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February 13, 2016
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Super 8 Film Effect

  • February 13, 2016
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How can I get a Super 8 film effect. I've tried adding the Dust & Scratches plugin but nothing from the plugin appears on the clip I'm editing.

Also is there a free Super 8 effect plugin I can download from somewhere?

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    Correct answer cknopik7

    Here's what I did in my video here: Super 8 - Trouvaille - YouTube

    - Crop to 4x3

    - Raise levels of mids and highs

    - Saturation and magenta in shadows

    - Reduce sharpness, NOT resolution

    - Add 8mm or 16mm grain

    It also helps to shoot with a deep depth of field and to have your 4x3 framing in mind while filming.

    Hope this helps!

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    cknopik7
    cknopik7Correct answer
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    October 26, 2016

    Here's what I did in my video here: Super 8 - Trouvaille - YouTube

    - Crop to 4x3

    - Raise levels of mids and highs

    - Saturation and magenta in shadows

    - Reduce sharpness, NOT resolution

    - Add 8mm or 16mm grain

    It also helps to shoot with a deep depth of field and to have your 4x3 framing in mind while filming.

    Hope this helps!

      Szalam
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      SzalamCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 26, 2016

      Magic Bullet Looks has also been updated with a new Renoiser tool that does a much better job of adding grain and a lot of other useful upgrades - plus it renders on the GPU!

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        Rick GerardCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 27, 2016

        If you are new to AE I'd suggest that you get a good foundation in how blend modes and effects work. You did not read up on Dust and Scratches because, as was said, that is a tool for removing problems, not adding them. If you have problems with an effect or don't know what it does the first thing you should do is type the name of the effect in the search help field at the top right corner of AE and check out the help files and community resources. "Dust and Scratches gives you this: Dust & Scratches effect

        The easiest way to dirty up video to make it look like old film is to simply overlay some stock noise, scratch and grain footage.

        Ae has some bad tv presets, noise and grain is really slow to render and must be previewed at 100% magnification factor and full resolution to see what you are getting. We need to know a lot more about your production to point you to the most efficient solution.

          adamneer
          adamneer
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          February 15, 2016

          ‌ddust and scratches effect actually removes dust and scratches, like a noise reduction filter. Best bet is to find some stock emulation clips as loopable alpha overlays and comp them over your footage. Of course to really emulate super-8 properly, you should also knock down the resolution of your footage so it doesn't look so crisply modern.

          adamneer
          adamneer
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          February 15, 2016

          ‌BTW, Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks has several stock emulation settings, but it's not free and doesn't always look super authentic (more like Instagram).

            chrisw44157881
            chrisw44157881
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            February 13, 2016

            old film - Creative COW

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