Create an Old TV Footage Effect

You've probably seen other old TV effect tutorials before but in this tutorial Greg pays attention to minute details like the RGB pixel separation and teaches us how to achieve this look using all built-in After Effects tools.

Author: Greg DiGenti

Greg DiGenti is an artist who has been working in graphic design for years and has recently taken the skills he learned working with Photoshop, illustrator, and Flash, and moved into the realm of motion graphics and animation using After Effects as his primary tool. Though his career in this field has been relatively short, he has already worked on several projects such as an animated viral marketing piece for Sony BMG, an animated comic book for Studio 407, a book trailer, and several effects shots and an animated credit sequence for a Wax Poetics/Fourth Density produced documentary. His portfolio can be found at http://12gaugechicken.com.

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brum February 16th

Great tuts. Thanks…
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Malte February 16th

Nice One!
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KevinJ February 16th

Hi Greg,
There seems to be a hum in your audio, making your voice softer.
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Loay February 16th

Thanks you.
really good tutorials
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Patrick February 16th

how do you get the keys you pressed to pop up what capture program?
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Ben P February 16th

Looks like a good one..!
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Sjoerd February 16th

well done!! i like those old effects, hope to see more
greetings from the netherlands
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Carlos February 16th

Where is the downloadable illustrator file?
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Julien February 16th

Funny effect
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Greg DiGenti February 16th

I used KeyCastr (http://stephendeken.net/software/keycastr/) to show the pop-up keyboard shortcuts.
As far as the illustrator file, I’ve contacted the AETuts editor about this and reminded him to make it available.
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Lloyd Alvarez February 16th

Vector File is now linked above
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DLevy February 16th

By the way this is an awesome tutorial and an effect that the Post guys, at the news station where I work, have painfully tried to remake using Final Cut and have done a horrible job. Thank you for sharing and it will definately be of use to me. The use of the displacement map and fractal noise is also something that new AE users can learn to set themselves apart from others. grayscale images are so important in AE and other apps.
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Carlos February 16th

Thanks!
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Pillai Design February 16th

Great Effect, Looks very cool, Can’t wait to try it out.
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VertigoSFX February 17th

Woahh wicked. I didn’t expect this to be a good quality looking appearance but i was surprised…this looks real good. I’m going to have to give it a try!
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franco February 17th

In un tv le linee sono orizzontali e non verticali
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Taro February 17th

Thanks! Finally I made something out of it…great tutorial!
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bachtiar February 18th

why i can’t see your preview tutorial, it just like the video was deleted
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bachtiar February 18th

how i can see your Tutorial, it’s Awesome Bro ^ ^
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CgBaran Tuts April 22nd

Great effect thanks
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James and confused April 30th

ok, so i am able to follow along untill it comes time to turn on the track mat for the vector file, (im on a pc if that makes the difference) but there is no drop down menu for the file in the position above the composition. how do i get it to let me set it to the alpha track mat… im kind of beginner, so please bear that in mind.
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1. Planetmirth May 14th
  
  Hi James, Sounds like you have the Transfer Control Panes hidden. At the very bottom of the screen you should see three icons. The second one should be a circle with an overlapping square. This toggles the Transfer Control Pane on and off. Clicking it should hopefully solve you problem.
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James and confused April 30th

apparently i cant use the word bare and bear correctly either, ha!
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Planetmirth May 14th

Thanks for the Tutorial. This site looks great.
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Brian E.W. McNulty July 8th

Thanks so much for this tut; it was very well explained!
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kate July 9th

its telling me that the video is corrupt. am i doing something wrong
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Moonzajer September 27th

thanks man for all , hey where can i get some footages to use in my projects , any download link
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ravi December 2nd

great tute! is there anyway to just download the video, as opposed to having to view it online each time you wan to look at the tutorial? i click on the”download tutorial” and it just plays the video in quicktime.
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Poljoprivreda December 4th

tut i amazing. i spend a time playing with it.
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