General Settings

Damage Type box

Select an option for the media type of damage effects to use.

Selecting one of the effects groups from the Damage Type box will display a menu of options for this effect.

Random Seed field

Displays the number used to generate random variations in the damage effects. Editable.

Timing Offset field

Displays the number used for timing offset in the damage effects. Editable.

Damage Effect buttons

Enable to display options for an effect. Click LED to switch between On (blue) and Off (grey).

Film Settings

Use the Film Damage effects to apply a large variety of film degradation effects to a clip.

When you select Film from the Damage type box, the Film Damage Effects are displayed, along with the most useful adjustment box to the right of each.

Blotches Settings

Blotches button

Use this effect to simulate blotches on old film.

Blotch Amount field

Displays the amount of blotches applied to the image. Editable.

Blotch Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency applied to the blotches. Editable.

Blotch Transparency Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation for the transparency applied to the blotches. Editable.

Blotch Size field

Displays the average size of the blotches. Editable.

Blotch Size Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the size of the blotches. Editable.

Blotch Softness field

Displays the percentage by which the blotches are out of focus. Editable.

Blotch Negative Mix field

Displays the amount of negative blotches in the mix. Editable.

Blotch colour pot

Displays the tint applied to the blotches in the image. Editable.

Colour Settings

Colour button

Use this effect to simulate colour fading and variation in old film.

Colour Gain trackball

Drag to adjust the colour gain. This is an alternate control combining the Red Gain, Green Gain, Blue Gain, and Luma fields.

Colour Saturation field

Displays the level of colour purity in the image. Editable.

Colour Gamma field

Displays the amount of gamma correction applied to the image. Editable.

Colour Offset field

Displays the amount by which all the colour parameters are modified. Editable.

Red Gain field

Displays the amount of gain applied to the red channel. Editable.

Green Gain field

Displays the amount of gain applied to the green channel. Editable.

Blue Gain field

Displays the amount of gain applied to the blue channel. Editable.

Luma field

Displays the amount of gain applied to the luminance channel. Editable.

Proportional button

Enable to synchronize changes in red, green, blue, and luma channels.

Hue field

Displays the colour range. Editable.

Shadows colour pot

Displays the tint applied to shadows in the image. Editable.

Highlights colour pot

Displays the tint applied to highlights in the image. Editable.

Minimum Colour Value field

Displays the luminance value in the image shadows. Editable.

Maximum Colour Value field

Displays the luminance value in the image highlights. Editable.

Dust Settings

Dust button

Use this effect to simulate dust particles on old film.

Dust Amount field

Displays the amount of dust particles applied to the image. Editable.

Dust Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency applied to the dust particles. Editable.

Dust Transparency Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in transparency applied to the dust particles. Editable.

Dust Size field

Displays the average size of the dust particles. Editable.

Dust Size Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation applied to the size of the dust particles. Editable.

Dust Softness field

Displays the percentage by which the dust is out of focus. Editable.

Dust Negative Mix field

Displays the amount of negative dust particles in the mix. Editable.

Dust colour pot

Displays the tint applied to the dust particles in the image. Editable.

Grain Settings

Grain button

Use this effect to simulate grain on old film.

Grain Coloured button

Enable for the grain to be coloured. Disable for the grain to be monochrome.

Grain Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency applied to the grain. Editable.

Grain Blur field

Displays the amount of blur applied th the grain. Editable.

Grain Width field

Displays the width of the grain in pixels. Editable.

Grain Height field

Displays the height of the grain in pixels. Editable.

Grain Proportional button

Enable to effect the width and height proportionally. Editable.

Scratches Settings

Scratches button

Use this effect to simulate scratches in old film.

Scratch Amount field

Displays the amount of scratches applied to the image. Editable.

Scratch Width field

Displays the average width of the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Width Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the width of the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Length field

Displays the average length of the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Length Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the length of the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Transparency field

Displays the transparency of the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Discontinuity field

Displays the percentage of gaps that occur in the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Roughness field

Displays the amount of irregularities and changes in alignment of the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Negative Mix field

Displays the amount of negative scratches in the mix. Editable.

Scratch colour pot

Displays the tint applied to the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Travel field

Displays the amount in pixels that the scratches move along. Editable.

Scratch Travel Variation field

Displays a percentage of variation that the scratches travel. Editable.

Scratch Angle Variation field

Displays the angle at which the scratches occur. Editable.

