Bad TV Demo Video

A native After Effects plugin designed to create Realistic Bad TV Distortion.

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Bad TV Compatible with After Effects 7Compatible with After Effects CS3Compatible with After Effects CS4Compatible with After Effects CS5Compatible with After Effects CS5.5Compatible with FlashThis is a native After Effects pluginThis is a Pixel Bender Plugin, install it in the plugins folder

Version: 1.3   Sign up to be notified by email when a new version of this plugin is posted

An After Effects native plugin designed to create Realistic Bad TV Distortion based on the algorithm written by Memo Atken. Compatible only with Win/Mac.

Features:

  1. Automatically creates distortion based on the input parameters.
  2. No displacement maps are required.
  3. Creates Vertical Sync offset which causes the jumpy effect seen in Old TVs.
  4. Creates scan lines of varied thickness to give a DV Tape effect.
  5. All the source code along with detailed comments are available.

If you are using the plugin in After Effects and you have an OpenGL 2.0 video card (most machines made in the last few years have them) then use the native plugin, otherwise use the pixel bender version. If you are using it in Flash, then use the flash version.

Native Plugin Usage:

  1. Apply the effect from Effects > Gutsblow > Bad TV
  2. Change the rest of the parameters according to your wish.

Pixel Bender Usage:

  1. Apply the effect from Effects > Gutsblow > Bad TV Pixel Bender
  2. Alt-Click on the Time parameter and insert the expression ‘time’. (Since it’s a Pixel Bender plugin, you have to input time manually.)
  3. Change the rest of the parameters according to your wish.

You can also use this plugin for Photoshop CS4. For Flash CS4 install the pixel bender version labeled for flash.

Version history

  • 1.3 Now has software rendering by default with optional GPU rendering, much better error reporting and some bug fixes – Oct 2010
  • 1.2 64-bit version for CS5 – May 2010
  • 1.1 Release native AE version – Apr 2010
  • 1.0 Initial Release – Dec 2009

Last updated October 25th, 2010
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