All effects and presets

Effect

Glitch

Tear, shift and RGB-split the frame into digital breakage.

Glitch aesthetics grew from real failures: tracking errors, corrupted files, miswired cables. Artists then staged those failures on purpose, turning breakage into style. Rosa Menkman and others wrote about glitch as both accident and method.

RGB splits, tears and band displacement borrow the look of a signal under stress. Density and rate decide whether the frame flickers or stays composed in its damage.

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Properties

  • Amount

    master blend

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    1

  • Density

    how many regions break

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.45

  • Displacement

    horizontal shift distance

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.55

  • Repeat

    repeated source strips

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.35

  • Rgb split

    channel separation at tears

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.5

  • Bands

    broad band count

    Range
    1 to 64
    Default
    12

  • Rate

    changes per second

    Range
    0.5 to 60
    Default
    10

  • Seed

    random variation

    Range
    0 to 100
    Default
    7

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool… 

rethings apply --effect glitch --set amount=1 --set density=0.45 -i input.jpg -o output.png

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