After Effects Tutorial - Faking a CCTV security tape

In this quick and easy (one-part!) tutorial, I'll show you how to create your own CCTV-style surveillance tape, complete with vignetting, timecode overlay and the all-important timelapse look.

The project file for this is available for download at shortformvideo.com.
No plug-ins required, works in CS3, CS4 and CS5

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• after effects
• ae
• tute
• tutorial
• cctv
• surveillance
• security
• video
• vignette
• night vision
• timelapse
• scan lines
• date
• time
• title

[LimitedWard]

One problem with the time code: if you look closely, it seems as if each fram is about 1 minute. In other words, the mysterious man is moving REALY slowly. Obviously that's not the case but the effect is just a little bit off.

[shortformvideos]

@LimitedWard Only if you're looking at it like a clock, and not a representation of tape timing. CCTV typically records the standard tape timecode format of HRS:MINS:SECS:FRAMES, and this is what's being represented.

If you want it to look more like a clock, just precomp the timing layer and crop the end off :)

[tnargmonk]

Very awesome!!!!!!!!! May I ask what you used to record this video from your computer?

[shortformvideos]

@tnargmonk tx! It was shot on my HVX202 (the PAL version of the HVX200)

[arnovanmassenhove]

So good for short-movies , you're tuts are so usefull ! Respect ;)

[xGoATHD]

holy fuck just learnt that you can press shift to make stuff lock on.. woww

[likevarney]

@likevarney Never mind. Found it :3

[likevarney]

I'm loving the tut dude, I have one problem though, how do I bring up the effects and presets panel? I have CS3 if that helps at all :)

[fmBillion]

@shortformvideos I know what it was, you wanted it to be half nine in the morning, but rather than setting the time to 9 hours 30 mins, you set it to 9 mins 30 secs. You'd have to drag the 'Starting Frame' a lot further for it to be 9 hours 30 mins.

[HDProdigyGaming]

Great tut. Like, fav, and subbed :)

[Slomoshun09]

I learned about 5 different things other than the original effect. Great tutorial! Many thanks!

[jlmaiz18]

subscribed =3

[NathanCipher]

Amazing and special tutorial !

loved it.. so helpful for my projects!

than you dude, +loved your accent too.