I was wondering how to create or if there is a free plug in (and where to get it) to make the video look like its melting?You know sort of like footage of the old reels.
You could download flames/fire from the Artbeats site, but that'll cost $$, or you can search the Prelinger Archives on www.archive.org. I just did, and found several suitable clips.
If your familiar with a great movie called "Two Lane Blacktop" starring a very young Mr. Taylor the end of the movie has such an effect that you describe. The movie was so bad that I doubt you would have to pay for it's use.
JJ
Two Lane Blacktop
What crap?!??? This ain't !!!
Look at the films they put MiLLioNs in now !
It's a *classic* road movie !!!
Featuring the Beach Boys' drummer ain't it?
It's just plain theory but if you choose a Media Gen, let's say Standard Turbulence or Lava Noise Texture, you can cut into it with the Bezier Mask to get your edge of film that's burning while you change the color of that Noise Texture from kind of bluish to orange to black (while it's "burning"). You then put it on top track, over your footage track so you get the impression that the "movie" is burning.
You'd have to use the Bezier Mask on your footage track to make it "follow" the burning process too, i.e. "leave" a white background where the footage gets destroyed.
Add some smoke over it all, still with some Noise Texture, and you're not very far from getting the effect you're after.
It's very hard to get into all the details but if you've already tinkered with the Noise Textures and the Bezier Mask you could easily find your way through these explanations I guess.
In fact, it's easier to do than to read and YES, it will take some time and effort (lots of keying!) but you could have the exact, precise movement you want with this "burning film" effect...I mean, burn exactly *where* you want , at the *moment* you want it to burn, *according to the elements* you got in the frame second by second.
And if you can find your way with effects that could help you too, it's even better. I'm thinking about Peel transitions and Invert, Glow, Spherize filters which could help you get more realistic finishing somehow.