ok, i finally got a chance to try the stripes fix again, and you're right, it's fixed now.
meaning it doesn't make the footage worse.
but it doesn't do anything at all for my footage, which is better than ruining it!

as i conjectured above, it's probably because the stripes from the reduced gain hack are very different. it doesn't matter because these stripes are buried so deep in the shadows that i'll never see them.
but i can confirm the tool no longer has any negative side effects here!
PS: while everyone's asking for new features, here's one from me:
can we have additional curves in series, when needed? in resolve this is a beautiful benefit of using nodes. just add another node and you have a new curve to make fine adjustments without disturbing the first curve.
if this can be done, it would be a tremendous increase in the grading capability of mlvapp. maybe add some kind of keyboard shortcut to switch between the curves, such as ALT-1, ALT-2, etc...?
mlvapp will soon be unbeatable!
thanks for all your hard work!