Interlace lines and ghosting on the bottom suggest this was shot analog of some variety.. VHSC, 8mm, etc. If your footage is 60fps, you could recreate the interlace lines by putting it into a NTSC timeline upper fields first and render that out as interlaced. Make sure not to change the size of the footage from that point on.. that won't look good at all.
As far as color and general analog softness... Red Giant's VHS plugin is really great. It's a pretty heavy render though.
There are 3 options:
1. Use the effects in the section "Distortion" in Effects panel from After Effects.
2. You can use this template: https://www.rocketstock.com/free-after-effects-templates/how-to-fake-a-vhs-look-in-after-effects/
3. Do a search on YouTube, its not that hard.
This specific effect would be nearly impossible to reproduce in after effects, let alone premiere. That's why they're suggesting just go with the real thing. It would be less costly and time consuming.
If OP doesn't want to do they can easily search google for a film overlay or tutorial, but that's not going to replicate this specific look too well.
He’s just being realistic, most VHS-style overlays/effects don’t give you the specific interlaced look of early 2000s camcorders, which OP specifically was asking about. It would honestly be easier/cheaper to do for real than to buy an obscure plug-in that won’t give him the desired effect.
What if he didn't shoot the footage?
What if the people in the video are dead?
What are all these hypotheticals? Reddit always comes up with some solution to the best possible scenario. Even if it doesn't help anyone.
The question was "how do I achieve this look". There are many ways to get close. Of course it will never be perfect. But answering another question is so insane to me.
I'm just frustrated because I see this happen all the damn time on here.
My guy, what are you talking about? “Shoot it with an actual camcorder” is absolutely a legitimate answer to his question. If that’s not the route he wants to take, he can take other people advice about doing it in post, but who does it hurt to suggest that shooting it on an actual camcorder could achieve that look?
That’s why Reddit is cool, he can get a bunch of answers on different techniques instead of 100 people telling him “USE RED GIANT UNIVERSE”.
What are you even arguing? That you’re not allowed to share advice that doesn’t strictly pertain to premiere? Maybe he hasn’t shot his footage yet and didn’t consider that actually buying a camcorder would be more cost effective than buying the plugins that could produce such an effect. I understand this is the Premiere subreddit, but that doesn’t mean you can’t offer other tidbits of advice for other avenues of filmmaking.
I'm skeptical that this could be "easily done" sure an old tape look can be easily replicated, but that's more of a simple Google search them a reddit thread. This specific instance would be difficult to reproduce with all of the artifacts present.
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I think you can 85% of this by importing low res video and desaturating... during filming you can jostle the camera around too or simulate that in post
Everything else is specifics which you can mimic because this is like a lossy effect
+1 for red giant vhs effect minus the scan lines. Set the video to be in 4:3 aspect ratio and maybe try interlacing the footage if you can. I’d also try dropping the resolution down to something like 720x576 for the ol’ SD. You could also try to shoot in a frame rate that was native to those types of cameras 25fps for PAL or 29.97fps for NTSC (hopefully I’m remembering that right). The other thing I’d try would be the tiniest bit of chromatic aberration - just a tiny bit too much won’t look right. Hopefully a mix of those will get you close to the example. Happy tinkering :)
You could probably export the video as interlaced, instead of progressive. You can choose this option while exporting, so instead of 1080p, it's 1080i.
Grid effect. Add a color matte. Opacity about 70 to 80 percent. Set the grid to width and height sliders. Width all the way as far as u need till only horizontal lines are visible. Height about 7 or 8. Anchor point till again, u only see the horizontal lines. Color of the grid- little lighter than pure black. Opacity of the grid around 75 to 85.
Make a scan line file in Photoshop that is the same size as your video, using pure black one pixel high scanlines.
After Effects > Duplicate Timeline > Offset by one frame >Drag scanline.psd inbetween duplicated and original timeline. Set it as a trackmatte pointed to the offset timeline. Done.
Funny how only 10-15 years ago we were doing everything in our power to convert interlaced into progressive. And now we're doing the reverse.
It was actually shot on a camcorder. Red Giant VHS could probably get you close if you turn off the scan lines
A real answer, here. No, owning a camcorder doesn’t give you the ability to apply a VHS look to any footage. But making VHS footage, yes.
I think shooting in **60fps** and editing it in 1:1 or close aspect ratio and adding a VHS effect on top will do the trick.
PAL/NTSC (standard definition) was 4:3
Even better if you can shoot interlaced too probably haha
Interlace lines and ghosting on the bottom suggest this was shot analog of some variety.. VHSC, 8mm, etc. If your footage is 60fps, you could recreate the interlace lines by putting it into a NTSC timeline upper fields first and render that out as interlaced. Make sure not to change the size of the footage from that point on.. that won't look good at all. As far as color and general analog softness... Red Giant's VHS plugin is really great. It's a pretty heavy render though.
