User blog:S-man12/The VHS-Like Ident How-to Method Guide

Hello, everyone, and welcome to this guide on how to create idents, bumpers, et cetera, whilst having that VHS style still implemented. This is just my method on how to acquire such a style, so if you like the steps, that's great. If you want to try a different method by your peers, that's cool, too. So, without further ado, here is my step-to-step method on how to create VHS-like idents.

STEPS 1. Go to Photoshop. 2. Load an image (PNG recommended) 3. Use Ctrl + L on "Layer 0 copy 3" to bring up the "Levels" window 4. Click the drop down arrow to select "Red" 5. Move the far-right arrow of the output levels from 255 to 0. 6. Use Ctrl + L on "Layer 0 copy 2" to bring up the "Levels" window 7. Click the drop down arrow to select "Green" Move the far-right arrow of the output levels from 255 to 0. 8. Move the far-right arrow of the output levels from 255 to 0. from 255 to 0. 9. Use Ctrl + L on "Layer 0 copy 1" to bring up the "Levels" window 10. Click the drop down arrow to select "Blue" 11. Move the far-right arrow of the output levels from 255 to 0. 12. Go on the square that says "Normal" on the right side of your screen. 13. Click on the drop-down arrow and select "Exclusion" for all copy layers of Layer 0. 14. Use Ctrl + Arrow Keys to move the colors anywhere you want. 15. Move "Layer 1" to the top position of the column. 16. Turn the opacity to 75%-80% on Layer 1 to catch that VHS feel 17. Use the grain filter from the "Filter" text on top of your screen and you can use the intensity of the grain to your liking. 18. You can also blur your picture by going on the top "Filter" text again and selecting "Blur" or "Blur More". 19. Click on the select box on the left tab of your screen and hold your left mouse button to select a portion of your picture. 20. Use steps 17-18 again. 21. Do step 19, but right click this time and select "Layer Via Cut" 22. Go to "Filter" - "Distort" - "Shear" 23. Move the central miniscule square anywhere you want. 24. Press "OK" P.S. You can do step 19, but go to "Filter" - "Distort" - "Shear" to simulate VHS frequency waving if you want. And there you go, and I hope you guys succeed!

Farewell for now.