Addendum: How to simulate VHS soundRiver of the Valley2018-11-06 | NOTE: Since recording this, the equalizer has been renamed “Filter Curve.” It’s the same effect, just with a different name.
I’ve already been asked about this by several people, so here’s how I doctored the audio in my previous After Effects tutorial.
The original video: youtu.be/5gpZqF-UVzMYorbert (old & unfinished short film)River of the Valley2024-04-26 | My brothers and I shot this little comedy video in mid‐2015. Due to external factors, we had to stop work on it just before completion (the most obvious issues being the inconsistent sound levels and the placeholder VFX), and the project sat around unfinished for years. Since 2018, we believed it was permanently lost in a drive failure, but we were recently able to restore this nearly completed cut.Void LakeRiver of the Valley2023-10-26 | A few weeks ago, after getting high and watching some videos about the Ocarina of Time beta, I had a bizarre dream about an abstract horror game set in a sort of digital afterlife. It looked and felt a little like this.Image TransferRiver of the Valley2022-05-10 | In the near future, a hacker investigates the mysterious patron who freed her from prison.Global Village Witch Trial CommercialRiver of the Valley2019-04-05 | Co‐produced with Brianna Roseman and Michael Watkins, with additional help from Eli Virgil.The Streetlight ManRiver of the Valley2019-03-28 | ...Fire Safety in the Editing LabRiver of the Valley2019-03-01 | Co‐produced with Bobby Krug.Dont be trash. Dont litter.River of the Valley2019-01-18 | Originally produced for the Fall 2018 season. Co‐produced with Shane Chettle, Kyle Fischer, Craig Proffer, Emily Rork, Brianna Roseman, Zeke Torres, and Michael Watkins.Global Village GPS CommercialRiver of the Valley2019-01-18 | An ad for our student TV show, originally produced for the Fall 2018 season. Co‐produced with Brianna Roseman and Gabby Winton.(OBSOLETE—SEE DESCRIPTION) How to simulate VHS damage in After EffectsRiver of the Valley2018-10-31 | When I made this video back in 2018, YouTube was filled with videos that had awful looking, obviously fake VHS degradation effects. This was meant to improve on the old “make it blurry and displace the color channels” technique that was so prevalent back then. In recent years, people much more talented than I have made much more convincing analog video simulations. These days, you can easily get something considerably better using free open‐source software. If you want to get a realistic VHS effect without using real hardware, I recommend that you use one of the following:
To find out how I edited the sound, be sure to watch the follow up to this video: youtu.be/K1hgzQQPY8E
Have any suggestions for how to improve the effect? Be sure to leave a comment sharing your ideas. I’d also love to see anything that’s been done with this effect.Splinkovision Games Ltd. Pty. Inc. LLC,,.River of the Valley2018-10-23 | Starring Jerry Dallapè, Calvin Hopkins, Kiara Laack, Demodoth, and the producers of Global Village.Time BungalowRiver of the Valley2018-10-11 | With help from Sam Alvarado, Calvin Hopkins, and Jonathan Johnson.The Final ExamRiver of the Valley2018-09-27 | ...Wonder Bread commercialRiver of the Valley2018-02-13 | ...Hypermint iGum commercialRiver of the Valley2017-12-20 | Spaceship model by mirov777: blendswap.com/blends/view/45921Mr. Dotsons True Story (remake)River of the Valley2014-08-20 | Here is a remake of an older video, based on a true story written on a blackboard.Following HimRiver of the Valley2012-07-03 | A creepypasta-esque video I made for school several years ago.Djehrs Finale - Student FilmRiver of the Valley2012-05-11 | A short movie made for Richard Hill's film class, an affectionate parody of Star Trek and older sci-fi horror B movies. This may eventually become a larger project. I KNOW that it's far from perfect. We only had 3 hours to record EVERYTHING, and only a day or two to edit. Please enjoy.