THE MISSION
Use the Pixelate filter, blend modes and simple selections to create a ‘corrupted’ image
Time needed
30 minutes
Skill level
Intermediate
Kit needed
Affinity Photo
A corrupted photo file will usually send us photographers into a cold sweat, but as a visual effect it can result in a striking photograph. Here we’ll show you how to get the pixelated glitch look in Affinity Photo using a range of simple tools.
We’ll begin by making two copies of our layer, then we’ll apply the Pixelate filter to each layer in varying amounts. This handy filter effect breaks our image up into a series of coloured blocks, each an average of the segment of image underneath.
By utilizing blend modes we can combine the different pixelated versions of our picture. Once that’s done, we can select little slivers of the pixel blocks then shift them slightly to enhance the glitch effect in the photograph. Along the way we’ll encounter several fundamental Affinity Photo editing tools, such as layer masks, adjustment layers and Curves.
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