Desaturation

[Ding]

Is there any Feesable way to desaturate a camera and to make it look more like an old film? I was considering using a cutrsc which took up the entire screen(with alpha channels), but im not sure that would do the job properly

[The-Architect]

You'd need a series of Alpha channels that looped. So several images in sequence that had small amount of artifact on them. Kind of like you suggested.

[Ding]

ahh right then I'll have a go at that, Its hard to make the alpha Channels Desaturate Properly though as they Just Tend to darken what the player sees a bit, I'll try starting over again with a darker colour 

[The-Architect]

What program are you using to make the alpha channels?

[h-]

I don't think you can actually desaturate anything with just an alpha channel, after all, desaturating basicly means removing all the color data (at least in photo editing software )..

The 'film grain' effect is doable via alpha channel though, like said..

[bedges]

yup, i think what Ding means is not only having all the crackles and bits of hair in the cutscene, but also making the colour a bit faded, or even duotoned. the first bit is perfectly doable as has been pointed out.

the second bit i'm not too certain on. it's possible to use a similar technique and create a semi transparent resource over the screen as the 'movie' is playing, but it will look like just that - a layer slapped over the screen, and not really the effect you're after. it won't desaturate the colours, it will just make everything look a bit more brown or whatever colour you make the layer.

a combination of the two will probably come close, but i think you'll have to compromise in the end as with so many things in flashpoint

[The-Architect]

That's how I would to it. I tried it one time on a mission of mine with kind of a brown colour. It looked ok.