

The VHS effect produces glitches in the video and creates a sparkle in the clip, along with recognizable markings similar to those the '80s and '90s kids will remember from their childhood.I miss working with FFmpeg, so when I came across this interesting challenge on Reddit, I could not say no. VHS still has a nostalgic charm about it, so this retro filter hits the nostalgic spot in many by adding a vintage vibe or Y2K vibe to your footage, making it look like an old VHS tape. Old VHS tapes landed on the shelves of collectors, indie retailers, and hardcore movie fans and some of them are extremely valuable to this day. Once VHS disappeared from the mainstream, it was quickly replaced by DVDs, and currently, most of us rely on streaming services.


For the first time, Hollywood’s classics and its recent hits could be rented and watched at home." However, its era ended in 2006, when the last major Hollywood film A History of Violence was released on VHS. In an article in Los Angles Times, Geoff Boucher states that "If you rewind back to the 1980s, VHS represented a remarkable turning point for the American consumer. It's actually no surprise this trend took off across TikTok-vintage and nostalgic things are making a strong comeback into the modern world. One TikToker, amanda_d42, wrote on the original video: "I literally thought this was an actual old recording." Another comment by nickashraf_ joked: "Why did it take me so long to figure this out." So you are not alone in your shame if you believed it from the first glance, but at the end of the day-it's a fun thing you can also try with your family members if you look alike. The fact that the people in each video are wearing the same clothes, standing in front of the same background, and singing along to the same song, smoothly transitioning from one person to another, make it very believable, but at the same time, it really questions your thought process-unless people have a time machine, how would they know a song which was released in 2020? And who would hoard their clothes for decades? But don't be too hard on yourself, these videos are meant to entertain and play with your head a little.

Most of the people really believed that video included 'now and then' footage of the same person until they took a closer look, or went with the further investigation in the comment section. Creative videos inspired by the retro filter trend still blow people's minds.
