Old Film jerky VHS footage filter...

Akashio · Post by **Akashio** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:44 am

What would you all recomend? NOt just the grain, the authentic old VHS look (preferably with a option for 'skipping')

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:03 am

For cheap, use Vegas Movie Studio. Lets you set grain, tint, dust, flicker, hair, jitter, and scratches.

If you have money, there's Magic Bullet.

JenCM18 · Post by **JenCM18** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:47 pm

What about with adobe premiere 6.0? how would you go and make the footage look like old film?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:01 pm

JenCM18 wrote:What about with adobe premiere 6.0? how would you go and make the footage look like old film?

Check out the QuickTime Effects; I believe they include some old film filters.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:49 pm

I recommend that you actually use a VCR and TV-out card to output your TV onto a VHS tape, perhaps run a magnet over the tape, and then play it back and reimport the video. If you lack a VCR, a camcorder recording a TV screen at high magnifications can also produce interesting distortion effects.

You can find digital filters that approximate this. You probably won´t find a digital filter that will get it exactly right, though.

JenCM18 · Post by **JenCM18** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:23 pm

Thanks Scintilla ^_^ I'll check But I'm not really sure if it has an effect to do that.

Akashio · Post by **Akashio** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:43 am

I want a film effect that resembles "the ring" or that one scene from Cowboy Bebop where Faye is watching the video from her past.

A video example of this is prevalent in this video, although I think the effect is in the source footage: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... php?v=8033

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:01 am

Do you mean those horizontal lines like...see the second page of this article.

Akashio · Post by **Akashio** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:11 am

Sort of, yes, but with VHS "warping"

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:21 am

Warping? Do you mean what happens when you fast forward or rewind a tape? If that's the case, I don't think there's a program that will do that. I would do something like trythil suggested. Export the vid or part of it to a VHS tape. Then re-capture the playback as the player is in rewind or FF mode.

It may be possible to simulate that effect with some kind of distortion (horizontal shear?) in bands...maybe one track per band...overlayed....

AnimeMusicVideos.org

Old Film jerky VHS footage filter...

Old Film jerky VHS footage filter...

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