How Video Post-Production Effects were done in the 80s

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  • Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
  • Interview at André Perry Video, a post-production house that did a lot of the TV show intros in Montreal. Affiliated with Le Studio Morin Heights.
    Broadcast on Cable 9 Montreal in 1984.

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  • @jaq8604
    @jaq8604 4 роки тому +238

    No wonder 80s effects were overdone or a little over the top. It was so new to people, and it was groundbreaking shit

    • @user-sl6gn1ss8p
      @user-sl6gn1ss8p 2 роки тому +19

      also, the guy did say the vfx people had more control than the director

    • @southlondon86
      @southlondon86 2 роки тому

      Aliens effects were overdone? Predator?

    • @luca_bagnoli
      @luca_bagnoli Рік тому

      They were great

    • @JulianQuinn
      @JulianQuinn Рік тому +2

      @@southlondon86 that’s funny I’m literally watching predator right now and I paused it to look up 80s video editing 😂

    • @hangten1904
      @hangten1904 Рік тому +3

      @@JulianQuinn These guys don't do VFX effects for movies. Instead, they specialize on intro graphics for TV shows. It's like making UA-cam video intros but the old school analog way. 😀

  • @zainmushtaq4347
    @zainmushtaq4347 5 років тому +77

    I didn't know such advanced effects were readily available back in the 80s! That machine seems to have all the default transition and animation effects a normal free video editor seems to have. Incredible!

    • @thedave7760
      @thedave7760 Рік тому +2

      For the price of a luxury sports car maybe two.

  • @ShortStorytime
    @ShortStorytime 7 років тому +162

    This video hosted, directed and edited by Ron Jeremy. XD

  • @SogenOkami
    @SogenOkami 7 років тому +143

    Back then it took a computer the size of a room. Now I'm doing this on a laptop. I love old tech, it makes me appreciate what we have today.

    • @briankelly9347
      @briankelly9347 5 років тому +4

      You thinking of the 40s mate. By the late 20th centiry they were small ya dumb ass I outta kick yo ass

    • @Anal_Flute
      @Anal_Flute 4 роки тому +2

      I agree

    • @ripp3rjak934
      @ripp3rjak934 3 роки тому +5

      Im doing edits on my ipad mini lol. Thats technology for ya

    • @FunkMobbMack
      @FunkMobbMack 2 роки тому +4

      What??? You're doing spinning logos and fx like these on your laptop?? Bullshyt I bet it's no where near as good as the visuals on this video

    • @Reikowired
      @Reikowired 2 роки тому +5

      @@FunkMobbMack these are literally default effects on any video editing software lmaoo even free ones

  • @Occel0t575
    @Occel0t575 8 років тому +143

    always asked myself how they made all those effects thanks :)

    • @whitestguyuknow
      @whitestguyuknow 4 роки тому +1

      Did you ever answer?

    • @Sheerspeechcraft
      @Sheerspeechcraft 3 роки тому +3

      @@whitestguyuknow This video was the answer the their question I guess

  • @zainmushtaq4347
    @zainmushtaq4347 5 років тому +32

    6:00 "That's incredible, seems like there are all kinds of possibilities that are ... uh, possible" -- 10/10 creativity

  • @trinitron384
    @trinitron384 6 років тому +55

    Honestly it’s so cool learning about post production in the 80’s

  • @baliebox4916
    @baliebox4916 3 роки тому +32

    i would kill to have these effects on windows 10,
    it would be sick to do animation memes and live streams with these effects

  • @charlesdoeseverything9716
    @charlesdoeseverything9716 3 роки тому +16

    I didn't know they were doing keyframing in those days.

  • @tiagoandrealves5004
    @tiagoandrealves5004 4 роки тому +16

    Didn't know Ron Jeremy had a VFX company.
    The 80's were crazy, indeed.

    • @northernplacecorporation
      @northernplacecorporation 7 місяців тому +1

      Ron Jeremy had a VFX facility. In this case, André Perry Video in Canada.

