

Lastly, VHS effects can be used to replicate the display icons used when shooting footage on old camcorders. These glitches and distortions can come from damaged tape, loss of magnetism, and other wear and tear.Īudio will warp and bend, and image quality can show similar signs of distortion and glitching. General glitches to the overall image and sound quality are also typical characteristics that a VHS overlay effect replicates. The combination of degraded tapes and worn-out heads on players degrades the chroma and results in colour desaturation. This effect of muted colors, along with bleeding past edges, is often exacerbated by wear and tear on the playback head of the VHS player. The same deterioration of sharpness applies to the colour reproduction of VHS tapes and the degradation of colours over time.

Some of the characteristics of VHS tapes include a lack of sharpness and blurring, image glitches and distortion, and retro display icons.

There is a range of image manipulation processes involved in creating a vintage VHS-style effect for your videos.
