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<h1 id="septic">septic</h1>
<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<p>Applies an intense, distressed visual filter inspired by the physiological collapse associated with septic shock.<br />
The effect evokes instability, discoloration, plunging contrast, erratic tonal shifts, and an overall sense of visual “failing systems.”</p>
<p>This is a highly stylized effect — not medically literal — meant to express emotional, cinematic, or abstract interpretations of systemic breakdown.</p>
<h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">septic</code> is designed for creators who want:</p>
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<li>a dramatic “body shutting down” visual metaphor,</li>
<li>sickly color shifts, muddied gradients, and collapsing tonal structure,</li>
<li>unstable fluctuations reminiscent of fading consciousness or shock waves,</li>
<li>aggressive, unsettling distortions appropriate for horror, glitch, or psychological edits,</li>
<li>a simple one-command filter with no parameters to tune.</li>
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<h2 id="how-it-works">How It Works</h2>
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<li><strong>Color Degradation</strong><br />
The filter pushes hues toward bruised greens, greys, and yellows — evoking the palette of medical distress.</li>
<li><strong>Contrast Collapse</strong><br />
Highlights and shadows may buckle inward, causing the image to dim, lose clarity, or appear “fading out.”</li>
<li><strong>Instability Simulation</strong><br />
Subtle flicker, tonal oscillation, or jitter may appear to represent instability and bodily failure.</li>
<li><strong>Encoding</strong><br />
Output is encoded using global Videobeaux settings, ensuring consistent quality across pipelines.</li>
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<h2 id="program-template">Program Template</h2>
<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>videobeaux <span class="nt">-P</span> septic <span class="nt">-i</span> input.mp4 <span class="nt">-o</span> output.mp4
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<h2 id="arguments">Arguments</h2>
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<li><em>(No additional program-specific arguments; uses global videobeaux options only.)</em></li>
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<h2 id="real-world-example">Real World Example</h2>
<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>videobeaux <span class="nt">-P</span> septic <span class="se">\</span>
<span class="nt">-i</span> myvideo.mp4 <span class="se">\</span>
<span class="nt">-o</span> septic_styled.mp4
</code></pre></div></div>
<h2 id="program-output">Program Output</h2>
<video controls="" preload="metadata" style="max-width:100%; border-radius:8px; margin:1em 0;">
<source src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/25f65267-60fa-421a-aaf3-02918844a488" type="video/mp4" />
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
<h2 id="technical-notes">Technical Notes</h2>
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<li>Midtones become heavily stressed; this is where the “shock” look is strongest.</li>
<li>Faces and skin tones distort dramatically, increasing the unsettling aesthetic.</li>
<li>High-contrast footage produces more severe tonal collapse.</li>
<li>Works equally well on clean digital footage and degraded sources.</li>
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<h2 id="recommended-usage">Recommended Usage</h2>
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<li>Horror sequences and psychological thrillers.</li>
<li>Music videos with themes of collapse, breakdown, or emotional overload.</li>
<li>Glitch-art or experimental montage.</li>
<li>Narrative moments symbolizing fear, trauma, disorientation, or medical crisis.</li>
<li>Visual metaphors for systems failure in abstract cinema.</li>
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<h2 id="quality-tips">Quality Tips</h2>
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<li>Use lower CRF to maintain detail in distressed textures.</li>
<li>Use higher CRF if you want smeared, grimy collapse artifacts.</li>
<li>Combine with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">bad_contrast</code> for deeper shadows and harsher tonal decay.</li>
<li>Stack with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">overexposed_stutter</code> for panic-attack visual rhythms.</li>
<li>Apply before <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">lut_apply</code> if you want a uniform sickly wash; apply after if you want the LUT to warp the septic palette.</li>
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