<p>Try downloading those video files (or similar ones, search for them) (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxVbvNXinHs" rel="nofollow">Video 1</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi0I_OYSRKs" rel="nofollow">Video 2</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aumRsqFwWxU" rel="nofollow">Video 3</a>) with some service like <a href="http://keepvid.com" rel="nofollow">keepvid.com</a> (But you should contact the owners first, to prevent any possible future copyright issues).</p>

<p>They are actual recordings from VHS tapes. They have different aspects of the distortion you are after. Edit them as you wish, loop, reverse, slow down etc. Then just use different blending modes fitting your choice of clips to superimpose them on your edit.</p>

<p>You can combine them along with some vignette, noise, Wave Warp and other possible distortion effects. So it all depends on your clients' and your taste.</p>

<p>But If you have some experience, I would recommend using After Effects for this part. You will have more control over your distortion and there will be wider range of image distortion effects.</p>

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<p>I am creating a video promo, and the customer wants the "crap old soviet" style.</p>

<p>We have shot the video on a Nikon D800 and it is being edited in Premiere Pro CS6, so the workflow is top-notch digital.</p>

<p>I want to impart a few "old analog" effects into the video but cant figure out how to do it.</p>

<p>first effect:
 - The weird fuzz you got when you started a recording over another one on VHS, the new recording was always really fuzzy/noisy for the first second or so as the tracking changed between the old and new recording.</p>

<p>second effect:
- the general "old videotape" look - odd colour casts, fuzz, like the tracking is off a bit.</p>

<p>third effect:
- now the sound, needs to be a bit muffled and low-fi</p>

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Old video tape effect in Premiere Pro
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# Old video tape effect in Premiere Pro

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-12-24)

I am creating a video promo, and the customer wants the "crap old soviet" style.

We have shot the video on a Nikon D800 and it is being edited in Premiere Pro CS6, so the workflow is top-notch digital.

I want to impart a few "old analog" effects into the video but cant figure out how to do it.

first effect:
- The weird fuzz you got when you started a recording over another one on VHS, the new recording was always really fuzzy/noisy for the first second or so as the tracking changed between the old and new recording.

second effect:
- the general "old videotape" look - odd colour casts, fuzz, like the tracking is off a bit.

third effect:
- now the sound, needs to be a bit muffled and low-fi

**Tags:** effects, premiere


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-12-29. Score: 0

Try downloading those video files (or similar ones, search for them) ([Video 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxVbvNXinHs), [Video 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi0I_OYSRKs), [Video 3](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aumRsqFwWxU)) with some service like [keepvid.com](http://keepvid.com) (But you should contact the owners first, to prevent any possible future copyright issues).

They are actual recordings from VHS tapes. They have different aspects of the distortion you are after. Edit them as you wish, loop, reverse, slow down etc. Then just use different blending modes fitting your choice of clips to superimpose them on your edit.

You can combine them along with some vignette, noise, Wave Warp and other possible distortion effects. So it all depends on your clients' and your taste.

But If you have some experience, I would recommend using After Effects for this part. You will have more control over your distortion and there will be wider range of image distortion effects.


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