Retro Effects 1.0.2

[bcoyle]

I had fun making an effect that looks like one of the very earliest home VTRs, notably AVCO's Cartrivision from the early 1970s, integrated into many large console TVs, mainly from Sears, among others. Until the advent of azimuth recording used on Beta and VHS, to reduce tape consumption, it used a "skip-field" system which records one out of every three fields (scanner disc has three heads, head #1 records or plays, while the other two only play), which the machine then plays three times on playback. The motion effect is... shall we say... strange. In any event, it allowed about 112 minutes' worth of recording on about 2000' of 1/2" video tape running at about 3 3/4 IPS (9.5cm/s).

To do this, I have to use two instances of the filter:

• First for the "Skip frame" effect - For it to mimic the effect properly, you need either 59.94 or 60 FPS. Set it to skip two frames.
• Second for the "Interlace" effect - So it actually emulates NTSC scanning properly.
• BONUS ROUND: Add any number of any other effects, such as VHS, CRT, Analog Glitch, NTSC, etc.

Also, I'd like to nitpick a little about the "tape wrinkle" part of the VHS effect. VHS, Beta, U-Matic and many other video scanners rotate in the same direction as tape travel, so the the wrinkle artifacts should travel downward. Other VTRs, such as Cartrivision, EIAJ, Sony CV-series and 1" Type A and C VTRs' video scanners rotate in the opposite direction of tape travel, so the the artifacts should travel upward.

Anyway, thanks for putting this plugin out!

--Katt. =^.^=

LOL, i lived in san jose and had several cart-vision chassis's . About 100$ at the time, the factory had gone out of business. Build a pc board that I connected to a regular tv. Had their special cabinet. Good times

 

[MidnightTavern]

Hello there! I just installed the retro effects, but the second I add the effect to any of my cameras the screen goes blank. It comes back as soon as I hide the effect or delete the effect. I just updated to OBS 32.

 

[FiniteSingularity]

Hello there! I just installed the retro effects, but the second I add the effect to any of my cameras the screen goes blank. It comes back as soon as I hide the effect or delete the effect. I just updated to OBS 32.

If you could get me a link to a log file, I’m happy to take a look. Typically this happens if the data folder is not installed correctly, but a log file would confirm if that is the issue.

 

[FiniteSingularity]

FiniteSingularity updated Retro Effects with a new update entry:

Bugfix Release 1.0.2

This release fixes a bug where the CRT filter would change colors of the source, even if the null phosphor mask (mask 0) was selected, or if the phosphor mask intensity was set to 0%.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Galv]

It says something about using the move value plugin in combination with the cathode boot filter for screen transitions? How would one go about this? I have both installed I just can't figure out how one utilizes the other.

 

[FiniteSingularity]

It says something about using the move value plugin in combination with the cathode boot filter for screen transitions? How would one go about this? I have both installed I just can't figure out how one utilizes the other.

Hi @Galv-

The general way to do this is to (after installing the Move plugin) add a "Move Value" filter to your source. In move value, you want to select your Cathode Boot filter as the filter to change, single value, and you'll want to have the filter change the "Progress" value of the filter, and set the target value to 1.0. Call this Move Value filter "TV Off" or something similar.

Next, do the same for a second move value filter, but set the target value to 0.0. Call this filter "TV On". Now when you turn on the TV Off filter, it should animate the CRT turning off, and if you turn on the TV On filter, it should animate the TV turning on.

 

[Galv]

Hi @Galv-

The general way to do this is to (after installing the Move plugin) add a "Move Value" filter to your source. In move value, you want to select your Cathode Boot filter as the filter to change, single value, and you'll want to have the filter change the "Progress" value of the filter, and set the target value to 1.0. Call this Move Value filter "TV Off" or something similar.

Next, do the same for a second move value filter, but set the target value to 0.0. Call this filter "TV On". Now when you turn on the TV Off filter, it should animate the CRT turning off, and if you turn on the TV On filter, it should animate the TV turning on.

I had figured it out earlier in the week with a bit of finagling. It's also important to create an inverse move value to undo any changes to a scene after switching back.