
WindowCling ND.6 (#8606)
The everyday window fix — balances most interiors to the view outside.
WindowCling ND.9 (#8609)
Three stops for very bright glass — harsh sun, white skies, shopfronts.
WindowCling Day/Night (#8601)
A steel-blue cling layer to sell a night look through a window in daylight.
For bright practicals
RoscoGrip Strips — add to cart
N.6 (2-stop) adhesive ND on a repositionable roll. Stick it to a headlight, sign, dashboard or light box, trim to size, and the flare is gone. Peels clean at wrap.
RoscoGrip Strips — Sheet
The grab-and-go sheet for a few sources — headlight, sign or dashboard.
RoscoGrip Strips — Roll
The full roll for practical-heavy shoots — a whole car, a set of signs.
See what it does
Before & after — the flare, gone
The same source, without and with Rosco stick-on ND. No frames, no re-light — just press it on.
How you apply it
On in seconds — off without a trace
No frames, no clips, no gaffer truck. Here's the whole job:
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Why not standard ND
WindowCling vs the ND you'd otherwise tape up
You can gel a window with standard ND sheet — here's why cling wins on set.
| Rosco WindowCling | Standard ND sheet + tape | Blackout / curtains | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applies to glass | Static cling — press on, no adhesive | Needs tape or spray; bubbles & peels | N/A — blocks the view |
| Look on camera | Flat, even, invisible | Tape lines, bubbles, hot spots | Loses the window as a source |
| Reposition / reuse | Yes — peel, roll up, reuse | Rarely — usually binned | N/A |
| Residue | None | Adhesive / spray residue on glass | None |
| Speed on set | Minutes, one person | Slow, fiddly, two people | Fast but kills the daylight |
Also in the range
Standard Cinegel ND, when you need framed gel
Doing ND on a fixture, a big custom cut, or through a frame? Cinegel ND rolls are the classic sheet ND — cheap by the roll, cut to anything.
Cinegel ND.15 (R3415)
Deep 5-stop ND for very bright sources on a fixture.
On real sets
How productions actually use it
Two real-world jobs behind Rosco's cling and adhesive ND. Courtesy of Rosco Spectrum.
Case study · Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC)
Shooting a night interior in broad daylight
To avoid overnight shoots at the Great Neck Diner, key rigging grip Bob Izzo needed to turn bright daylight into steely moonlight through the windows — about 2.4 stops of ND plus a ½ CTB. Stacked window gels sag and drift red; the shoot drove the invention of WindowCling, a static-cling Hi-Tack film that layers ND without sagging or shifting colour. On the diner glass, an ND layer plus the D/N layer converted day to convincing night.
“The filter would be around a 2.4 ND, and it would include a ½ CTB to create a moonlight effect.”Bob Izzo — Key Rigging GripRead it on Rosco Spectrum →
Courtesy of Rosco Spectrum
Field guide · RoscoGrip Strips — adhesive ND
Five ways crews tame a hot practical, fast
RoscoGrip Strips are 6″-wide sticky-backed ND6 (25% transmission) with a repositionable, medium-tack adhesive. Filmmakers peel-and-stick them onto too-bright office fixtures (layer for more cut), line an LED-tape channel to dim it, trim them onto car headlights and emergency lights, knock down neon and exit signs, and kill pit glow on music-stand lights — then peel them off clean. No dimmer, no gels to clip, no tools.
Read it on Rosco Spectrum →Courtesy of Rosco Spectrum (demo: Filmtools & Joel Jovaine)
Sound familiar?
The lighting problems these fix
✗ The window is two stops brighter than the room and blowing out behind your subject.
Rosco fix: WindowCling presses onto the glass and pulls the daylight down to match the interior — no frames, no rebuild.
✗ Gelling a window with ND sheet and tape looks messy, bubbles, and peels off within the hour.
Rosco fix: Static-cling ND clings with no adhesive — flat, even, invisible on camera, and it stays put.
✗ A headlight, LED sign or dashboard is flaring and clipping on camera.
Rosco fix: RoscoGrip adhesive ND sticks straight onto the source and knocks it down two stops in seconds.
✗ Standard ND needs frames and clips you don't have on a run-and-gun day.
Rosco fix: Cling and adhesive ND need nothing but the surface itself — grab it from the bag and go.
Good to know
ND filter FAQs
Does WindowCling leave residue on the glass?
Can I reuse it?
How many stops do I need?
What's the difference between WindowCling and RoscoGrip?
Stop fighting the light. Stick it on.
WindowCling for glass, RoscoGrip for practicals — the fastest way to knock light back on the day. Add to cart above, or tell us the job and we'll spec it.
Speccing ND for a shoot or a building?
Tell us the windows and the practicals and we'll match the right ND and quantities. Exclusive Rosco distributor for Australia & New Zealand.