Scratch Spread field

Displays the area of the frame over which the scratches are spread. Editable.

Scratch Horizontal Offset field

Displays the horizontal offset of the scratches. Editable.

Scratch Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the scratch effect. Editable.

Scratch Duration Variation field

Displays the variation in duration for the scratch effects. Editable.

Splices Settings

Splices button

Use this effect to simulate splices on old film.

Splice Auto box

Select whether the splice occurs automatically or is manually inserted. Select Manual to display the Create Splice and Delete Splice buttons.

Splice Type box

Select what kind of splice to be applied to the image.

Splice Border Width field

Displays the width of the splice border. Editable.

Splice colour pot

Displays the colour used for the splice effects. Editable.

Splice Projector Roll field

Displays the amount of space that the frame will travel as a percentage. Editable.

Splice Motion Blur field

Displays the amount of motion blur applied to the splice effects. Editable.

Splice Jitter field

Displays the amount of jitter applied to the splice effects. Editable.

Splice Defocus field

Displays the amount of defocus applied to the splice effects. Editable.

Splice Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between splice effects. Editable.

Splice Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in spacing between splice effects. Editable.

Splice Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the splice effects. Editable.

Splice Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration for the splice effects. Editable.

Create Splice button

Creates a splice at the current frame. Available when Splice Auto is set to Manual.

Delete Splice button

Deletes the splice at the current frame. Available when Splice Auto is set to Manual.

Defocus Settings

Defocus button

Use this effect to simulate projection defocus on old film.

Defocus Amount field

Displays the amount of defocus applied to the image. Editable.

Defocus Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of defocus applied to the image. Editable.

Defocus Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between defocus effects. Editable.

Defocus Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the spacing between defocus effects. Editable.

Defocus Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the defocus effects. Editable.

Defocus Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration for the defocus effects. Editable.

Flicker Settings

Flicker button

Use this effect to simulate frame flicker on old film.

Flicker Amount field

Displays the amount of flicker added to the image. Editable.

Flicker Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of flicker added to the image. Editable.

Flicker Balance field

Displays the ratio of dark and bright flickers used for the effect. Editable.

Flicker Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between flicker effects. Editable.

Flicker Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the spacing between flicker effects. Editable.

Flicker Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the flicker effects. Editable.

Flicker Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration for the flicker effects. Editable.

Hairs Settings

Hairs button

Use this effect to simulate hairs on old film.

Hair Amount field

Displays the amount of hairs applied to the image. Editable.

Hair Transparency field

Displays the transparency applied to the hairs. Editable.

Hair Transparency Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in transparency applied to the hairs. Editable.

Hair Size field

Displays the average size of the hairs. Editable.

Hair Size Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in size of the hairs. Editable.

Hair Jitter field

Displays the amount of jitter applied to the hairs. Editable.

Hair Softness field

Displays the percentage by which the hair is out of focus. Editable.

Hair Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the hair effects. Editable.

Hair Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration for the hair effects. Editable.

Jitter Settings

Jitter button

Use this effect to simulate projection jitter on old film.

Jitter X Amount field

Displays the amount of horizontal movement applied to the jitter effect. Editable.

Jitter Y Amount field

Displays the amount of vertical movement applied to the jitter effect. Editable.

Jitter Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation applied to the movement of the jitter effect. Editable.

Jitter Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between jitter effects. Editable.

Jitter Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the spacing between jitter effects. Editable.

Jitter Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the jitter effects. Editable.

Jitter Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration for the jitter effects. Editable.

Vignette Settings

Vignette button

Use this effect to simulate vignetting on old film.

Vignette Scale field

Displays the size of the vignette effect compared to the size of the frame. Editable.

Vignette Ratio field

Displays the ratio of width to height of the vignette effect. Editable.

Vignette Transparency field

Displays the amount of transparency applied to the vignette effect. Editable.

Vignette Softness field

Displays the amount of softness added to the edge of the vignette effect. Editable.

Analog Video Settings

Use the Analog Video Damage effects to apply a large variety of analog video degradation effects to a clip.

When you select Analog Video from the Damage type box, the Analog Video Damage Effects are displayed, along with the most useful adjustment box to the right of each.

Analog Drop Settings

Analog Drops button

Use this effect to simulate analog drops causing noise or shash when playing back old tapes on VTRs. .

Drop Type box

Select an option for the type of noise.

