

This gives our footage a "digitally sharpened" appearance that looks dated. With the “Unsharp Mask” effect, we can add overly exaggerated contrast to the edges and fine details of our footage. Use multiple copies of Channel Blur with different blur sizes to further customize the look. We can blur individual color channels and this allows us to "merge" the colors together and push them "out lines". It works very similar to “Gaussian Blur” but allows us to blur each color channel individually (red, green, and blue). “Channel Blur” gives footage that recognizable VHS look. Channel Blurīlur channel not only allows you to blur each color channel individually, but also allows you to mix colors. “Lumetri Color” is great because it allows us to choose the right color tone with just one effect. We can then make various creative adjustments with the “Faded Film”, “Curves”, and “Vignette” settings. We can make some basic adjustments to the contrast and white levels with it. The first effect we need to use is “Lumetri Color”. You can easily enhance and customize these effects to match your retro style desire. To create a VHS look in Premiere Pro, we need to use a combination of different effects. Just use special filters and other tools in a program that allows such processing. It is enough to add the characteristic features of the video sequence of the 90s when editing the clip. Fortunately, in order to get the effect of an old recording (with a date on the screen, stripes, image defects, etc.), today it is not necessary to shoot with an analog retro camera and transfer the recording to a VHS tape. So if you know how to make a VHS effect in your videos, you can create stylish clips and get into the trend.

Others will likely add to it.Īfter you have your list of what constitutes that look, folk here can make suggestions on how to achieve them in PP.Nostalgia for the 90s is very popular now. I'd get out the pad and pencil (or wordprocessor in Outline mode) and use your observations to start that list. I think it will more of a list of visual clues and then choosing an Effect to get that look. Like Craig, I've not seen a kit solution. If you need footage of that little band, let me know, as I've got a ton of VHS capture footage, and should be able to Crop to just that area and burn to DVD for you

The often seen head alignment problem at the bottom of the frame would go a long way towards getting the "VHS look." Maybe capture from a VHS without perfect head alignment (like one could ever get them perfectly aligned?) and create a lower 1/16 video that you can add to your footage maybe with a Track Matte.

I'd add: noise and higher contrast, especially in the colors. You seem to have a good start on what constitutes that "look."
