VHS Tracking
10sA rolling tracking band of tape noise, chroma bleed stripes, scanlines and a playback OSD with running timecode.
Film & Retro Textures
VCR Pause
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VHS Pause Screen – Retro VCR PLAY PAUSE REW Overlay
About VCR Pause
A paused tape screen with a pause icon and label, a jittering noise band, a slight picture shake and a held tape counter.
Part of Film & Retro Textures. New to this kind of graphic? Read How to Add a VHS or Film Look to Digital Footage.
- Category
- Film & Retro Textures
- Length
- 10 seconds, up to 60 seconds
- Playback
- Plays once
- Controls
- 12 editable
- Format
- MP4 · WebM · PNG sequence
- Alpha
- WebM or PNG sequence
- Resolution
- 720p to 8K
- Aspect
- 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5
- License
- Commercial use included
Frequently asked
What is the VCR Pause animation?
A paused tape screen with a pause icon and label, a jittering noise band, a slight picture shake and a held tape counter. It belongs to the Film & Retro Textures category on velements, where you edit it in the browser and download it as a finished video file.
What can you customize in VCR Pause?
Every control in the editor, grouped the same way there. Content: title. Typography: font. Style: background, primary, secondary, accent and text color. Layout: aspect ratio. Motion: duration, intensity, density and variation. Each change appears in the live preview straight away, and editing is free.
How long is VCR Pause?
VCR Pause runs 10 seconds by default, and you can set any length up to 60 seconds before you export. It plays once from start to finish, so it drops straight onto a cut or an opening.
Can you download VCR Pause with a transparent background?
Yes. Set the background to Transparent, then export a PNG sequence for Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or Figma: import the first frame as an image sequence and it drops onto a track above your footage with a straight alpha channel. Export WebM with a VP9 alpha channel for the web and for CapCut. MP4 has no alpha channel, so it keeps a solid color or image behind the animation.
Can you use VCR Pause in commercial projects?
Yes. Each download comes with a perpetual commercial license in your name for client work, ads and products, and you may sell the edited clip on stock footage sites. Reselling the preset itself as an editable template is not allowed.
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