  • @airindiana
    @airindiana 3 роки тому +26

    You know when you’re deep into effects when you’re watching an 80s video on how they made 80s effects whilst wondering how to get the effect that looks like the 80s video that explained 80s effects. Mm hmm

  • @realmynameshiro
    @realmynameshiro 3 місяці тому +1

    Am I seeing keyframing 1984? Been watching how movies etc. were made/edited in the 70s/80s for 2 days now and I never knew this. Thank you so much, I unironically wanna be an editor in that time like this cool awesome dude! Enormous props to editors back then, their hard work brought us the best movies ever made.

  • @luamebe
    @luamebe Рік тому +7

    No way, that is fantastic, I had no idea computers had enough power to do such advanced effects at that time, for me as a video editor this is fascinating

  • @Gary1q2
    @Gary1q2 5 років тому +31

    he is editting a video of himself editting in the present

  • @craighalpin9521
    @craighalpin9521 6 років тому +75

    Is there a good video online that goes into the history of cgi/post production effects that gives details on how the equipment worked/works starting from the early days all the way to modern day?

    • @Sheerspeechcraft
      @Sheerspeechcraft 3 роки тому +4

      Did you ever find a video like you were looking for? :p

    • @ChellyTheGreat
      @ChellyTheGreat 3 роки тому +4

      Fr I wanna know

    • @MadameSomnambule
      @MadameSomnambule 3 роки тому +3

      Same, I want to know! I look it up and it's all about 3D cgi, which is interesting but not what I'm looking for.

    • @jmalmsten
      @jmalmsten 3 роки тому +9

      A single video, don't have one. But I always keep a lookout for the key words like Optical Printers (the machine used to combine film elements), Opticals (slang term essentially meaning vfx back in the days before computers), Paint Box (early video fx computer like in this video), Scanimate (analog predecessor to Paintbox), Matte Shots, Matte paintings, Glass Paintings (various ways to put painted extensions in a frame),
      The list becomes long. But you basically need to train the algorithm and suddenly you find some weird forgotten piece of tech that someone found and is trying to renovate to working condition.
      There is a bit of misinformation to sift through as often the people writing stuff down had no clue what the engineers were doing and there's a lot of repeated content as well in what you'll find. Sometimes there's reverse engineering to be done as a technician shows off a procedure but not the whole thing but you know about he gear in frame so you piece together workflows betwee the lines.
      Nerdy? Provably. But still much more fun than whatever sports team did with a ball this week. :P
      But yeah. If you find anything that fits the bill

    • @eyramfirebeats
      @eyramfirebeats 2 роки тому

      @@jmalmsten thanks for all the information 🔥🔥💯

  • @pinoporri9540
    @pinoporri9540 2 роки тому +4

    Ampex ADO 1000 fantastic video animation machine, i remember was used in Mexico 86 for effect replay and graphics, and for many video advertise, and theme tv program and reel logo.
    Its fantastic symbol of the technology 80's.

  • @isaacredmond.
    @isaacredmond. Рік тому +1

    why do i find this so innocently adorable to watch 😭😭😭😭

  • @vindeliemaze9648
    @vindeliemaze9648 7 років тому +39

    6:04 "maybe they can make an affect that'll make you disappear".

    • @VaughnDoyle
      @VaughnDoyle 6 років тому +8

      savage

    • @ProgrammerSheep
      @ProgrammerSheep 6 років тому

      Easily done today

    • @animagi6844
      @animagi6844 6 років тому

      BITE ZA DUSTO! *BOOM!*

    • @ChellyTheGreat
      @ChellyTheGreat 3 роки тому +1

      All you gotta do is stay in one spot, stop recording, move, then go back to recording haha use to do it as a kidd.

    • @NikiWinProd
      @NikiWinProd 3 роки тому +1

      @@ChellyTheGreat haha

  • @Bobster986
    @Bobster986 4 місяці тому

    What a great time to be in video production. I have so many memories of how video had progressed from analog to digital, it was really a time of pioneering.

  • @sauceseji
    @sauceseji 3 роки тому +3

    mad respect for these guys.

