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.
Affected Channels
Toggle which of the RGBA channels are affected by the effect.
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.
The properties control the time at which the node is active. See Timeline for editing time segments.
Parameter Details Duration
Control the duration of the node’s time segment.
- Composition Duration : Use the length of the composition for the node’s time segment duration.
- Custom : Set a custom duration for the node’s time segment.
Node Time
The custom start and end time for the node.
Duration (Timecode)
The length of the node’s time segment (in time).
Duration (Frames)
The length of the node’s time segment (in frames).
Time Segment Enabled
Set whether the node’s time segment is enabled or not in the Timeline.
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. |
| Affected Channels | Toggle which of the RGBA channels are affected by the effect. |
| 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. |
The properties control the time at which the node is active. See Timeline for editing time segments.
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Duration |
Control the duration of the node’s time segment.
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| Node Time | The custom start and end time for the node. |
| Duration (Timecode) | The length of the node’s time segment (in time). |
| Duration (Frames) | The length of the node’s time segment (in frames). |
| Time Segment Enabled | Set whether the node’s time segment is enabled or not in the Timeline. |
| 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 |