After Effects Tutorial - Creating a Video Glitch

In this tutorial I run you through how to create a ’Glitch’ in After Effects, like you would get if a video was corrupt or if a VHS tape was damaged. You’ll need Video Copilot’s ’Twitch’ effect which you can get here: Here is an alternative solution which does not require the use of any 3rd party plugins: You could easily achieve a similar effect by using the native “Set Channels“ effect, as Baker does in this tutorial from 1 minute in: I would recommend making the duplicated layers as he has done and keyframing the position P to shift to either side (use the wiggler for the random twitch) when you want there to be a glitch. Then nest that sequence and apply the two other effects I used in my tutorial in the same way. A hint for you: If you place a marker in a comp by hitting ctrl 8 then that marker will show on the layer when it is nested, so you can see exactly where