Below we’ve outlined a basic step-by-step method to creating a glitch effect in Adobe Premiere Pro that you can use for almost any project. However, feel free to take this tutorial as a base and experiment with it to achieve the look you want. In this article, you’ll also find some suggested ways to take your glitch effect to the next level.
How to Make a Glitch Effect
Many people make these effects using After Effects or plugins. However, it’s entirely possible to make a stunning glitch effect using Premiere. Follow these steps to create a basic glitch effect. This is sufficient for a basic glitch effect. However, you can make even more customizations to take it to the next level.
Customizing Your Glitch Effect
You can make your glitch effect look even more realistic with a few effects you can add in Premiere. You can experiment with these effects to make your glitch effect look the way you want it, depending on the look you’re trying to achieve.
RGB Effects
To get a good glitch art effect, you’ll want to play around a bit with the RGB values of the duplicated video clips. This can give you more of a glitched-out VHS or camera effect. Here’s how to do this using the Arithmetic effect. Changing the Red value will affect the saturation of the color, giving you a typical glitch effect. However, try experimenting with the other colors to get different looks. You could also play around with keyframe animations to make the RGB effect cut in and out to add to your overall glitch effect.
Wave Warp Effect
Another nice way of making your footage look glitchy is the Wave Warp distortion effect. This will segment the video in a wave-like pattern like a VHS scan line effect, though you can easily make it look more like a glitch by playing with the Effect Controls. By playing with these above options, you can get a unique look for your glitch that fits your video.
Make an Exciting Video With a Glitch Effect
The glitch effect has become popular on YouTube and TikTok videos to make them more visually interesting. It can also be used effectively as a storytelling technique to get the effect of a malfunctioning camera or other devices. Although creating a glitch effect might not be evident at first in Premiere, as there isn’t a simple effect you can apply to make one, it’s still not too tricky if you play around with some of the effects that do exist. Where would you use a glitch effect in your video projects? Let us know below.
