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  • RGB Glitch or RGB Offset

    Posted by Dada Kräuter on July 21, 2016 at 11:44 am

    Hello, 🙂

    Every video that I have watched to how to make RGB glitch or RGB offset effects shows that you need to make 3 layers, first red then green and then blue and change positions… But is there any way to offset colors without making different colored layers?

    Thanks!

    Best regards,
    DADA

    Joe Clay replied 9 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    July 21, 2016 at 6:46 pm
  • Dada Kräuter

    July 21, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    There is no way doing it without third-party plugins?

  • Walter Soyka

    July 21, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    Not in a single layer.

    Walter Soyka
    Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
    Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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  • Joe Clay

    July 22, 2016 at 3:47 am

    You can, but only with one color fringe. For example you can try this:

    1. Apply Effect > Channel > Shift Channels
    2. Set Take Green From and Take Blue From to “Full Off”
    3. Add Effect > Distort > Transform and shift the image around using position
    4. Add Effect > Channel > CC Composite and set it to screen
    5 Add another Transform effect and shift the image back so it mostly fills the screen

    That’ll leave you with a red fringe. While it’s not exactly the same as shifting the three channels, it has a unique look.

    You can also add an expression to the second Transform’s position like this:

    pos = effect("Transform")("Position");
    x = pos[0] - 1830;
    y = pos[1] - 2442;
    [value[0]-x,value[1]-y];

    Reset the first Transform in the stack and change 1830 and 2442 to the original x and y position of the first Transform. That way when you move the first transform around, only the fringe layer shifts around. I hope that helps. I feel like there’s got to be a way to get all three to fringe, but I can’t figure it out.

    Joe Clay
    Workbench.tv

  • Dada Kräuter

    July 22, 2016 at 10:09 am

    Thank you all for your help!

    🙂

  • Joe Clay

    July 22, 2016 at 3:14 pm

    No problem! Good luck!

    Joe Clay
    Workbench.tv

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