Native Final Cut effect
Installs as an FxPlug effect with normal inspector controls. No project-template workaround.
Final Cut Pro plugin
JT Apps / Final Cut Pro / Retro display FX
Overscan
A retro display effects plugin for Final Cut Pro.
Make footage look like it passed through handheld game screens, CRT glass, LCD panels, VHS tape, and old console color palettes. Overscan installs as a native FxPlug effect with a signed and notarized macOS installer.
Native FxPlug effect
Final Cut Pro
macOS 13+
Signed installer
Retro display FX for Final Cut.
Grab the macOS installer, restart Final Cut Pro, then search Effects for Overscan.
What you get
Old screens, damaged signals, and practical controls without leaving the Final Cut Pro inspector.
- "Game Boy"-style pixel quantization.
- 13 dithering modes, including Bayer, halftone, Floyd-Steinberg, Atkinson, Jarvis, Stucki, Burkes, and Sierra.
- 20+ palettes, including Full Color and handheld/console-inspired looks.
- CRT scanlines, phosphor masks, halation, curvature, bright boost, and vignette.
- VHS chroma bleed, tracking noise, tape wobble, and head switching.
- LCD ghosting, screen tint, pixel grid, and bevel controls.
- Native Final Cut Pro inspector controls.
- Signed and notarized macOS installer.
Game screen looks
Pixel quantization, 13 dithering modes, console palettes, LCD ghosting, grid, and bevel controls.
Analog damage
CRT masks, scanlines, halation, VHS chroma bleed, tape wobble, tracking noise, and head switching.
Signed installer
Includes a notarized macOS DMG and installer package.
Install
Open the DMG, run the installer, then restart Final Cut Pro. Search Effects for Overscan.
Requirements
- macOS 13 or later
- Final Cut Pro with FxPlug support
Handheld. CRT. VHS. LCD.
Overscan is for making clean footage feel like it came through real little screens, cheap glass, tape, and old hardware.