Drop Amount field

Displays the amount of shash applied to the image. Editable.

Drop Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of shash applied to the image. Editable.

Drop Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency applied to the shash. Editable.

Drop Transparency Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the transparency applied to the shash. Editable.

Drop Type Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation applied to the drop type. Editable.

Distortion Settings

Distortion button

Use this effect to simulate edge distortion when playing back old tapes on VTRs.

Edge Distortion Amount field

Displays the amount of edge distortion applied to the image. Editable.

Edge Distortion Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of edge distortion. Editable.

Edge Distortion Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency applied to the edge distortion effect. Editable.

Edge Distortion Transparency Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in transparency applied to the edge distortion effect. Editable.

Edge Distortion Coverage field

Displays the percentage of vertical spread for the edge distortion effect. Editable.

Edge Distortion Scale field

Displays the size scaling applied to the edge distortion effect. Editable.

Edge Distortion Vertical Offset field

Displays the vertical offset applied to the edge distortion effect. Editable.

Edge Distortion Speed field

Displays the speed at which the edge distortion effect moves across the image. Editable.

Edge Distortion Speed Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the speed at which the edge distortion effect moves. Editable.

Edge Distortion Speed Variation Period field

Displays the time period in frames within which the speed variation occurs. Editable.

Interference Settings

Interference button

Use this effect to simulate electromagnetic Interference when playing back old tapes on VTRs.

Interference Amount field

Displays the amount of electromagnetic interference applied to the image. Editable.

Interference Transparency field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of electromagnetic interference applied to the image. Editable.

Interference Coverage field

Displays the percentage of vertical spread applied to the electromagnetic interference effect. Editable.

Interference Scale field

Displays the scaling applied to the electromagnetic interference effect. Editable.

Interference Vertical Offset field

Displays the vertical offset applied to the electromagnetic interference effect. Editable.

Interference Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between electromagnetic interference effects. Editable.

Interference Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in spacing between electromagnetic interference effects. Editable.

Interference Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the electromagnetic interference effects. Editable.

Interference Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration for the electromagnetic interference effects. Editable.

Lines Settings

Lines button

Use this effect to simulate ones caused by noise artifacts when playing back old tapes on VTRs.

Lines Distance Amount field

Displays the amount of distance between the noise artifact lines applied to the image. Editable.

Lines Jittering Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the jitter applied to the lines. Editable.

Lines Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency applied to the noise artifact lines. Editable.

Lines Transparency Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the transparency of the lines. Editable.

Lines Angle field

Displays the angle of the noise artifact lines. Editable.

Lines Speed field

Displays the speed at which the noise artifact lines move around. Editable.

Lines Speed Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the speed of the noise artifact lines. Editable.

Lines Speed Variation Period field

Displays the time period in frames within which the noise artifact lines occur. Editable.

Play Effects Settings

Play Effects button

Use this effect to simulate play effects caused by misaligned or dirty tape heads when playing back old tapes on VTRs.

Play Effects Amount field

Displays the amount of play effects added to the image. Editable.

Play Effects Speed field

Displays the speed at which the play effects occur. Editable.

Play Effects Freeze field

Displays the number of repeat frames added to create a jerky play effect. Editable.

Play Effects Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between play effect errors. Editable.

Play Effects Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in spacing between play effect errors. Editable.

Play Effects Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the play effect errors. Editable.

Play Effects Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration of the play effects. Editable.

Vertical Offset Settings

Vertical Offset button

Use this offset to simulate vertical rolls when playing back old tapes on VTRs.

Vertical Offset Roll Amount field

Displays the amount of vertical roll applied to the image. Editable.

Vertical Offset Roll Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of the vertical roll. Editable.

Vertical Offset Jitter field

Displays the amount of jitter applied to the vertical roll. Editable.

Vertical Offset Border Width field

Displays the width of the vertical roll border. Editable.

Vertical Offset Border Artifacts field

Displays the amount of artifacts within the vertical roll border. Editable.

Vertical Offset Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between vertical roll errors. Editable.

Vertical Offset Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in spacing between vertical roll errors. Editable.

Vertical Offset Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the vertical roll errors. Editable.

Vertical Offset Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration for the vertical roll errors. Editable.

Blur Settings

Blur button

Use this effect to simulate blur from poor signal reception.

Blur Amount field

Displays the amount of blurring added to the image. Editable.

Blur Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of the blur effect. Editable.

