A Trend That I Hate : Fake Video Dirt

[Hornbein]

I hate videos that have fake screen dirt. That is, they pretend to be a pre-digital film print that has accumulated dirt. It's obviously fake. Somehow this style has become hip and with it, so they seem to be in a race to see who can pack the most dirt on the screen. Disgusting.

I dunno, maybe they did it to avoid copyright. But now it is so hip and with-it this may be used even on original content. Barf. Well, I don't have to watch it. So I don't.

 

[BillTre]

Its an effect you can add to videos.

 

[sbrothy]

It's a little like bad holographic images in scifi movies. I understand why it's done. Still, it's jarring.