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VHS Camcorder Look maker

Makes any animation look like a 1980s camcorder tape: soft picture, bleeding colour, tracking noise, a shaky hand and the red-orange date stamp in the corner. Type your own words, adjust it live, then download the MP4 or a GIF. Free, made in your browser, nothing uploaded.

Your words (date stamp)

VHS Camcorder Look (1987 Home Video) preview

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VHS Camcorder Look (1987 Home Video)

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Presets

Time stampPrivate: kept out of shared links unless you choose to include it.

Shown above the date. Leave empty to hide it.

Demo picture

What the demo films. Your own project can put anything through the tape.

Camera display

Blink the date

Date stamp colour#ff6a1f

Colour cast

Tape wear0.35

Wobble, rolling tracking noise and white dropouts. 0 is a fresh tape.

Colour bleed0.8

How far colour smears to the right of bright things.

Softness0.8

How much fine detail the tape loses.

Grain0.4

Torn bottom edge

The noisy strip where the video heads switch.

Handheld shake1

Zoom creep0.08

How far the camera slowly zooms in over the clip.

Autofocus hunts

The picture blurs and snaps back sharp once near the start.

Variation3

Changes the shake, the noise and the details of the demo picture.

Your words stay on this device: the video is made in your browser.

1Pick a look
Titles, a lower third, a quote card, a neon sign, a news ticker, a typewriter and more.
2Type your words
Change the colours and timing too, or press Shuffle. Your words stay on your device.
3Export as video
Export makes an MP4 in your browser. Post it, or hand the exact code to Claude or Codex.