Please help - Film/Photo/Video Scratching

[mrhyde]

Hello all, I am new to this site but love what I have seen so far, I have been searching for the correct section to put this in and think this is the best, if it is not please move it.

I am looking for some help on getting the effects found in the 30 Seconds to Mars video - Attack, the scratching on the video, I have been trying to search this on Google but with no luck. I remember reading about this being done for a Garbage video and I know then you had to take each frame of film and scratch it manually, is this still the case or is there something on a Computer that can be used to get this effect?

Thank you in advance for you help.

[Ranok]

Hi My Hyde,

I'm new here too, glad to see a fellow video enthusiast. I haven't seen the video you speak of, but, I've had some good results styling video to look like old film using the filters within Quicktime. Sepia, scratches, lines, dust, 1960's color, etc.

I've also taken segments of old video, such as leading or trailing parts with no images, just the scratchy parts and layered with the appropriate keying effects over or under the footage to be modified.

Hope that gives you some ideas, what editor are you using? I'm usually using Premiere and sometimes iMovie.

--Kenn

[MvdLinden]

It can certainly be done on a computer, if your film is digital. Several programs have the ability to add filters which can simulate grain and scratches.

Are you looking to learn how to do it or do you have a project that you need done?

[Elainepsq]

I believe what you are looking for is easily done in IMovie, part of the MAC Ilife suite. One click makes the movie clip look old and scratched.

[mrhyde]

Thank you all for the replies and the knowledge, I am looking to learn how to do it, i am new at this still but it is something that has always interested me.

Does anyone know of an app that will run on a PC, or is iMove capable of running properly on a Mac G4?

Thank you all again