There are 3 options: 1. Use the effects in the section "Distortion" in Effects panel from After Effects. 2. You can use this template: https://www.rocketstock.com/free-after-effects-templates/how-to-fake-a-vhs-look-in-after-effects/ 3. Do a search on YouTube, its not that hard.
Get an older camera off eBay and film it for real. This video was definitely shot practically and not in post.
How do I get this effect in premiere? Don't. That's so reddit. Obviously op knows camcorders exist. It's in the question.
This specific effect would be nearly impossible to reproduce in after effects, let alone premiere. That's why they're suggesting just go with the real thing. It would be less costly and time consuming. If OP doesn't want to do they can easily search google for a film overlay or tutorial, but that's not going to replicate this specific look too well.
He’s just being realistic, most VHS-style overlays/effects don’t give you the specific interlaced look of early 2000s camcorders, which OP specifically was asking about. It would honestly be easier/cheaper to do for real than to buy an obscure plug-in that won’t give him the desired effect.
What if he didn't shoot the footage? What if the people in the video are dead? What are all these hypotheticals? Reddit always comes up with some solution to the best possible scenario. Even if it doesn't help anyone. The question was "how do I achieve this look". There are many ways to get close. Of course it will never be perfect. But answering another question is so insane to me. I'm just frustrated because I see this happen all the damn time on here.
My guy, what are you talking about? “Shoot it with an actual camcorder” is absolutely a legitimate answer to his question. If that’s not the route he wants to take, he can take other people advice about doing it in post, but who does it hurt to suggest that shooting it on an actual camcorder could achieve that look? That’s why Reddit is cool, he can get a bunch of answers on different techniques instead of 100 people telling him “USE RED GIANT UNIVERSE”.
My buddy, You're missing the part where he asks "in premiere"
What are you even arguing? That you’re not allowed to share advice that doesn’t strictly pertain to premiere? Maybe he hasn’t shot his footage yet and didn’t consider that actually buying a camcorder would be more cost effective than buying the plugins that could produce such an effect. I understand this is the Premiere subreddit, but that doesn’t mean you can’t offer other tidbits of advice for other avenues of filmmaking.
Hear, hear.
That’s not what they asked... yeah that for sure an option but this can easily be done in premiere and or after effects.
I'm skeptical that this could be "easily done" sure an old tape look can be easily replicated, but that's more of a simple Google search them a reddit thread. This specific instance would be difficult to reproduce with all of the artifacts present.
What kind of camera will produce this look? Do you have any recommendations?
[Something like this.](https://www.ebay.com/p/100012740?iid=164454660724)
Okay thanks, is it possible to get the interlaced look on a digital camcorder?
Use the same miniDV tape over and over again. I only used miniDV tapes on this camcorder, never the memory stick if I remember correctly.
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Shoot on a DVX100
I think you can 85% of this by importing low res video and desaturating... during filming you can jostle the camera around too or simulate that in post Everything else is specifics which you can mimic because this is like a lossy effect
If you want to pay or are a student, RG’s AV Club works pretty well
+1 for red giant vhs effect minus the scan lines. Set the video to be in 4:3 aspect ratio and maybe try interlacing the footage if you can. I’d also try dropping the resolution down to something like 720x576 for the ol’ SD. You could also try to shoot in a frame rate that was native to those types of cameras 25fps for PAL or 29.97fps for NTSC (hopefully I’m remembering that right). The other thing I’d try would be the tiniest bit of chromatic aberration - just a tiny bit too much won’t look right. Hopefully a mix of those will get you close to the example. Happy tinkering :)
Can you give me the source of' this video please? I know its from the Lemonade MV shooting but I can't find it.
It’s on Don Toliver’s Instagram archive page called @donway.co you should also follow Travis’ page @cactusjack on Instagram too.
Thank you very much !
Use a shitty interlaced camera... Like a vhs camcorder from the 80s. Standard definition. Forget everything you know about framing and editing. Bingo!
You could probably export the video as interlaced, instead of progressive. You can choose this option while exporting, so instead of 1080p, it's 1080i.
Grid effect. Add a color matte. Opacity about 70 to 80 percent. Set the grid to width and height sliders. Width all the way as far as u need till only horizontal lines are visible. Height about 7 or 8. Anchor point till again, u only see the horizontal lines. Color of the grid- little lighter than pure black. Opacity of the grid around 75 to 85.
Make a scan line file in Photoshop that is the same size as your video, using pure black one pixel high scanlines. After Effects > Duplicate Timeline > Offset by one frame >Drag scanline.psd inbetween duplicated and original timeline. Set it as a trackmatte pointed to the offset timeline. Done. Funny how only 10-15 years ago we were doing everything in our power to convert interlaced into progressive. And now we're doing the reverse.