user3358: I am creating a video promo, and the customer wants the "crap old soviet" style.
We have shot the video on a Nikon D800 and it is being edited in Premiere Pro CS6, so the workflow is top-notch digital.
I want to impart a few "old analog" effects into the video but cant figure out how to do it.
first effect:
 - The weird fuzz you got when you started a recording over another one on VHS, the new recording was always really fuzzy/noisy for the first second or so as the tracking changed between the old and new recording.
second effect:
- the general "old videotape" look - odd colour casts, fuzz, like the tracking is off a bit.
third effect:
- now the sound, needs to be a bit muffled and low-fi

user-1: You could try a plugin that does it all in one:
http://www.digieffects.com/product/damage
(edit: removed video example for aged film - was intended to show the powers but could mislead to think it only produced aged film look).
With the plugin you should be able to produce the old video tape look using one or more of these in combination:
Go directly to features (thanks Inan):
http://www.digieffects.com/product/damage#features

Artifact: Create displaced pixel blocks, color errors, frame dropping
  and video compression artifacts
Blockade: Control color inaccuracy, block size, speed, and temporal
  frame stuttering
Destabilize: Create convincing camera shake or earthquake simulations
Interference: Simulate the CRT look of a security camera or interlaced
  video
Overexpose: Overexposes images just like your eyes would
Skew: Create analog noise with reckless abandon


3358: <p>I am creating a video promo, and the customer wants the "crap old soviet" style.</p>

<p>We have shot the video on a Nikon D800 and it is being edited in Premiere Pro CS6, so the workflow is top-notch digital.</p>

<p>I want to impart a few "old analog" effects into the video but cant figure out how to do it.</p>

<p>first effect:
 - The weird fuzz you got when you started a recording over another one on VHS, the new recording was always really fuzzy/noisy for the first second or so as the tracking changed between the old and new recording.</p>

<p>second effect:
- the general "old videotape" look - odd colour casts, fuzz, like the tracking is off a bit.</p>

<p>third effect:
- now the sound, needs to be a bit muffled and low-fi</p>
 -1: <p>You could try a plugin that does it all in one:<br>
<a href="http://www.digieffects.com/product/damage" rel="nofollow">http://www.digieffects.com/product/damage</a></p>

<p>(edit: removed video example for aged film - was intended to show the powers but could mislead to think it only produced aged film look).</p>

<p>With the plugin you should be able to produce the old video tape look using one or more of these in combination:</p>

<p>Go directly to features (thanks Inan):<br>
<a href="http://www.digieffects.com/product/damage#features" rel="nofollow">http://www.digieffects.com/product/damage#features</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Artifact: Create displaced pixel blocks, color errors, frame dropping
  and video compression artifacts</p>
  
  <p>Blockade: Control color inaccuracy, block size, speed, and temporal
  frame stuttering</p>
  
  <p>Destabilize: Create convincing camera shake or earthquake simulations</p>
  
  <p>Interference: Simulate the CRT look of a security camera or interlaced
  video</p>
  
  <p>Overexpose: Overexposes images just like your eyes would</p>
  
  <p>Skew: Create analog noise with reckless abandon</p>
</blockquote>
