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Old Film

Old Film · screenshot coming soon

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What this node does

Old Film layers several classic film-damage artifacts onto a clip: random dust and vertical scratch lines, brightness flicker, uneven “development” density, and physical frame weave (shake). Each artifact type has its own controls, so you can dial from a subtle vintage feel to heavily distressed archive footage. This is a rendered stage — it needs a ▶ Run. It uses a torch (GPU) backend. In goes COMFYTV_VIDEO, out comes COMFYTV_VIDEO. To hand the result to a native ComfyUI node, insert a Bridge. See bridges.md.

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When to use it

  • Turn a clean render into vintage / archive-style footage.
  • Add flicker and scratches to a “found footage” or flashback sequence.
  • Sell an old-projector or Super-8 aesthetic.

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Parameters

Values are integers unless noted. Higher generally means more/stronger of that artifact.

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Dust and scratches

  • delta 0–400, default 14 — intensity/amount of dust and speckle damage.
  • every 0–100, default 20 — how often dust appears over time (frame interval / frequency).

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Brightness flicker

  • brightness_up 0–100, default 20 — how far brightness can rise on a flicker.
  • brightness_down 0–100, default 30 — how far brightness can drop on a flicker.
  • brightness_every 0–100, default 70 — how frequently the flicker occurs.

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Development (density unevenness)

  • develop_up 0–100, default 60 — upper range of the development density variation.
  • develop_down 0–100, default 20 — lower range of the development density variation.
  • develop_duration 0–10000, default 70 — how long each development variation lasts.

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Scratch lines

  • lines_num 0–100, default 5 — number of vertical scratch lines.
  • line_width 0–100, default 2 — thickness of each scratch line.
  • lines_darker 0–100, default 40 — how dark the darkening scratches get.
  • lines_lighter 0–100, default 40 — how bright the lightening scratches get.

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Frame weave (shake)

  • weave_x 0.0–32.0 (step 0.5), default 0.0 — horizontal frame jitter amount.
  • weave_y 0.0–32.0 (step 0.5), default 0.0 — vertical frame jitter amount.
  • weave_interval 0.05–5.0 (step 0.05), default 0.6 — how often the weave shifts.

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seed

0–99999, default 7. Random seed for the damage pattern. Change it to get a different distribution of dust/scratches/flicker; keep it fixed for a repeatable look.

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Outputs

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Tips

  • Start with weave_x/weave_y at 0 and add just a little (1–3) for a realistic gate weave — large values look like a shaky handheld shot.
  • Set the 0 values to disable a whole artifact group (e.g. lines_num=0 removes scratch lines).
  • For grain alone with tonal control, use Regrain instead; for a lighter, faster vintage combo, the old_film preset in Video Stylize is enough.
  • Regrain — physically-modeled film grain with per-tonal-range control.
  • Video Stylize — lighter old_film preset plus other one-click looks.