square-eyes

I'm looking for tips on which affordable home use software I should get to improve my attempts at making video look like old movie footage,i'm using a home windows xp pc
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You can see several of my efforts to date at bringing the great English poets to life under my youtube name of vidlad.I am looking for software that can add crackle to soundtracks and degrade video into old filmlike appearance. I'm currently using the free windows moviemaker,but am looking for some affordable better software that can do this in a more controllable way.

To demonstrate heres a link to my Alfred Lord Tennyson movie of him reading his epic poem "Charge of the Light brigade" for which I used the Thomas Edison wax cylinder sound recording.I would like to make add similar crackle to my own original sound recording animations.

YouTube - Alfred Lord Tennyson reads "Charge of the Light Brigade"

Thanx to anybody who can help please.

Videlogicaly yours

Jimbo

Tony Pendrey

There is a free bit of software called Virtualdub which does all sorts of filtering and effects.

It is supported by plug-ins, or if you are really smart you can write your own :-)

Might be worth a look

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JohnB_Toronto

Depends on what you mean by affordable. MPEG Video Wizard DVD contains an old movie effects filter. I've only used it once. It isn't bad - adds a flew flashes and vertical scatch lines. I used it to good effect by replacing a missing opening studio logo with a still photo. The moving scratches made it look exactly like it was part of the film and took away the appearance of it being a title card.
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ChristineCB

JB, could you describe some of the modifications you might make to the effects?

Is there a Flicker Increase control, or a Number Of Scratches/Pits control? (And, I'm serious. For once.)

Can you add in a yellowing or aging tint?

When I saw an earlier post about 'aging' an audio track, I was thinking "Wrap the audio-jack in tinfoil, and turn it slowly in the jack during the Record process. That oughta produce some static."

But how much? It wouldn't be easy to control or test, so I was wondering how the Effects Controls appear.

One of the effects I might like is the "start of film" effect, which has the cells of film starting slowly and speeding up, flickering at first as the film starts, then disappearing into the blur of images. That "start up" effect would be kind of cool to add, and I'd imagine a Control Factor would be time-based - "Do you want it to be 5 seconds? 3? 20? Do you want to add a random effect so the entire footage slows from time to time to show the film-cell flicker?"

Signed, Idly Curious

Mr Cosmo

Before you buy or downoad anything, check out Windows Movie Maker which you already have if you have XP.
Go into Programs and seek it out. When you open it then click on "View Video Effects" and you get three effects all dealing with film ageing.
All you do is import your video from your source, drag it down to the timeline and edit as you need to and then drag / drop the effect you want on it. It is simple - or I wouldn't be able to use it!!!

Cheers