Colour Settings

Colour button

Use this effect to simulate analog colour degradation, shift and variations from poor signal reception.

Analog Colour Degrade Amount field

Displays the amount of colour degradation applied to the image. Editable.

Analog Colour Degrade Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of the colour degradation. Editable.

Analog Colour Contrast Transparency field

Displays the amount of contrast applied to the image. Editable.

Analog Colour Brightness Transparency Variation field

Displays the amount of brightness applied to the image. Editable.

Analog Colour Saturation field

Displays the amount of colour saturation applied to the image. Editable.

Analog Colour Shadows colour pot

Displays the tint applied to shadows in the image. Editable.

Analog Colour Highlights colour pot

Displays the tint applied to highlights in the image. Editable.

Analog Colour Red Channel Gain field

Displays the amount of gain applied to the red channel. Editable.

Analog Colour Green Channel Gain field

Displays the amount of gain applied to the green channel. Editable.

Analog Colour Blue Channel Gain field

Displays the amount of gain applied to the blue channel. Editable.

Analog Colour Red Channel X Shift field

Displays the amount of horizontal offset applied to the red channel. Editable.

Analog Colour Green Channel X Shift field

Displays the amount of horizontal offset applied to the green channel. Editable.

Analog Colour Blue Channel X Shift field

Displays the amount of horizontal offset applied to the blue channel. Editable.

Analog Colour Red Channel Y Shift field

Displays the amount of vertical offset applied to the red channel. Editable.

Analog Colour Green Channel Y Shift field

Displays the amount of vertical offset applied to the green channel. Editable.

Analog Colour Blue Channel Y Shift field

Displays the amount of vertical offset applied to the blue channel. Editable.

Ghosting Settings

Ghosting button

Enable to simulate ghosting from poor signal reception.

Ghosting Amount field

Displays the number of repeated ghost images applied to the original image. Editable.

Ghosting Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the number of ghost images. Editable.

Ghosting Transparency field

Displays the percentage of the transparency applied to the ghosted images. Editable.

Ghosting Transparency Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the transparency of the ghosted images. Editable.

Ghosting Distortion field

Displays the amount of distortion applied to the ghosted images. Editable.

Ghosting Scale field

Displays the amount of scaling applied to the ghosted images. Editable.

Ghosting Angle field

Displays the angle applied to the ghosted images. Editable.

Ghosting Colour Degradation field

Displays the amount of colour degradation applied to the ghosted images. Editable.

Ghosting Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between ghosting errors. Editable.

Ghosting Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in spacing between ghosting errors. Editable.

Ghosting Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the ghosting errors. Editable.

Ghosting Duration Variaton field

Displays the percentage of variation in the duration of ghosting errors. Editable.

Scanlines Settings

Scanlines button

Use this effect to simulate scanlines from poor signal reception.

Scanlines Scale field

Displays the size of the scanlines applied to the image. Editable.

Scanlines Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the size of the scanlines. Editable.

Scanlines Variation Speed field

Displays the speed at which the scanline variation occurs. Editable.

Scanlines Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency applied to the scanlines.

Scanlines Vertical Offset field

Displays the vertical offset for the scanline effect. Editable.

Scanlines Softness field

Displays the amount of softness applied to the scanlines. Editable.

Scanlines Angle field

Displays the angle at which the scanlines occur. Editable.

Snow Settings

Snow button

Enable to simulate snow from poor signal reception.

Snow Amount field

Displays the amount of snow applied to the image. Editable.

Snow Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of snow applied to the image.

Snow Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency or softness, applied to the snow. Editable.

Snow Transparency Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the transparency or softness, applied to the snow. Editable.

Snow Sparseness field

Displays the density of the snow. Editable.

Snow Width field

Displays the width in pixels of the snow particles. Editable.

Snow Height field

Displays the height in pixels of the snow particles. Editable.

Snow Proportional button

Enable to effect the width and height proportionally. Editable.

TV Distort Settings

TV Distort button

Use this effect to simulate TV lens distortion from a poor video camera.

TV Distort Amount field

Displays the amount of TV lens distortion applied to the image. Editable.

TV Distort Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of TV lens distortion applied to the image.

TV Distort Radius field

Displays the size of the image to which the TV lens distortion is applied. A value of 1 includes the entire image. Editable.

TV Distort Ratio field

Displays the ratio of height to width that is affected by the TV lens distortion effect. Editable.

