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RETRO FILM ESSENTIALS

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Instant, Easy and Nostalgic Film Effects

Retro Film is the easiest plugin to take your videos back in time - compatible with Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro.

With Retro Film Essentials, your videos will be given beautiful film grain, scratches, hairs, burns, vignettes and various framing options - all in a single effect.

The effect has several presets representing the classic decades that represent the iconic eras of film - ranging from the first silent movies all the way to the 2000's.

Create a stunning black and white filter for your videos with flickers, film damage and grain - or choose a more nostalgic period with warm colors, replicating the look of classic 8mm film.

The Retro Film Essentials plugin is optimized and GPU-accelerated, making it ready for near real-time rendering on modern GPU's.

The Complete Film Plug-in

Create realistic film effects in just one click.

Retro Film Essentials has been built to look great from the get-go, and provides parameters that give you artistic control over the look and feel of your filmic effect.

Damage and FX

Hair, grain, dirt, chromatic aberration, film styles, and blurs are all built into this After Effects and Premiere plug-in. No stock footage needed. This means you have total control over your desired look.

Drag+Drop Film Transitions - Premiere Pro

Crates Retro Film Essentials Plugin also includes a transition for Premiere Pro!

This is a separate plugin that works identically to the main Retro Film Essentials plugin, with the bonus of being a drag & drop transition. Locate the plugin in the Transition dropdown menu, and drag it on the intersection between two clips. This will automatically add the transition to that point in time, blending the two videos together seamlessly.

You'll be able to fully customize the look of your retro film transition, such as the damage amounts, style and timing.

By dragging the sides of the transition control area, you can control the duration of your film transition.

The Retro Film Essentials plug-in also works on it's own in Premiere Pro, so you can add a real-time filmic Effect to your edits.

Explore the Retro Film Presets

Default Preset

The default preset for the Retro Film Essentials Plug-in creates a black and white look with some damage

Grindhouse Preset

This unique preset creates an extremely stylized damage look with full color, perfect for those low budget horror films.

Silent Film Preset

If you are trying to recreate the look of iconic filmmakers from the silent era, look no further. Buster Keaton and Charile Chaplin inspired projects start here.

WW2 Preset

This preset captures the degraded and aged aesthetic common in World War 2 footage.

Western Preset

Sepia tones, wide frame and slight damage make this Western film preset pop.

8MM Classic Preset

Rounded framing, desaturated color and grain recreates the 8mm look.

90s Grunge Preset

Perfect for your skate videos, action clips and music videos to add that 90's grunge film look.

60s Home Video Preset

Chromatic aberration, a little glow and beautiful colors add to the 60's look we all know and love.

80s Vintage Preset

Sharpened, post-processed and popping colors make this 1980's vintage film look stand out.

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