TV Simulator

The TV Simulator effect allows you to mimic the appearance of video viewed on a television.

TIP Use the TV Simulator as a transition to simulate channel changes with a rotary dial.

Original

TV Look

Item

Description

Detail Zoom

Drag the slider or type a value in the box to adjust the magnification of the TV simulation. Increasing this setting gives the appearance of viewing a television from close up.

Aperture Grill

Drag the slider or type a value in the box to adjust the appearance of an aperture grill in your video. Increase the setting to make the grill more visible, or decrease the setting to make the grill less visible.

Interlacing

Drag the slider or type a value in the box to adjust the appearance of horizontal interlacing bands. Increase the setting to make the bands more visible, or decrease the setting to make the bands less visible.

Line Sync

Drag the slider or type a value in the box to simulate the distortion and flicker of an improper line sync rate.

Vertical Sync

Drag the slider or type a value in the box to adjust the vertical sync rate of your video. Decreasing this setting simulates a misadjusted horizontal hold control.

Scan Phasing

Drag the slider or type a value in the box to adjust the scan rate of your video. Increasing this setting adds rolling horizontal bands of light to your video.

Phosphorescence

Drag the slider or type a value in the box to adjust the appearance of blue television phosphorescence in your video.

Static

Drag the slider or type a value in the box to add static to your video to simulate poor reception.