Digital Video Settings

Use the Digital Video Damage effects to apply a large variety of digital video degradation effects to a clip.

When you select Digital Video from the Damage type box, the Digital Video Damage Effects are displayed, along with the most useful adjustment box to the right of each.

Chroma Errors Settings

Chroma Errors button

Use this effect to simulate chroma errors in badly encoded digital video transmissions.

Chroma Amount box

Displays the value representing the change to the chroma channel. Editable.

Luma Amount box

Displays the value representing the change to the luminance channel. Editable.

Variation Amount box

Displays the percentage of variation applied to the Chroma and Luma channels.

Colour Artifacts Settings

Colour Artifacts button

Use this effect to simulate digital colour artifacts and degradation appearing in badly encoded digital video transmissions.

Colour Degradation Amount box

Displays the amount of digital colour degradation applied to the image. Editable.

Colour Degradation Variation box

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of colour degradation applied to the image. Editable.

Contrast box

Displays the amount of contrast applied to the image. Editable.

Brightness box

Displays the amount of brightness applied to the image. Editable.

Tint Colour box

Displays the tint value applied to the colour in the image. Editable.

Shadows colour pot

Displays the tint applied to shadows in the image. Editable.

Highlights colour pot

Displays the tint applied to highlights in the image. Editable.

Compression Settings

Compression button

Use this effect to simulate digital compression errors in badly encoded digital video transmissions.

Compression Amount field

Displays the amount of the digital compression effect applied to the image. Editable.

Compression Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of digital compression applied to the image. Editable.

Compression Edges Active button

Enable to activate edge detection errors in compression.

Compression Edges Minimum field

Displays the minimum threshold value used to detect edges. Available when Active button is enabled. Editable.

Compression Edges Maximum field

Displays the maximum threshold value used to detect edges. Available when Active button is enabled. Editable.

Compression Edges Width field

Displays the width of the edge in pixels. Available when Active button is enabled. Editable.

Compression Edges Softness field

Displays the softness of the edge. Available when Active button is enabled. Editable.

Compression Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between digital compression errors. Editable.

Compression Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in spacing between compression errors. Editable.

Compression Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the compression errors. Editable.

Compression Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration of the compression errors. Editable.

Digital Drops Settings

Digital Drops button

Use this effect to simulate digital drop errors in badly encoded digital video transmissions.

Digital Drops Amount field

Displays the amount of digital drop errors applied to the image. Editable.

Digital Drops Coherence field

Displays the amount of coherence to digital drop errors in the image. Editable.

Digital Drops Amount Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the amount of digital drop errors applied to the image. Editable.

Digital Drops Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between digital drop errors. Editable.

Digital Drops Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in spacing between digital drop errors. Editable.

Digital Drops Freeze Frame button

Displays the number of repeat frames added to create a jerky digital drop effect. Editable.

Digital Drops Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the digital drop errors. Editable.

Digital Drops Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in duration for the digital drop errors. Editable.

Play Effect Settings

Play Effects button

Use this effect to simulate digital play effects in badly encoded digital video transmissions.

Play Effects Speed field

Displays the amount of change to the speed of playback applied to the image. Editable.

Play Effects Shuttering field

Displays the amount of shuttering during playback that is applied to the image. Editable.

Play Effects Spacing field

Displays the spacing in frames between play effects errors. Editable.

Play Effects Spacing Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in spacing between play effects errors. Editable.

Play Effects Duration field

Displays the duration in frames of the play effects errors. Editable.

Play Effects Duration Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the duration for play effects errors. Editable.

Pixelation Settings

Pixelation button

Use this effect to simulate reduced resolution and digital pixelation errors in badly encoded digital video transmissions.

Pixelation Width Amount field

Displays the width in pixels of the new pixelation block. Editable.

Pixelation Height Amount field

Displays the height in pixels of the new pixelation block. Editable.

Pixelation Proportional button

Enable to effect the width and height proportionally. Editable.

Pixelation Average button

Displays the amount of averaging applied between the pixel block and its surroundings. Editable.

Pixelation Transparency field

Displays the percentage of transparency, or softness, applied to the pixel blocks. Editable.

Pixelation X Offset field

Displays the horizontal offset for the pixelation effect. Editable.

Pixelation Y Offset field

Displays the vertical offset for the pixelation effect. Editable.

Pixelation Size Variation field

Displays the percentage of variation in the size of pixels during playback. Editable.