  • @wachamcaulit
    @wachamcaulit 5 місяців тому

    4:44 “like tiles” only pixels came to my mind but well it’s from the past even though “pixel” existed earlier than this interview

  • @cegc
    @cegc Рік тому +1

    "Maybe there will be an effect that will make you disappear" collab of the latest tech would be interesting to see

  • @Algunsujeto
    @Algunsujeto 8 років тому +85

    pablo escobar :v

  • @northernplacecorporation
    @northernplacecorporation 7 місяців тому

    Wow... I was amazed at all this post production effects stuff that the Canadians at André Perry Video had to do in the 1980s... I never new such a thing like this did happen back then... obviously, all that had to be transferred to one-inch type C videotape via one-inch VTRs like the Ampex VPR-2 that is pictured in this one. And, yes, the guy that's portrayed in this video is Luigi Iammatteo of... of course, André Perry Video. And the actual special effects computer seen in it? The Ampex ADO-1000.

  • @DustyChips
    @DustyChips 6 місяців тому

    It would be cool if adobe sold full room interfaces like this. So immersive.

  • @EduardoSanMartinp
    @EduardoSanMartinp 5 років тому +14

    this oldies video machines render in real time more fast than actuall mac or pc, 80´s rules.

    • @rapturedpassage
      @rapturedpassage 3 роки тому +5

      Because it is low resolution

    • @asphaltandtacos
      @asphaltandtacos 2 роки тому +1

      I would love to own one of these machines. Digital can’t compete with analog in this regard.

    • @thedave7760
      @thedave7760 Рік тому +1

      These things here are digital they were the first boxes that could do digital picture manipulation.

  • @vcsaturn214
    @vcsaturn214 4 роки тому +2

    Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing this Treasure! :D

  • @geatsuneee
    @geatsuneee 2 роки тому +3

    80s: giant machines
    today: your phone

    • @southlondon86
      @southlondon86 2 роки тому

      2040s: your mind

    • @northernplacecorporation
      @northernplacecorporation 7 місяців тому

      Or better yet, the present day would have all the video post production effects done in video editing apps on a PC or laptop, like my Windows 11 laptop, and my go-to video editing app, VEGAS Pro/Movie Studio.

  • @Sheerspeechcraft
    @Sheerspeechcraft 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, this is AWESOME!

  • @RazsterTW
    @RazsterTW 5 років тому +1

    You're a wizard Andre!

  • @kennyadvocat
    @kennyadvocat 9 років тому +26

    How can these be done on avid media composer? I love retro 80's special effects. =)

  • @FumieBasketTV
    @FumieBasketTV 2 роки тому +1

    old video editors using hardware, today we only use software on a simpler computer hardware. so amazing.

  • @whitestguyuknow
    @whitestguyuknow 4 роки тому +7

    5:46 Wow I've never seen a turtle neck like that

    • @andystandys
      @andystandys 3 місяці тому

      Because he comes from the future.

  • @StevenGarnsky
    @StevenGarnsky Рік тому +3

    Damn. Ron Jeremy was the jack of all trades back in the 80s I see.

  • @PedroManX
    @PedroManX Рік тому

    That's really cool!!

  • @rty1955
    @rty1955 3 роки тому +2

    Haha this is a typical young editor who loves special effects. In a NY market, the director is in full creative decisions, not the editor. As an emmy award editor I never make creative decisions. I am there to take thier vision and make it a reality. I never would tell a director how to do thier job and they would never tell me how to do my job.
    I can tell a new person who edits a mile away. They tend to crave using special effects or trying to show off like "look what I can do!" 90% of all edits are cuts & dissolves. If a special effect is desired by a director, we discuss thier vision and i use all the tools I am skilled at to get it done. I worked at one of the largest post facilities on the east coast of USA and we did amazing work. The CMX editor was highly modified so we could use ANYTHING that was capable of being run w/time code! We even made our own interface boxes if the unit was incapable of time code. It truly was an amazing place to work

  • @LaCorvier
    @LaCorvier 9 місяців тому +1

    now my 5 years old already an expert with capcut....

