RE: PXL effect for Premiere?

[Tim Koffley <tim@benefittechnology.com>]

i can't believe that you can't change the resolution of something in Premiere (or After Effects) w/o resorting to the Photoshop export trick.  changing resolution seems to me like it should be a pretty basic operation (i don't have any of this stuff yet).  anyway, doesn't the Photoshop export method get cumbersome with long pieces?  and is that the only way to get the framerate effect?  anyone?



-tim



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From: 	Alexander the Great jr.[SMTP:kanaris@bode.usc.edu]

Sent: 	Thursday, October 02, 1997 1:12 PM

To: 	Alexander the Great jr.

Cc: 	pixelvision@jupiter.rowan.edu

Subject: 	Re: PXL effect for Premiere?



> 

> I agree with him that using the actual pixelvision is better. I've also used

> the Diana or Holga camera's and it's pretty hard to replicate their look in

> Photoshop. Anyway say you are holding out to buy a Pixelvision a reasonable

> price, instead of what these people are charging, here is something you can

> try if you already have Premiere and Photoshop 4.0.

> 

> Take your video in Premiere and export it to Numbered Frames at a slower

> framerate say 15fps. (That will make it more jerky)This creates a directory

> with every frame of video saved as a separate image file.

> 

> Then go to Photoshop 4, create an Action that:

> changes the Mode to B&W,

> Boosts the Contrast,

> and Change the Image Size, for example instead of 640x480@72dpi change it to

> 320x200@72dpi. (this will make it more grainy, try different amounts of

> resolution changes till you find what you like.)

> 

> Apply this action to all the frames.

> 

> Then go back to Premiere create a new movie at the original resolution and

> import in your frames, it will have to resize your frames and thus make the

> movie grainy.

> 

> You can copy any of your Photoshop filters from the plugins directory

> directly into Premieres plugins directory and then use them right in

> Premiere, but you would have to do it the way I just stated to change the

> resolution. You could also try applying heavy compression on b&w video other

> filters changing the bit depth from 8 to 5 or 6 and so on. Anyway, it's a

> lot easier and looks better if you have the real thing but there are lots of

> thing you can try digitally.



I agree with the recipe above. I just want to summarize and clarify

the required settings, based on my experiments. 



Mode: B&W

Contrast: Enhance or leave the same.

Frame Rate: 15fps (definitely) 

Image size: 160x120 or 120x90





Alexander Kanaris