Film Age Effects

The following XML defines the "film age" category of effects in Windows Movie Maker. These effects appear to "age" video, giving it a classic, old-time movie look. The film age effects all use an Animation parameter set to "FXAge".

Following the XML are tables that specify which parameters in this XML can be changed, and which cannot.

<TransitionsAndEffects Version="2.8">
    <Effects>
        <EffectDLL guid="TFX">
            <Effect nameID="62876" iconid="12" guid="Film Age, Old" comment="Film Age, Old" shadermodel="2">
                <Param name="Animation" value="FXAge" />
                <Param name="FXFile" value="Parity.fx" />
                <Param name="Technique" value="FilmAgeOld" />
                <Param name="Alpha0" value="TRUE" type="bool" />
                <Param name="Alpha1" value="TRUE" type="bool" />
                <Param name="NoiseFrequency" value="0.25" />
                <Param name="SplotchFrequency" value="0.05" />
                <Param name="NoiseLineFrequency" value="0.10" />
                <Param name="LintFrequency" value="0.05" />
                <Param name="PosterizeLevels" value="128" />
                <Param name="ShakeFactor" value="0.00"/>
                <Param name="BlurSize" value="3"/>
                <Param name="GenerateNoiseTexture" value="1"/>
            </Effect>
            <Effect nameID="62875" iconid="13" guid="Film Age, Older" comment="Film Age, Older" shadermodel="2">
                <Param name="Animation" value="FXAge" />
                <Param name="FXFile" value="Parity.fx" />
                <Param name="Technique" value="FilmAgeOlder" />
                <Param name="NoiseFrequency" value="0.40" />
                <Param name="SplotchFrequency" value="0.10" />
                <Param name="NoiseLineFrequency" value="0.20" />
                <Param name="LintFrequency" value="0.15" />
                <Param name="PosterizeLevels" value="7" />
                <Param name="ShakeFactor" value="0.05"/>
                <Param name="BlurSize" value="5"/>
                <Param name="GenerateNoiseTexture" value="1"/>
            </Effect>
            <Effect nameID="62874" iconid="14" guid="Film Age, Oldest" comment="Film Age, Oldest" shadermodel="2">
                <Param name="Animation" value="FXAge" />
                <Param name="FXFile" value="Parity.fx" />
                <Param name="Technique" value="FilmAgeOldest" />
                <Param name="NoiseFrequency" value="1.00" />
                <Param name="SplotchFrequency" value="0.20" />
                <Param name="NoiseLineFrequency" value="0.30" />
                <Param name="LintFrequency" value="0.40" />
                <Param name="PosterizeLevels" value="5" />
                <Param name="ShakeFactor" value="0.20"/>
                <Param name="BlurSize" value="7"/>
                <Param name="GenerateNoiseTexture" value="1"/>
            </Effect>
        </EffectDLL>
    </Effects>
</TransitionsAndEffects>

Non-Customizable Parameters

Parameter	Value
Animation	FXAge
FXFile	Parity.fx

Customizable Parameters

Parameter or element	Type	Range/options	Description
Technique	string	"FilmAgeOld" , "FilmAgeOlder" , or "FilmAgeOldest"	Name of the predefined technique that you want to apply to the effect.
NoiseFrequency	float	0.0 1.0	Adds noise to the image, where 0 creates the least noise and 1.0 the most.
SplotchFrequency	float	0.0 1.0	Adds splotches to the image, where 0 creates the least number of splotches and 1.0 the most.
NoiseLineFrequency	float	0.0 1.0	The frequency of white traveling "cracks" or lines in the image, where 0 creates the fewest lines and 1.0 the most.
LintFrequency	float	0.0 1.0	The frequency of "lint" or "tears" on the screen, where 0 creates the least lint and 1.0 the most.
ShakeFactor	float	0.0 1.0	Degree of film jerkiness, where 0 is least and 1.0 is most.
BlurSize	int	1 8	Level of blurriness. Higher values mean a blurrier image.
GenerateNoiseTexture	int	0 or 1	Specifies whether to generate "noise".
PosterizeLevels	int	0 255	The number of color levels that should remain after posterization (reduction of number of color levels).
Point	float	0.0 1.0	The point within the duration of the effect at which the enclosing element will have the specified value. When the time attribute is equal to 0.0, it indicates the starting point of the clip; when the time attribute is equal to 1.0, it indicates the end point of the clip.For more information on the Point element, see Changes to the XML Schema.

Related topics

Effects