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Inspiring
Jun 14, 2025 8:36 AM UTC
Question

Does anyone know how to create a real VHS like this?

Does anyone know how to create a real VHS like this?

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    Ann Bens
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    Jun 14, 2025 6:58 PM UTC

    Tone down the color, make it a bit yellow.

    Give it a slight blur and add Fade film from Lumetri.

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    R Neil Haugen
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    Jun 14, 2025 7:44 PM UTC

    That gets much of the way "there".

     

    The problem is how seriously the OP needs to recreate video tape capture images? 

     

    As one thing commonly seen is a bit of color fringing on the edges of moving things. Maybe a thin red line on one side, a thin green on the other. But only in spots.

     

    Plus having a bit of the horizontal lines created by interlaced media also helps.

     

    Those are hard to do without specialized plug-ins or software. 

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    R Neil Haugen
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    Jun 14, 2025 5:06 PM UTC

    That would probably take a plugin. I would suggest checking over at aescripts.com, as that compendium site has a TON of about anything you could think of for making/doing stuff in both Premiere and AfterEffects.

     

    Host @Mathias Moehl also pops in here frequently.

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    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    Mathias Moehl
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    Jun 14, 2025 6:57 PM UTC

    This could be helpful 🙂
    https://aescripts.com/signal/
    It is not from me, but from another aescripts author, and I havent tried it myself. But aescripts has very high quality standards, so if they sell it, you can assume that it is a solid product.

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    Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
    John T Smith
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    Jun 14, 2025 1:46 PM UTC

    Which Adobe video editing program are you using... Premiere Pro or Premiere Elements?

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    Inspiring
    Jun 14, 2025 4:21 PM UTC

    Premiere Pro

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    kglad
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    Jun 14, 2025 4:27 PM UTC

    moved again 

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    kglad
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    Jun 14, 2025 1:33 PM UTC

    in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

    p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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