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Review - Digieffects Damage v2

We’ve entered a new world with Adobe’s CS5.  Being 64-bit only, companies have had to catch up with Adobe by getting their plug-ins 64-bit ready for After Effects CS5.  Digieffects was one of those companies quick out of the starting gate by not only getting FreeForm included in After Effects CS5 for free (which is awesome, by the way), but also by getting five of their main plug-ins, Aged Film, Atmosphere, Camera Mapper, Damage v2 and Falloff Lighting, 64-bit ready, and ready for you to download and use right now.  For my first Digieffects review, I’m going to be taking a look at Digieffects Damage v2, and seeing if it’s worth spending your hard earned money on. 

INSTALLATION

Damage v2 (Dv2) is a free watermarked download from the included link, and is only 12 mb in size, so you will be up an running in about ten minutes.  I have to say that I was very impressed by the wide range of host applications for Dv2.  You have After Effects CS5, Premiere Pro CS4, Combustion 4, Boris Red 4 and Final Cut Pro 7.  To bad there is no FX Plug support, as Motion users seem to have been left out in the cold.

WHAT YOU GET AND HOW IT WORKS

It’s funny to think how far we’ve come with getting the most pristine high definition (and now 3D) footage possible, and we always want to find ways to screw it up, and make it look awful, but that is exactly the point of Dv2, Footage destruction, and I have to say it does it pretty well.  With Dv2 you get six effects to distort and damage your footage with.  Here’s a breakdown.

Blockade

Have you ever rendered out corrupt video footage, watched it, and were angry that it looked so bad?  Now you’ll be happy it looks this bad

Artifact

Want the look of a bad video signal from a digital VTR with dirty heads, or a bad satellite transmission?  This one will do it!

Interference

Want the look of night vision, a security camera, or a consumer video format playing back like VHS or 8mm.  This is the one to go with!

Skew

For me, this is the best in the bunch. It mimics an analog television signal on an old TV that get’s its signal from bent rabbit ears on top of the set.  The end result looks awful, and that’s exactly what it’s supposed to look like!

Overexpose

Get that real-world overexposed “bloom” look on your footage the way a cinematographer would with this effect, or on the flip side, use the effect to add more distortion to the image, as thought the signal is being interfered with during broadcast.

Destabilize

Random, shaky and overall messy.  Just the way you want it.

Here’s a comparison clip I put together of all the included effects, as well as their original counterparts.

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