Hi guys, I'm looking for a plugin that can give a VHS tape effect. The look of being recorded over 20 times - a bit jittery, slightly distorted, color bleed, etc. I have seen it done, just don't know what was used.
You seem to have a good start on what constitutes that "look."
I'd add: noise and higher contrast, especially in the colors. The often seen head alignment problem at the bottom of the frame would go a long way towards getting the "VHS look." Maybe capture from a VHS without perfect head alignment (like one could ever get them perfectly aligned?) and create a lower 1/16 video that you can add to your footage maybe with a Track Matte. If you need footage of that little band, let me know, as I've got a ton of VHS capture footage, and should be able to Crop to just that area and burn to DVD for you
Like Craig, I've not seen a kit solution. I think it will more of a list of visual clues and then choosing an Effect to get that look.
I'd get out the pad and pencil (or wordprocessor in Outline mode) and use your observations to start that list. Others will likely add to it.
After you have your list of what constitutes that look, folk here can make suggestions on how to achieve them in PP.
Simple. Export to DV tape. Copy to VHS. Capture that through a ADVC and start editing.
Use the oldest, most mis-aligned VHS recorder you can find, preferably with dirt clogged heads, use lousy cables, record on a tape that has been used numerous times, modify the quality on export to 1.0, and you will be good. Why would you want that?
While there are cheaper, more creative, and effective solutions like those mentioned above, Digieffects makes a plug-in set called "
Damage" that will get you the look you're after. At $99, it'll hardly break the bank, either.
Side note: why, after years of trying to get cleaner, sharper, higher-resolution video, are we suddenly enamored with video schmeg? Strange... :P
I'd be willing to bet that this particular footage will either appear as a PiP in a TV set, or will be a lead-in to establish TV/VHS in the past. At least I *hope* that is how it's being used.
In addition to the Damage plug-in that Colin mentioned, there's also Old TV in Video Essentials V by NewBlue, and Old TV in CoreMelt Complete V2 by CoreMelt (MacOS only), to name a few.
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I have always wondered about such a filter as well. The editing team for Tim & Eric from The Cartoon Network's Adult Swim know how to do it.
Apparently, it is currently a trade secret that only high profile editing teams have access to.
Convert your HD video to SD VHS just to achieve this effect? So funny! Once you downgrade computer media, there is no way to suitably upscale it back into HD.
The "Damage" filter and FCP solutions mentioned create the effect of old-tyme film, but not that particular VHS effect.
Sorry, I cannot remember what I did, but I either imported them with Premiere Pro open or changed the suffix of the file name and copied them into the presets folder to get it to work.
Why is it that this thread is so polluted with people trying to make suggestions that are totally off the mark? Why is it so hard to understand what is wanted when someone requests a "VHS-look-alike filter?"
And isn't it implicitly understood that a person has to have access to something in order to use it?
So much confusion over something so simple. Must be something in the water supply.
The original poster mentioned FCP, so I assumeed they had access to it. Maybe they don't?
I think it is "implicitly understood " that people who inquire about a plug-in may actually have money to spend to purchase the plug-in they are looking for.
If you have always wondered about such a filter then I would guess that you have done some research in this regard.
Boris Continuum (BCC7 or 8), which will work in Pr, has a bad video effect. Can't remember the name, but it has lots of controls. BCC7 is a comprehensive, useful and somewhat expensive suite for Ae and Pr.
I believe that the aforementioned Damage also works in Pr.
And yes, there are some obstinate geezers on this list with ridiculously high post counts who think they have to pipe in on every thread to add unhelpful information. That's a price of a free and open internet, I guess.
"Money is not about what you earn, but rather what you negotiate."
I've bought plenty of software in my lifetime, have you? It is my preferred method of voting for favorites in the marketplace. Why would anyone be making conjectures as to how much money anyone "has access to" on this forum? They could be mistaken!
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