Top image via Bob Jaroc<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n There\u2019s always been an affinity for the old, for the retro,<\/strong> for the look of yesterday. While technology pushes forward and picture quality is increasingly improved, we often see companies offering services and tools to make that incredibly sharp image look, well, less sharp. You can acquire film grain<\/a>, light leaks<\/a>, film burns, color washes, interference layers, static noise<\/a>, and so forth. The list goes on.<\/p>\n As we move forward toward the end of the 2010s, the VHS\/camcorder look of the 80s and 90s<\/strong> is starting to become a lost relic of time. I bet that made some of you feel old, right? You can download all kinds<\/a> of templates<\/a> and plugins to make your footage look like the VHS tape<\/strong> has distorted it, but nothing beats using the real source material.<\/p>\n A lot of people tend just to throw an overlay<\/strong> onto their footage and call it a day, but there are a few fundamental elements<\/strong> that also need to be included.<\/p>\n