Apply NTSC to images and videos online
Apply a realistic NTSC analog video effect to your images and videos. Recreate the look of old TVs, VHS tapes, and vintage broadcast footage directly in your browser.
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Ideas for using the effect
VHS nostalgia
Simulate classic VHS tape artifacts with noise, scanlines, and unstable colors.
Analog broadcast look
Recreate NTSC television signal imperfections used in old broadcasts and recordings.
Retro video aesthetics
Add authentic analog distortion to music videos, intros, or experimental visuals.
Sci-fi and surveillance
Create lo-fi surveillance footage and retro sci-fi screen effects with signal noise and bleed.
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Use NTSC in Photoshop, Figma or on your desktop
One account, the same effect everywhere.
In Photoshop
Apply it to a layer in Photoshop 2022 and later, on macOS or Windows. The plugin renders on your own GPU and hands the result back as pixels on a new layer.
get the Photoshop plugin →In Figma
Run it on images and frames without leaving the canvas. The Figma plugin is this same editor, pointed at whatever you have selected.
get the Figma plugin →On desktop
Install the macOS or Windows app when you want a window of its own, with your account and your presets already there.
download the desktop app →Frequently Asked Questions
What is the NTSC effect?
NTSC simulates the characteristics of analog NTSC video signals, including color bleed, scanlines, noise, and signal distortion.
Is this the same as a VHS filter?
NTSC is more accurate than a generic VHS filter — it emulates the actual analog signal behavior used in old TVs and tape recordings. For magnetic tape degradation artifacts (tracking errors, dropout, wobble), see VHS. For CRT display simulation with scanlines and phosphor glow, see CRT Screen.
Can I use NTSC on videos?
Yes. NTSC works on both images and videos, making it ideal for retro motion graphics and footage.
What kind of artifacts does NTSC add?
The effect includes scanlines, chroma bleeding, analog noise, color instability, and subtle signal warping.
Can NTSC be combined with other effects?
Absolutely. NTSC pairs especially well with VHS, CRT Screen, Glitch, and RGB Shift for a complete analog video pipeline.
Is there an NTSC plugin for Photoshop?
Yes. The Photoshop plugin applies NTSC to a layer in Photoshop 2024 and later — color bleed, scanlines, chroma noise and ringing — and returns the result as ordinary pixels on a new layer.