Retroized · Halloween scare
Retroized 0.7.3 · Noise tab
Halloween scare
Drop a GIF, PNG, JPG, or MP4 on the tube so it pops over whatever Main you are using.
This uses k. Custom (overlay plate) on the Noise tab. It is not a Film grain preset. Offset waits. Reception cuts the plate fully on or fully off. Flashing clips — especially Hunt, Fringe, or Snow — can bother photosensitive viewers.
1. Get a clip
Browse… a file on your Mac: GIF, PNG, JPG, or MP4.
Link… only fetches an https URL that is the GIF, WebP, or PNG. A search or gallery page will fail. Open the clip, copy a URL that ends in the file (or download it and Browse).
Places to hunt (then save or copy the media URL, not the search):
MP4 is Browse only. Link… does not pull video.
2. Noise → k. Custom (overlay plate)
Open the Noise tab. Expand k. Custom (overlay plate). Leave Disable noise off, or the plate stays dark.
3. Load it
k1) Overlay plate (GIF, PNG, JPG, MP4): Browse… for a local file, or Link… for an https GIF / WebP / PNG.
4. Strength and blend
k3) Overlay strength to 1.
k2) Overlay blend to Screen. Screen lights the brights on a dark plate. If the clip looks too thin, try Overlay.
5. Offset
k4) Offset is a quiet lead, then the clip starts at its first frame. 0 sec starts at once. After the clip, the wait repeats. The slider goes to 10 min. For a scare, leave some quiet so it does not sit on screen from launch.
6. Reception
k5) Reception is a hard cut — the plate is fully on or fully gone. Strength stays the opacity.
- Clear — the plate stays on for the whole clip. Use this for a straight scare.
- Dropouts — the picture holds, then drops out for a moment.
- Hunt — on and off trade places, then the ending stays.
- Fringe — short appearances, gaps shrinking, then the ending stays.
- Snow — a few flashes, then the ending stays.
The last fifth of the clip stays on, so the ending is actually seen. Hunt, Fringe, and Snow roll a new cut pattern each play.
7. Start the overlay
Start the overlay. The plate sits on top of the current Main — you do not have to pick a Halloween preset. Changing Mains keeps the plate unless you Clear it or turn Disable noise on.