Start with the part of your image you want to change. RGB Split adds colored edges, Slice Shift interrupts horizontal bands, and Block Displacement moves rectangular patches.

Try one treatment first

Open the demo and choose a PNG, JPG, or WebP. Expand the effect in Active FX to adjust its controls. For a still study, turn its Animate switch off and leave playback paused. Use Quick Export when you have a result to compare.

The demo supports image, text, or effect layers without a layer count limit and includes export. Add effects to each layer, or apply a shared finish with Global effects. Editable text includes Inter, Syne, and Space Mono.

Follow a worked example

The poster walkthrough starts with bright lettering and combines RGB Split with Slice Shift. The cover-art walkthrough pairs displaced patches with noise. Both include downloadable source artwork and the settings used for the pictured results.

For a photographic source, follow the glitch portrait tutorial. It combines colored edges with horizontal slices and shows how to reduce an exaggerated treatment to keep facial features recognizable.

For lettering, follow the glitch text image tutorial. Start with the downloadable SIGNAL PNG, add color separation and narrow bands, and compare a readable headline with an exaggerated treatment.

For motion from a still photo, follow the Datamosh photo tutorial. Start from the ready-made example, control block size and residual detail, then export an animation with a timed clean-frame reset.

If you are deciding between colored edges and broken structure, compare RGB Split with Block Displacement. Browse the full Glitch effect directory for another direction. Explore Artfkt when you want saved projects, and all collections in the desktop studio.

About the artwork: a fictional, AI-generated fabric installation treated with Artfkt’s RGB Split and Slice Shift. Artfkt produced the colored edges and displaced bands; it did not generate the starting scene.