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<h1 id="zapruder">zapruder</h1>
<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<p>Applies a stylized “Zapruder film” aesthetic inspired by the iconic 1960s 8mm footage.<br />
The effect simulates historical analog film qualities including jitter, grain, contrast instability, chromatic fading, and hand-held mechanical wobble.</p>
<p>The result resembles degraded archival film transferred from aging physical media.</p>
<h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">zapruder</code> is designed for creators who want:</p>
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<li>an old-film documentary aesthetic,</li>
<li>jittery analog motion reminiscent of early consumer cameras,</li>
<li>heavy grain and historical degradation,</li>
<li>warm-to-greenish retro color shifts,</li>
<li>a single-command tool to invoke archival authenticity.</li>
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<h2 id="how-it-works">How It Works</h2>
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<li><strong>Film Jitter Simulation</strong><br />
Slight irregular frame-to-frame positional shifts mimic hand-held mechanical cameras.</li>
<li><strong>Grain Injection</strong><br />
Dense analog-style grain overlays the footage.</li>
<li><strong>Contrast and Color Fading</strong><br />
Produces warm, desaturated tones typical of 1960s film stock and old transfers.</li>
<li><strong>Softening &amp; Bloom</strong><br />
Highlights bloom slightly while edges lose digital sharpness.</li>
<li><strong>Encoding</strong><br />
Output is encoded using Videobeaux global CRF, codec, and pixel-format settings.</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> zapruder <span class="se">\</span>
<span class="nt">-i</span> input.mp4 <span class="se">\</span>
<span class="nt">-o</span> output.mp4
</code></pre></div></div>
<h2 id="arguments">Arguments</h2>
<ul>
<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> zapruder <span class="se">\</span>
<span class="nt">-i</span> myvideo.mp4 <span class="se">\</span>
<span class="nt">-o</span> zapruder_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/cad79483-b21f-43b8-a1cd-91ed8406574a" type="video/mp4" />
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</video>
<h2 id="technical-notes">Technical Notes</h2>
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<li>Medium-to-high grain source footage blends best with the effect.</li>
<li>Extremely dark footage may become muddy due to stacked film noise.</li>
<li>High-motion scenes highlight jitter and wobble most effectively.</li>
<li>Works as a final stylistic layer or early preprocessing step depending on workflow intention.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="recommended-usage">Recommended Usage</h2>
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<li>Fake archival footage for narrative or documentary storytelling.</li>
<li>Flashback sequences, memory montages, or historical reenactments.</li>
<li>Vintage collage art and experimental cinema.</li>
<li>Creating “lost media” textures.</li>
<li>Combining with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">bad_predator</code>, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">nostalgic_stutter</code>, or <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">lofi</code> effects for layered retro realism.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="quality-tips">Quality Tips</h2>
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<li>Lower CRF preserves film grain more cleanly.</li>
<li>Higher CRF adds compression grit, which can enhance the degraded look.</li>
<li>Add <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">blur_pix</code> beforehand for softer, more analog edges.</li>
<li>Apply LUTs after the effect if you want to preserve the vintage tonal palette.</li>
<li>Combine with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">reverse</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">speed</code> for scratched-film temporal irregularity.</li>
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