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Neil Boone · January 15th, 2007, 01:31 PM

Anyone know of a way to create a video glitch like as if a videotape malfunctioned or when you tape over something? I saw some stuff while watching CBS footabell coverage but I'm a graphics novice, mostly just an editor that has learned how to work with AE and Motion just through each circumstance of needing something small accomplished. Also plugins would be an option to buy but they must be top notch & fairly inexpensive. It seems that if i could just get a still or two to distort and look "glitched" wave through a piece of video or a still. Any Ideas would help.

John Miller · January 15th, 2007, 01:35 PM

Why not create it the way you describe?

Take some video footage and, on tape, record over it to create the glitch - then capture it.

Neil Boone · January 15th, 2007, 11:05 PM

Interesting idea there, sometimes simplest is overlooked. The problem is I think exaggerated is the key when it comes to these things. The client actually mentioned "wobble" & "freeze" which is really more of a bad reception through rabbit ear'd television than a "taped over" glitch, but they asked for it. This is good though, maybe i could even try to damage the tape slightly to get a really emphasized effect, but then I would have to do it carefully so as not to mess up my deck....may not be a risk worth taking. I'll just tape over it several times or something. Thanks for the idea!

Steve Burke · January 16th, 2007, 03:54 PM

Hi Neil

From the original timeline, zoom in to see individual frames. Razor a few frames and then apply some colour correction to just those frames, to simulate the effect. You could apply blurs, inverse colour - almost anything to create a 'glitch'. You could also export those frames to something like Photoshop and attack them there, before bringing them back in to your editor and overlaying the original frames....... Hope this is of some help, in addition to advice already given. Good Luck. Steve

January 15th, 2007, 01:31 PM	#1
Neil Boone New Boot Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 19	Video glitch Anyone know of a way to create a video glitch like as if a videotape malfunctioned or when you tape over something? I saw some stuff while watching CBS footabell coverage but I'm a graphics novice, mostly just an editor that has learned how to work with AE and Motion just through each circumstance of needing something small accomplished. Also plugins would be an option to buy but they must be top notch & fairly inexpensive. It seems that if i could just get a still or two to distort and look "glitched" wave through a piece of video or a still. Any Ideas would help.

January 15th, 2007, 11:05 PM	#3
Neil Boone New Boot Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 19	cool Interesting idea there, sometimes simplest is overlooked. The problem is I think exaggerated is the key when it comes to these things. The client actually mentioned "wobble" & "freeze" which is really more of a bad reception through rabbit ear'd television than a "taped over" glitch, but they asked for it. This is good though, maybe i could even try to damage the tape slightly to get a really emphasized effect, but then I would have to do it carefully so as not to mess up my deck....may not be a risk worth taking. I'll just tape over it several times or something. Thanks for the idea!

January 16th, 2007, 03:54 PM	#4
Steve Burke Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK Posts: 63	Hi Neil From the original timeline, zoom in to see individual frames. Razor a few frames and then apply some colour correction to just those frames, to simulate the effect. You could apply blurs, inverse colour - almost anything to create a 'glitch'. You could also export those frames to something like Photoshop and attack them there, before bringing them back in to your editor and overlaying the original frames....... Hope this is of some help, in addition to advice already given. Good Luck. Steve __________________ Canon XL2, Photoshop CS2, Premiere Pro 2.0, After Effects 7.0, Encore DVD 2.0, Audition 2.0. 2x PCs both Duo-Core 3GHz, both 1GB RAM, both dual monitor. 1x Laptop, single core, 3GHz, 1GB RAM.

January 15th, 2007, 01:35 PM	#2
John Miller Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hillsborough, NC, USA Posts: 968	Why not create it the way you describe? Take some video footage and, on tape, record over it to create the glitch - then capture it.