CRT Effect in After Effects

Want to get that retro VHS look? Learn how to create a CRT TV Effect from scratch in After Effects and learn how to make VHS tape effects as well. ► Download unlimited After Effects templates with Envato Elements: elements.envato.com/video-tem...
Don't have time to create these looks from scratch? That's OK-check out the video because Tom will show you the quick and easy way to get a CRT and VHS overlay for your video that you can use in After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, and DaVinci Resolve!
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0:00 Let's remake this intro!
1:19 Overview of the technique
1:42 CRT and VHS overlay quick technique
3:26 Creating CRT and VHS looks from scratch
3:58 Building the CRT screen using shape layers
4:46 Creating RGB phosphor dots, or pixels
6:32 Creating a grid array of the RGB pixels for the CRT screen effect
7:54 Creating the footage layer
8:41 Separating the RGB channels for our footage
13:54 Create VHS effects from scratch
15:09 Using effects and presets in After Effects to make a VHS tape look
15:26 Combining our VHS tape footage with our CRT effect in After Effects
28:32 Compositing our CRT and VHS effect onto real footage of a TV screen
31:36 The final result!
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[@wolvisa]

THANK YOUUU!! this was the type of crt look i was looking for and i was even debating on buying a whole crt to achieve it !! you just made editing a whole lot easier for me thank youu

[@TutsPlusTom]

Woo, glad it helped!!

[@risingtsun]

This tutorial makes it look much easier than I expected! I will have to give this a shot later. Thanks!
Edit: This worked beautifully! Thank you very much!

[@bigbigsky8878]

looks great, thank you!

[@MawarniStudio]

Cool Tutorials like vintage animation. Love it thanks for sharing

[@envatotuts]

Thanks for watching!

[@diegojordiperretalvarez1791]

you're incredible man

[@Fawk]

Really work, thanks

[@Manos.N]

Good and detailed tutorial. Thank you!

[@envatotuts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ahmedsuleiman1130]

Solid one. Thanks.

[@envatotuts]

No problem!

[@Totorus]

Great tutorial, thanks a lot for sharing!!!... Greetings.

[@envatotuts]

You are welcome!

[@timepasssss2746]

Great video. One thing I would add would be to export the final video in 720p or 480p. Cause the final video looks too HD for the crt look.

[@hhectorlector]

loved the video you used for the example

[@TutsPlusTom]

🙏 thank you thank you

[@alideep9656]

Thank you

[@yoldonstudio8288]

Thanks pro from 🇸🇴somalia

[@JasonBodine]

Excellent tutorial!!! Thanks! One thing, though: If you just want to have it look like it's on a CRT screen without all the old VHS tape effects, you need to up the contrast when you set the brightness to 100 or else the color will be washed out!

[@TutsPlusTom]

Good tip!

[@huntingparty7221]

Nice brother. This will help me a lot. But I want to create something like your stock footage, which you used in this video. How can I learn that?

[@secondchairmusic]

Quick question: Is there a way to make a sort of preset for this effect that I can just drag and drop on a new clip? AE is still somewhat new to me, so idk. After following all your instructions, I'd rather NOT have to do it all over again the next time I want to use it.
But, THANKS SOOOO MUCH for this tutorial!! It was very helpful, clear and easy to follow.

[@TutsPlusTom]

Glad the tutorial was helpful! I'm not 100% how you'd go about creating this specific process as a drag and drop effect but now that you've said it I feel like I need to work it out! Eyes on the comments now to see if anyone else knows a handy trick I don't! 👀

[@aarongassner3731]

Great tutorial! Even with no experience in AE I was able to follow along with no problems! I was wondering, how can I save this to where I don't have to recreate the entire look from scratch each time I want to use it? Cheers! Subscribed.

[@envatotuts]

Glad it helped!

[@aarongassner3731]

@@envatotuts Are you going to even acknowledge my question?

[@nbmhfj8892]

informative

[@ohTedros]

Got everything done except how do i save it as preset? That would've sealed everything.

[@astainmukombwe3915]

The first one to comment so you got to teach me me more