Glitch Video Effect

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Settings are written to the URL as you change them. Nothing differs from the defaults yet.

Make footage look like it is coming through a failing cable or a corrupted feed. Every frame gets the same four passes, and the tearing moves on each one, so the result flickers like a real bad signal instead of sitting on the picture as a still overlay.

RGB shift

RGB Shift offsets the red and blue channels in opposite horizontal directions. Edges pick up colored fringes, and high-contrast shapes such as text and outlines split into three offset copies. Keep it low to leave faces readable.

Tearing on every frame

Horizontal Tearing picks rows at random and slides each one sideways. The rows are chosen from a seed that changes 30 times per second of source time, so a 10-second clip gets 300 different tear layouts. Pausing on a frame and exporting it gives the same layout, because the seed depends on the timestamp and not on playback.

Static and scanlines

Static Noise adds random grain to every pixel, redrawn each frame like broadcast interference. Scanlines darkens alternate rows. Scanlines are drawn in output pixels, so a 1080p export packs more of them into the frame than 720p and reads finer.

Pairing with sound

The soundtrack is copied untouched by default. For a matching broken-audio feel, run the same file through the video workflow and add a bitcrusher to the sound lane beside the glitch.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does each frame go through?

The red and blue channels are pulled apart horizontally, individual rows are shifted left or right, random static is added, and alternate rows are darkened as scanlines. Each slider scales one of those four passes, and 0 turns it off.

Why does the tearing jump around?

The tear positions come from a seed that advances 30 times per second of source time, so every frame gets a new pattern. The same frame always gets the same pattern, which is why the preview and the export match.

Is this a real datamosh?

No. A datamosh corrupts the compressed stream so motion from one shot smears over the next. This effect works on decoded pixels, so it gives the look of a broken signal without depending on the codec or the source's keyframes.

What happens to the audio?

It is copied into the export unchanged when the container can hold its codec, and re-encoded when it cannot. A note under the export button says which happened.

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Duotone Video Effect

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Grunge Video Effect

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Ink Bleed Video Effect

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Linocut Video Effect

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Sparkle Video Effect

Add starburst sparkles to the brightest points in every frame of a video, twinkling as they change from frame to frame. Set highlight threshold, sparkle density, ray size, and ray count. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Thermal Printer Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a 1-bit receipt-printer image with Atkinson or Floyd–Steinberg dithering, paper tint, and ink noise that changes on every frame. Set dither mode, tint, brightness, contrast, and noise. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Film Grain Video

Add moving analog film grain to a video. Set grain amount, size, and softness; the grain is redrawn on every frame and its size scales with the output. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Aerochrome Video Effect

Give a video the false-color infrared look of Kodak Aerochrome: green foliage turns red or magenta while skies stay blue, with film grain that moves on every frame. Set profile, intensity, foliage, and red bloom. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Blueprint Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a blueprint drawing: white edge lines on drafting blue with a measured grid. Set edge intensity, blue hue, and grid opacity. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.