Here, I’ve created a “Play” text that goes on
Now is the time that you will put your creativity to work: create some overlay texts with VEGAS Titles and Text to really sell the effect. This will make things much cleaner on the timeline. Remember when I said that we would hide all this mess? That’s right: you might group those 3 tracks above our original event (select the tracks with CTRL+Click, then Right-click -> Yes, the goal is to build a staircase inside our timeline. Go 2 frames, and the event on the first track must go 3 frames to the right. The last thing you will do to create the Chromatic Aberration is to reposition the events some frames ahead: the event on track 03 should go 1 frame to the right, the one on track 02 will Use VEGAS Brightness and Contrast on each event to lower the brightness to a level about -0,800. Next, let’s remove the brightness from those three events. Now, change the Compositing Modes from track 01, 02 and 03 to Add. Add the “Red Only” preset to the event on track 01, “Green Only” to the event on track 02 and “Blue Only” to the event on track 03. To do this, we will add VEGAS Channel Blend to thoseĮvents we have positioned above our original event. We’re doing this because now we’re going to create something that also happens on every VHS record: chromatic aberration. Put each one on a track, just like the image Create 3 new video tracks above your original video andĭuplicate your event 3 times (you can use the old CTRL+C/CTRL+V method, but I highly recommend you to evolve and use CTRL+Drag). The next thing you’re going to do may seem a bit odd, but that’s not a problem at all – we’re going to hide that “oddness” later. Use VEGAS Brightness and Contrast on the event to lower the contrast to something about -0,3. Next, we should bring our contrast to a lower level. Here I’ll use 0,4 for horizontal and vertical. Add a VEGAS Pixelate plugin to your event and add some as you wish. The first thing we’re going to do is pixelate our video. You’ll see that it’s not only the video that is going to be destroyed here. I suggest creating this project exclusively for this effect – if you wish to apply the effect to a small portion of a long video, I suggest you to export this portion and create another projectįor this purpose. Go ahead and also import your video to your Don’t create a project using 4:3 aspect: we’re going to add a “fake” pillarbox, I’ll explain why this later. Create a project using the same properties of the video you wish to destroy, because that’s what we’re going to do (I insist: don’t forget about the noiseĪnd dust I’ve mentioned before).
Interferences and dust that makes every frame, let’s say, really unique. Also, we can see that many VHS camcorders always add some “red-ish” colour overlay to the videos. For example: aĤ:3 pillarbox is essential to our comp. A quick search on Google Images can reveal us some references to create on our own composition. Also, no one can deny that watching a VHS video gives us that nostalgic feeling – which feels great, right? That’s why I want toĮxplore with you some ways to simulate a VHS look using VEGAS native tools.įirst things first: we have to analyze every aspect of a VHS video. A new event is created where you drop the thumbnail using the preset’s parameters.No one can deny that vintage is a trend nowadays.
To create a generated media event quickly, drag a preset thumbnail from the Media Generators tab to the timeline. Use the controls in the Video Media Generators dialog to adjust the plug-in’s settings. In the Video Media Generators dialog, type values in the Frame size and Length boxes to specify the size and duration of the generated media.
The Video Media Generators dialog is displayed. Select the plug-in you want to use and click OK. Hover your mouse pointer over a preset to see an animated example, and drag the preset you want to use to the timelineįrom the Insert menu, choose Generated Media. The thumbnail images in the right pane represent each of the existing presets for the selected generator.
ADD TEXT IN SONY VEGAS 14 GENERATOR
Select the media generator you want to use:įrom the View menu, choose Media Generators to display the Media Generators window. Position the cursor where you want to create the event.