This is where the picture stands still and the pixels get smeared out. )Īn other technique used a lot with the DataMoshing effect is the so called 'Smearing' effect. Even-though this wasn't an I-frame it still can cause the Datamosh effect to not work so every first frame of a new scene needs to be cut out using the method above. In this case you need to manually go to the first frame of the next clip, by pressing the blue button with the single arrow to the right repeatedly until you come to the first frame of the next clip and then select the first frame using the 'A' 'B' method described above and delete it. (Sometimes it can occur that there is no I-frame at the beginning of your next cut in the video but if you save it, the Datamosh effect doesn't occur. This means there are no I-frames left to jump to. Repeat this process until the blue button with the double arrows to the right doesn't take you to any other frame but the first one of the video (in other words, until pressing that button has no more effect). Press Delete on your keyboard to cut the I-frame out. Now go forward one frame by pressing the blue button with the single arrow pointing to the right.Ĥ. Use the blue button with the 2 arrows in it, pointing to the right, to move to the next I-frame in your video.Ģ. Now we're going to cut out the I-Frames.ġ. Now load the file you just saved back into AviDemux. Go to 'FILE' -> 'SAVE' and save it with '.avi' behind the name!! (Important) Colour would have been better but when I made the video I hadn't planned on making a tutorial yet. See my test video on YouTube to see what I mean. Fast movement in your video means the effect won't last very long. Videos with slow moving objects or people work best for Data Moshing. Okay, now you need to make a video, using your preferred editing software (I use Premiere Pro CC), with at least one cut in it so it goes from one scene to an other. ) Choose the 64 bit or 32 bit version according to the system your computer uses. You will need to scroll down almost to the bottom of the list to find it. Toolfarm, the company that sells plugins for VFX software like After Effects, even published an article about DataMoshing which was inspired by THIS tutorial!īut now it's time to make your own awesome DataMoshing video, and don't forget to check out the extra tips below the tutorial to give your video that extra edge!!įirst we need to download an older version of AviDemux. I have put everything I learned from those tutorials into this tutorial so I think this is one of the best, most comprehensive DataMoshing tutorials you will find online. I have researched many DataMoshing tutorials online and many of them are quite old and not very easy to follow.

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