Bleek II Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Okay, so I've been working out to some old VHS tapes with my wife. I wanted to get the look that they have. So I worked out a few pretty easy steps. There are a few technical things I'm overlooking such as interlacing and exact chroma resolution but I think the look works pretty well. Required Plugins: - Extract Channel - BlendModes Plus --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-pixel Distortion Method (For working with 720x480/640x480 images, or making a larger image of VHS quality but not true size.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Add Noise Intensity = (20 SP)(28 LP)(36 EP) Color S. = 50 Cov. = 100 2. Duplicate Layer1 Steps ------------ 1. Motion Blur Angle = 0 Distance = (8 SP)(12 LP)(16 EP) 2. Select All 3. Copy NOTE: Layer1 will not be part of the final image Layer2 Steps ------------ 1. Extract Channel Channel = CMYK -Key 2. Motion Blur Angle = 0 Distance = (2 SP LP)(3 EP) 3. BlendModes Plus = Copy Image From Clipboard (this is how we're using layer1) = Color DONE! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scaled to Image Distortion Method (Means that now matter the how large the image is it will look like it came from a VHS tape.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Add Noise Intensity = (20 SP)(28 LP)(36 EP)(may depend on how lage the image is) Color S. = 50 Cov. = 100 2. Duplicate Layer1 Steps ------------ 1. Motion Blur Angle = 0 Distance = (Horz.Res./80 SP)(Horz.Res./60 LP)(Horz.Res./40 EP) 2. Select All 3. Copy NOTE: Layer1 will not be part of the final image Layer2 Steps ------------ 1. Extract Channel Channel = CMYK -Key 2. Motion Blur Angle = 0 Distance = (Horz.Res./340 SP LP)(Horz.Res./280 EP) 3. BlendModes Plus = Copy Image From Clipboard (this is how we're using layer1) = Color 4. Motion Blur Angle = 90 Distance = Vert.Res./480 DONE! Edited October 22, 2018 by toe_head2001 Added plugin links to top of post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Please add screenshots or I'll have to lock this. They are not optional. ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleek II Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Please add screenshots or I'll have to lock this. They are not optional. I meant to upload it, sorry. Edited January 6, 2011 by Bleek II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssaamm Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) For larger images, I think that if they are Gaussian blurred the right amount and you apply the effects multiplied by the resolution of the image you are trying it on, it works just as well. EDIT: I also found that applying a sharpness effect with a large radius makes it look much more VHS'y Edited March 28, 2011 by ssaamm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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