TAPE NEVER BREAKS IN JUST ONE WAY. So we split the damage into layers you can stack.

THE ARTEFACTS (1080p30)

• TRACKING NOISE (Screen): rolling bands of torn lines
• STATIC SNOW (Screen): pure fuzz, 2 s loop
• SCANLINES (Overlay): 1 s loop, stays on forever
• ROLLING BAR (Overlay): the slow brightness wave
• TAPE DROPOUTS (Screen): random white streaks
• HEAD SWITCHING (Screen): the jittery band at the bottom
• SIGNAL LOSS (Screen): snow swells in, then cuts out. Instant transition.

THE 30-SECOND RECIPE Soften your footage a touch → Scanlines → Rolling Bar → Tracking Noise at ~40% → Head Switching at the bottom. Throwback vlog, music video, 90s flashback: done.

Every filename tells you its blend mode. No guessing.