Return-Path: Received: from st11p01mm-asmtpout003.mac.com ([17.172.204.238] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4774977 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:04:07 +0200 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from [172.27.1.216] (unknown [216.178.109.28]) by st11p01mm-asmtp003.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-24.01(7.0.4.24.0) 64bit (built Jan 3 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0M74002HGG7POY40@st11p01mm-asmtp003.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:07:46 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855,1.0.260,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-07-13_06:2012-07-13,2012-07-13,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1207130273 Subject: Re: [AE] Making stuff look crappy From: Gary Reisman In-reply-to: Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:07:45 -0700 Message-id: <70AACECA-BEC9-4A0D-8293-8F81936A7C41@mac.com> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) There's a number of ways, depending on how crappy you want to make it look. I'm always having to composite and muck stuff up to match low rez / cell phone youtube stuff but found most the Digieffects and Saphire plug-ins to be a tad bit over the top. I've often rendered out low rez (320x240) using medium or low quality settings of PhotoJPEG or even Cinepak (yup, it's still good for something!) and then re-import. If I'm forced to keep working in HD resolution, I'll use a variety of combinations of blur, mosaic and noises, plus I'll sometimes throw in Turbulent Displacement in between them, set to a very small displacement which can grunge things up a fair amount