u/WonderfulRespond9778

first post on here :D

so question for digital editors who've never touched analog, what's stopping you?

I see a lot of people trying to emulate analog effects digitally with plugins and preset packs. For things like film i totally get it, given the cost and development time. But the VHS stuff i guess kinda confuses me. to my understanding can't you just buy a VHS player on eBay for $20, hook up a capture card, and actually just record your footage to tape?

You can also get CRT style effects by aiming your phone camera at a used TV from like facebook marketplace or something. granted that might cost more, but if its your whole aesthetic and you do it often, why not just use the real thing? wouldn't it look way more authentic?

genuinely curious!

Me and my friends all got keychain cameras from different places and realized they all use the exact same software and maybe I'm oversimplifying it but it seems like all these cameras have a hidden folder that contains the boot screen, menu sounds and fonts and if you could access that folder it wouldn't be too hard to replace and customize them (???)

apologize if this is redundant but has anybody actually done this yet it seems like you can already adjust the time by accessing a txt file when you plug them into your pc