  • @sirdushon
    @sirdushon 2 роки тому +1

    its süch simpłe effects yęt it's the cooolest shit considering how new ånd innovative this was for thęm back then 😭 holy shitttt

  • @FunkMobbMack
    @FunkMobbMack 2 роки тому +8

    How in the hell can you do these movements today on Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere?? Damn near impossible!!

    • @someuser4166
      @someuser4166 Рік тому +1

      That's what after effects is for

    • @ips2124
      @ips2124 Рік тому

      @@someuser4166 so this tech that's been around for over 40 years is still locked behind massive paywalls, making it inaccessible to a lot of people. cool.

  • @briantaylor9285
    @briantaylor9285 6 місяців тому

    I've always wondered how it was done back then.

  • @looking_33
    @looking_33 7 років тому +14

    All of this makes more sense than what we have today. Everything is too complicated now.

    • @CraezoKing
      @CraezoKing 7 років тому +5

      meek miLL what nooo bruh now a days you kust click to ad the effect not a stupid joystick and all those useless buttons

    • @127ante
      @127ante 5 років тому

      i have to laugh

    • @volactic5240
      @volactic5240 Рік тому

      Lots of nothing on today tech , I prefer windows 95 over 10

  • @notmatt1762
    @notmatt1762 5 років тому +14

    damm imovie cant do any of these

  • @samsoulee
    @samsoulee 3 роки тому +6

    I cannot imagine the computer behind this magic (and its price)

    • @callykitten5095
      @callykitten5095 2 роки тому +1

      Literally what I wanna know (the price).

    • @thedave7760
      @thedave7760 Рік тому

      Early 80's probably price of a Ferrari or Porsche.
      Late 80 same money as an expensive family sedan.

    • @northernplacecorporation
      @northernplacecorporation 7 місяців тому

      The computer that did all of this was the Ampex ADO-1000. The price for this computer was expensive.

  • @KennyVert
    @KennyVert 2 роки тому

    This was fun!!

  • @Parker--
    @Parker-- 4 роки тому

    Wow that collar at the end is wild

  • @someguy4131
    @someguy4131 11 місяців тому +1

    This is great! I'm an employee at IBM. I'm about to upgrade to our newest model.. the IBM PC 5150. I'll finally be able to start writing the scripts for my videos . After i put a 640k internal expansion memory card in it there will be no limit to the scripts I can write.
    As for the video editing.... I'll just have to wait a few years until that capability is made accessible to those few of us that have a computer in our house 👍
    By the way... Some loser came into the office today to meet with my boss at IBM. Some loser named William Bates or something like that. He told my boss that he has an OS for our new model. He only wanted to rent it to us...... And still keep the rights to allow other people to use the OS. Personally, I think the guy is a joke So I told my boss just to go ahead and agree to the terms so we could get this William Bates guy the hell out of the building 🙄. He's a nobody and will always be a nobody compared to us at IBM.
    Anyway, thank you for the video. I can't wait till those of us that have computers in our house are able to edit videos at home 🥳

  • @VHSGUY_ANALOGCOMPANY
    @VHSGUY_ANALOGCOMPANY 2 роки тому +1

    great tutorial!!!

  • @yomarukasuga
    @yomarukasuga Рік тому +1

    @ 4:28 - Page Curly Turn Transition Effect, but then it is not working on Pinnacle Hollywood FX 5 and the Adobe Premiere Pro

  • @zenoxvenox733
    @zenoxvenox733 4 роки тому +1

    Now you can do all of these with just your phone.
    We've really come a long way

    • @FunkMobbMack
      @FunkMobbMack 2 роки тому +1

      Wtf are you talking about do fx like these on your phone show me what app!!??

    • @gabriel_d.o_silva
      @gabriel_d.o_silva 2 роки тому

      @@FunkMobbMack Kinemaster Diamond [MOD] , Alight Motion, After effects.

