How to add a glitch effect to your video

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Video glitch effect

The glitching effect (also known as chromatic aberration) is very popular across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and other social media channels and it is often used to add a bit of spice to intros and titles. Flixier makes it easy to add glitching or chromatic aberration to your own videos, all in your web browser. You don’t even have to download or install anything!

How to add a glitch effect to your video

Add glitch effects easily

Flixier’s intuitive drag and drop interface makes it easy for anyone to edit and add effects to their videos. No need to waste hours on YouTube looking up tutorials. Just drag your files over and start creating!

Do everything in the browser

Because Flixier is cloud-powered, it means that there’s no need to download or install anything in order to add effects to your videos.

Add glitch effects on any system

Flixier does all the hard work in the cloud. This allows our online video editor to run smoothly on any computer, from old Windows laptops to brand new Macbooks or budget Chromebooks.

Have your videos ready in under three minutes

Our cloud-powered rendering technology does everything lightning-fast. That means your videos will always be ready in three minutes or less, regardless of your computer or internet speed. The days of burning hot laptops and fans spinning like crazy are gone.

How to add a glitch effect to your video:

How to add a glitch effect to your video:
1
Import your video

Click the Get Started button above and import the video that you want to apply a glitching effect to. You can drag it over to your Library from your computer or bring it over from various cloud storage services. If it’s a clip from your Twitch account, just link your accounts together to bring it over directly.

2
Add the glitch effect

Cut out the portion of the video that you want to apply the Glitch effect to and then select it, go to the Effects tab on the right side of the screen and click on Glitch. Use the sliders to adjust the effect and get it just right.

3
Download and share

Once you’re done applying your glitch effect, click the Export button in the top right corner. Your video will be ready for download in 3 minutes or less. You can also choose to publish it straight to YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook.

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Why add a glitch effect to your video with Flixier:

Fast on any device

Because we do all processing in the cloud you can use Flixier on any device, even on old PCs or low powered computers without any slowdowns.

Make fine adjustments

Thanks to the powerful timeline and other tools found in Flixier you can easily adjust the glitch effects added to your videos and you can even make any edits you want to your videos.

Add animated titles to your videos 

On top of letting you add glitch effects to your clips, Flixier also offers a large library of customizable animated titles and overlays that you can use to create intros and transitions for your YouTube videos!

Insert gifs and images in your clips 

Bring images and gifs over from your computer or use our built in stock library to browse through images and GIFs that you can add to your video to make it funnier and more engaging!

Steve Mastroianni - RockstarMind.com

I’ve been looking for a solution like Flixier for years. Now that my virtual team and I can edit projects together on the cloud with Flixier, it tripled my company’s video output! Super easy to use and unbelievably quick exports.

Steve Mastroianni - RockstarMind.com
Evgeni Kogan

My main criteria for an editor was that the interface is familiar and most importantly that the renders were in the cloud and super fast. Flixier more than delivered in both. I've now been using it daily to edit Facebook videos for my 1M follower page.

Evgeni Kogan
Anja Winter, Owner, LearnGermanWithAnja

I'm so relieved I found Flixier. I have a YouTube channel with over 700k subscribers and Flixier allows me to collaborate seamlessly with my team, they can work from any device at any time plus, renders are cloud powered and super super fast on any computer.

Anja Winter, Owner, LearnGermanWithAnja

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