Distortion
Updated: 24 Feb 2025
Add digital distortion to the image.
Distortion
Method #
This node distorts an image with a combinations of high frequency sine waves, noise, and pixel shifting that displaces the image periodically - useful for making an old video glitching effect.
Parameters
These properties control the core behaviours of the node.
Parameter Details Active Enables or disables the effect. Disabling the effect means it will no longer compute, so disabling a node when not in use can improve performance.
Blend Amount Changes the opacity of the new effect over the original image.
Blend Mode (RGB) Change how the generated effect blends with the parent image RGB.
Blend Mode (Alpha) Change how the generated effect blends with the parent image alpha.
Amount How strong an effect will be applied to the image.
Pixel X Noise How much noise is along the x-axis
Pixel Y Noise How much noise is along the y-axis
Pixel Noise Scale X Scale of noise along x-axis
Pixel Noise Scale Y Scale of noise along y-axis
Distort Y Scale How much distortion is along the y-axis
Sine Scale Scale of sine curve on the image
Noise Scale General scale of noise
Speed How fast the effect moves.
Blockiness The blockiness of the distortion.
Frame Time Difference The time offset between glitch frames when time glitching is active.
Distortion Amount How much the the image distorts and moves horizontally.
Frame Glitch Amount Controls the amount of full-frame offset glitching.
Time Glitch Amount Controls the amount of temporal glitching, where previous frames may be selected and held randomly.
Toggle which of the RGBA channels are affected by the effect.
Inputs
These properties control the core behaviours of the node.
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Active | Enables or disables the effect. Disabling the effect means it will no longer compute, so disabling a node when not in use can improve performance. |
| Blend Amount | Changes the opacity of the new effect over the original image. |
| Blend Mode (RGB) | Change how the generated effect blends with the parent image RGB. |
| Blend Mode (Alpha) | Change how the generated effect blends with the parent image alpha. |
| Amount | How strong an effect will be applied to the image. |
| Pixel X Noise | How much noise is along the x-axis |
| Pixel Y Noise | How much noise is along the y-axis |
| Pixel Noise Scale X | Scale of noise along x-axis |
| Pixel Noise Scale Y | Scale of noise along y-axis |
| Distort Y Scale | How much distortion is along the y-axis |
| Sine Scale | Scale of sine curve on the image |
| Noise Scale | General scale of noise |
| Speed | How fast the effect moves. |
| Blockiness | The blockiness of the distortion. |
| Frame Time Difference | The time offset between glitch frames when time glitching is active. |
| Distortion Amount | How much the the image distorts and moves horizontally. |
| Frame Glitch Amount | Controls the amount of full-frame offset glitching. |
| Time Glitch Amount | Controls the amount of temporal glitching, where previous frames may be selected and held randomly. |
Toggle which of the RGBA channels are affected by the effect.
| Name | Description | Typical Input |
|---|---|---|
| Mask Image | Use a mask image to control where the output is most or least affected by the effect, based on the mask images luminance. | Image Plane |