  • @camcamwatt
    @camcamwatt 6 років тому +5

    Going back to the 80's for inspo to create original content #filmnerd ;P

  • @whitestguyuknow
    @whitestguyuknow 4 роки тому +3

    Looking back 40 years later it was pretty limited. I'm only halfway through the video but this is stuff a kid can do on their phones now. I love the advancement of technology

  • @lois3356
    @lois3356 4 роки тому +2

    1:20 "Now there is no limit anymore"

  • @Bkoded
    @Bkoded 6 років тому +8

    Keyframing before it was keyframing 2:35

  • @nakonakonii9938
    @nakonakonii9938 4 роки тому +2

    didnt know until now that pablo escobar is a post production editor

  • @MC_AU
    @MC_AU Рік тому

    4:45 There was a trick to pixelation from early processors like Qantel,and ADO…unplugging LSB. RAM chips in the field stores !

  • @deathswell
    @deathswell Рік тому

    0:49 plot twist: the director is the editor

  • @Noob64
    @Noob64 Рік тому +1

    they got luigi from the super mario bros. to teach us about effects
    mad respect

    • @northernplacecorporation
      @northernplacecorporation 7 місяців тому

      No. That's not the same Luigi you were referring to. You were referring to Luigi Iammatteo of André Perry Video.

  • @rodrigodevinil
    @rodrigodevinil 11 місяців тому +2

    I mean... Nowadays we have artificial intelligence and a technology much powerful than those we used to have 40 years ago, but as artists and creative people, we've become too cold and robotic. Today's graphics for the most part doesn't really have that thrilling effect it once had. Too bad...

  • @ps1laracroft989
    @ps1laracroft989 3 роки тому

    First computer looks like a spaceship. Now all of this can be fit in your pocket 40 years later.

  • @theranger5231
    @theranger5231 8 років тому +5

    this must have been crazy expensive.

  • @sditz
    @sditz 3 роки тому

    THE REAL GOLD

  • @jaykeii
    @jaykeii 4 роки тому +6

    nowadays a lot of people can edit these on after effects... wow

    • @lokee4813
      @lokee4813 3 роки тому +3

      It was 40 years ago tho, that's like video deep learning now everyone is able to experiment it

    • @FunkMobbMack
      @FunkMobbMack 2 роки тому +2

      But today they don't have joysticks to edit video everything has to be programmed in on a mouse that's a pain in the ass

  • @maujdapa5986
    @maujdapa5986 3 роки тому

    Grandfather of After Effects

  • @okjeffy6581
    @okjeffy6581 2 роки тому

    Wow that’s Cool. It’s like today but better.

  • @marcomacias3960
    @marcomacias3960 Рік тому +1

    i wonder if all that animation is done with Scanimate?

  • @rusk1992
    @rusk1992 7 місяців тому +1

    That turtle neck tho…

  • @vitorpinella2609
    @vitorpinella2609 3 роки тому +2

    how to do that these days? I want to know how to make these transitions, with this texture and aesthetics of video

  • @bangmarzoom1978
    @bangmarzoom1978 3 роки тому

    I love 80 technology

  • @Ruffingtuffout
    @Ruffingtuffout 5 років тому +4

    So keyframing is actually exist from a long time ago

  • @NikiWinProd
    @NikiWinProd 3 роки тому

    2:27 he was easing the keyframes :o

  • @jcj83429
    @jcj83429 5 років тому

    The music is Flagship Columbia from Network Music

  • @mpcjunkie72
    @mpcjunkie72 4 роки тому +1

    Back in the 80's where it was common for a man to show chest hair and not think he was a porn actor.

  • @whitestguyuknow
    @whitestguyuknow 4 роки тому

    6:05 "Maybe there's an effect that can make you disappear! Hahaha...."

  • @YohanesSalomo
    @YohanesSalomo 6 років тому +1

    These footages are from Scanimate.

  • @base99498
    @base99498 2 роки тому

    Bing bang boom there you hav-it
    Nice collar

  • @celin3654
    @celin3654 3 роки тому

    Really Luigi has made nice effects

  • @Subzeronte
    @Subzeronte 4 роки тому +1

    El programa de edición de los 80's funciona 20 veces mas fluido que ADOBE PREMIERE 2020
    - (Y SIN RENDERIZAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @TheDominationNetwork
    @TheDominationNetwork 5 років тому +4

    Why was Pablo Escobar editing video?

