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<p>Try something like this:</p>
<p>Make the tree and line as a black image with a white background.
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/COkS0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/COkS0.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a>
Pre comp your tree and line to make a single comp.</p>
<p>Make a green solid layer and put it beneath your tree comp.
Make the tree comp invisible for now.
Apply a Venetian Blind (or Grid Wipe) effect to the green solid layer, in order to get the small horizontal scan lines.  Don't keyframe it - the objective is just a tree made of thin lines.
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/UKEtc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/UKEtc.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a>
Use a Track Matte on the green solid layer to reveal the shape of the tree layer above. Set it to Luma Inverted Matte.</p>
<p>Now you need to make the big blocks step in across the tree shape.
Make a new comp, and put a copy of your tree shape in here as a guide layer.
Set its opacity to 30% so you can still see it, but you can see everything else you're going to add.</p>
<p>Now we add some blocks:
To do this, I would use text squares (eg this unicode symbol █ ) repeated in the correct shape around the tree, then animated using the Typewriter effect.
Do one set of these for the left to right blocks only, leaving a space for the right to left blocks.
Duplicate your &quot;left to right&quot; blocks layer, and scale its x-axis by -100
Make the two sets of blocks different colours so you can see what's going on.
Adjust the keyframes on the typewriter effect until they come in at the right rate.
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Xe95N.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Xe95N.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Put your comp into your main comp (I called it &quot;line draw ins&quot;) and make it invisible.
Go to the layer with your green scanline tree in it, and apply a Set Matte effect to it.
In the Set Matte effect, in the &quot;Take Matte from Layer&quot; setting choose your &quot;line draw ins&quot; layer.  This is using your typewriter blocks as a matte (like the track matte we did earlier but can be anywhere in your comp).</p>
<p>Add in your text layer in the right colour
set some opacity key frames on it
then add an adjustment layer to make it look glowy and noisy, in whatever what your want to... (there are many tutorials on how to make things look like VHS videos).  I put a glow and a channel blur on the adjustment layer.
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HXo9a.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/HXo9a.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Video example below:
<div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6UGre_9ZVXU?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/332475491" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://vimeo.com/332475491</a></p>

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2023-08-29T07:17:38.183Z
Updated this answer to make it clearer that I pasted multiple copies of the unicode symbol "full block" █ into the text box over and over to create the matte - sorry if it wasn't clear
tomh
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-04-25T15:54:04.053Z
2023-08-29T07:14:02.600Z
2023-08-29T07:14:02.600Z
tomh
<p>So I was wondering whether anyone has any idea whatsoever how to achieve this particular effect? I'm knowledgable primarily in Photoshop and Illustrator but there must be an easier way to achieve this 'building out of lines' - effect as I would name it?</p>

<p><strong>Related material:</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBWJ0BS7Hgw" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Actual effect - "Scanline Splashscreen" </a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/EuhmK.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/EuhmK.jpg" alt="Ladd Company logo "></a></p>

<premiere><after-effects><premiere-elements>
Old VCR Scanline Spash Screen effect (Bladerunner Ladd Company logo)
Ian Griek
# Old VCR Scanline Spash Screen effect (Bladerunner Ladd Company logo)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-24)

So I was wondering whether anyone has any idea whatsoever how to achieve this particular effect? I'm knowledgable primarily in Photoshop and Illustrator but there must be an easier way to achieve this 'building out of lines' - effect as I would name it?

**Related material:**

[Actual effect - "Scanline Splashscreen"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBWJ0BS7Hgw)

[![Ladd Company logo ](https://i.sstatic.net/EuhmK.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/EuhmK.jpg)

**Tags:** premiere, after-effects, premiere-elements


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-25. Score: 2

welcome to video.stackexchange

Try something like this:

Make the tree and line as a black image with a white background.
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/COkS0.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/COkS0.png)
Pre comp your tree and line to make a single comp.

Make a green solid layer and put it beneath your tree comp.
Make the tree comp invisible for now.
Apply a Venetian Blind (or Grid Wipe) effect to the green solid layer, in order to get the small horizontal scan lines. Don't keyframe it - the objective is just a tree made of thin lines.
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/UKEtc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/UKEtc.png)
Use a Track Matte on the green solid layer to reveal the shape of the tree layer above. Set it to Luma Inverted Matte.

Now you need to make the big blocks step in across the tree shape.
Make a new comp, and put a copy of your tree shape in here as a guide layer.
Set its opacity to 30% so you can still see it, but you can see everything else you're going to add.

Now we add some blocks:
To do this, I would use text squares (eg this unicode symbol █ ) repeated in the correct shape around the tree, then animated using the Typewriter effect.
Do one set of these for the left to right blocks only, leaving a space for the right to left blocks.
Duplicate your "left to right" blocks layer, and scale its x-axis by -100
Make the two sets of blocks different colours so you can see what's going on.
Adjust the keyframes on the typewriter effect until they come in at the right rate.
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Xe95N.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Xe95N.jpg)

Put your comp into your main comp (I called it "line draw ins") and make it invisible.
Go to the layer with your green scanline tree in it, and apply a Set Matte effect to it.
In the Set Matte effect, in the "Take Matte from Layer" setting choose your "line draw ins" layer. This is using your typewriter blocks as a matte (like the track matte we did earlier but can be anywhere in your comp).

Add in your text layer in the right colour
set some opacity key frames on it
then add an adjustment layer to make it look glowy and noisy, in whatever what your want to... (there are many tutorials on how to make things look like VHS videos). I put a glow and a channel blur on the adjustment layer.
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/HXo9a.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/HXo9a.jpg)

Video example below:

<https://vimeo.com/332475491>

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Updated this answer to make it clearer that I pasted multiple copies of the unicode symbol "full block" █ into the text box over and over to create the matte - sorry if it wasn't clear  

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