Digital Dropout Effect

[Ron James]

I’ve been looking for a while for an effect like this, too, and the only one I could find was by Buena Effects and it only comes in a bundle that is about $300 US, if I remember correctly. Worse than that, though, when I tried the demo (this was back in FCP 3, mind you) FCP kept quitting everytime I used the plugin.

It looked like exactly what you’re talking about, though.

G5 Dual 2.7 GHz
2 GB RAM
OS 10.4.6
FCP 5.0.4
QT 7.0.4

[Stevec]

Thank, I’ll look into that, but what I wound up doing was taking the clips I wanted to effect.
Laying them off to a digital tape (We use D-9).
Then bringing them back in while messing with the tracking.

This gave me exactly what I was looking for.

Steve

[Ron James]

That’s funny. Sometimes we spend so much time and money on a sophisticated way to achieve a simple effect.

Although, I liked how (with the Buena effect) you could control all the variables, like repeated frames, how often the blocks occur, the block size and seed, etc. Maybe, come to think of it, it looks less like digital dropout and more like satellite interference. Cool effect, though. Just can’t justify the cost. I wasn’t really interested in the rest of the filters in the bundle.

G5 Dual 2.7 GHz
2 GB RAM
OS 10.4.6
FCP 5.0.4
QT 7.0.4

[Mark Maness]

Isn’t it funny how we forget about the “good ole days” of manual video production? You know, creating effects by hand and plain ole ingenuity.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions

[Stevec]

Yeah, You think becuase it a computer it’s easier, but somtimes the old ways are still the best.

Steve Cohen
Editor
O2 Production Studios