  • @KennyVert
    @KennyVert 2 роки тому

    KEYFRAMES!!!

  • @DrakesdenChannel
    @DrakesdenChannel 4 роки тому +3

    Looks like Mario
    Name: Luigi.

    • @northernplacecorporation
      @northernplacecorporation 7 місяців тому

      This video was produced the year prior to Super Mario Bros. coming into the Famicom in Japan and the NES in USA, Canada, and Europe. But you weren;t referring to SMB's own Luigi, you are actually referring to Luigi Iammatteo.

  • @SnepperStepTV
    @SnepperStepTV Місяць тому

    see, this is what digital video is missing

  • @trampt21
    @trampt21 9 років тому +2

    Does anyone know what model of character generator is used in this video?? In particular the yellow text with the red line in the beginning?
    Thanks!

    • @RyanSchweitzer77
      @RyanSchweitzer77 9 років тому +1

      +Ate tape (SD) I'd reckon it might be a Quanta CG--I used a Quanta in my public access TV days, and it generated text very similar that in this video (although it looked just slightly different in the font styling, but very similar).

  • @elm4453
    @elm4453 4 роки тому +3

    And now vegas pro needs 16gb of ram.

  • @nyomanyudi6239
    @nyomanyudi6239 10 років тому

    classic !

  • @anupmoray5187
    @anupmoray5187 3 роки тому

    Life was so simple and much to wow for unlike today where no one care about the efforts back end guys take

  • @fredskates314
    @fredskates314 9 років тому

    sick

  • @swamysriman7147
    @swamysriman7147 6 років тому

    6:06 Be careful what you wish for.......you may get exactly what you wish for.........;)

  • @jambalbg3319
    @jambalbg3319 11 місяців тому

    Adobe after effects version 0.00001 beta test be like:

  • @psychedoutlotus
    @psychedoutlotus 3 роки тому

    why did people dislike the video

  • @ludviglolo
    @ludviglolo 4 роки тому +1

    Didn't know Pablo Escobar did video post-production effects

  • @dodecafono
    @dodecafono 4 роки тому

    Wow

  • @LukaEYE
    @LukaEYE 4 роки тому +1

    Does anyone know can someone suggest me a program for windows that can make videos exactly lile this?

  • @danielfalk3450
    @danielfalk3450 Рік тому

    Who invented this machines?😉😉

  • @maxwillson
    @maxwillson 5 років тому +1

    No limit anymore lol.

  • @dextergaming1673
    @dextergaming1673 4 роки тому

    this looks like a gta vice city cutscene

  • @WWSTJ
    @WWSTJ 4 дні тому

    Whatcha doin Pablo Escobar

  • @alphabeets
    @alphabeets 11 місяців тому +1

    Those video effects are the visual equivalent of today’s auto-tune in audio. They got overused to the point of inducing nausea.

  • @daminmancejin
    @daminmancejin 10 років тому +12

    I love these effects back then

    • @daminmancejin
      @daminmancejin 9 років тому

      ***** yup

    • @bored_person
      @bored_person 9 років тому +8

      So you like it when effects look cheesy and fake?

    • @bored_person
      @bored_person 9 років тому +9

      Can you just take off your nostalgia googles for a second? You're all biased against anything modern and want everything to be like it was in your childhood while refusing to acknowledge that your childhood sucks. so if you could stop making blanket statements and actually explain why you use the words you use, then I will listen. Untill then, I will pass you all off as a bunch of pretentious nostalgia-blind idiots.

    • @benperlmutter5190
      @benperlmutter5190 8 років тому

      oh my god shut the fuck up

    • @bored_person
      @bored_person 8 років тому

      Ben Perlmutter Do not make the mistakes I made.

  • @YohanesSalomo
    @YohanesSalomo 5 років тому

    I really want all footages from Scanimate. Please help me. Thx.

  • @valentine_puppy
    @valentine_puppy 5 років тому

    Those must be ampex equipment.