Can I add a glitch effect while filming instead of afterwards?

Yes. HEXTAZE renders effects live on the camera feed and records the rendered picture, so you post what you filmed.

Is it a filter or an editor?

Neither: it is a live camera you play like an instrument. Apps that apply glitch filters to existing photos and videos are covered in the comparison.

Does it use the cloud or an account?

No cloud, no account. Rendering and person detection run on the iPhone, and nothing leaves the phone unless you share.

Which iPhones can do this?

iPhone XS, XR or later, on iOS 17 or later.

Make a glitch video effect on iPhone

To make a glitch video effect on iPhone, film it live with HEXTAZE: pick a look, play it with your finger on the XY pad and press record. The glitch is in the clip the second you stop, ready to post, in video or photo. You get 11 effects, 56 presets and 6 stacks. Effects that glitch with time draw on the last 32 frames HEXTAZE keeps in memory.

Steps

Choose a glitch family. TRIAD splits red, green and blue. CRUSH gives bit-crushed pixels and retro palettes. CCD looks like a 2007 compact camera. SMEAR shows a different moment in each part of the frame. WARP delays the picture in time, with echoes, a beat stutter and a slit-scan.
Pick a preset. Each effect has several presets (56 in all). Presets are starting points, not fixed looks.
Play the XY pad. Y is always the dose: up is full, down is subtle. X does what the effect needs, for instance how far back in time WARP reaches. Touch a point to get that value; let go and it springs back.
Change the colour finish. A key beside the pad switches the palette: 15 palettes and 7 grades. The die rolls every parameter of the current effect, never so low that the effect disappears.
Aim it with the subject zone. On-device person detection lets an effect hit the whole frame, you alone, or everything but you. In Settings › Chain you can stack up to three effects, each on its own zone.
Record or shoot a photo. Press the red key for video. A key beside it switches to photo. The effect is in the picture, so what you see is what you get.

Good to know

Glitch built from time (clones, echoes, slit-scan, smear) needs movement in front of the camera. A still scene shows little.
Colour-split looks such as TRIAD's shift, spin and zoom show even when you keep still.
Free takes last up to 8 seconds with a small watermark; one in-app purchase (not a subscription) removes the limits.
You can also import a video and perform the effects over it.

Questions

Can I add a glitch effect while filming instead of afterwards?: Yes. HEXTAZE renders effects live on the camera feed and records the rendered picture, so you post what you filmed.
Is it a filter or an editor?: Neither: it is a live camera you play like an instrument. Apps that apply glitch filters to existing photos and videos are covered in the comparison.
Does it use the cloud or an account?: No cloud, no account. Rendering and person detection run on the iPhone, and nothing leaves the phone unless you share.
Which iPhones can do this?: iPhone XS, XR or later, on iOS 17 or later.

Everything is free to play: takes up to 8 seconds, with a small HEXTAZE mark. One purchase of 5,99 € (not a subscription) removes both limits. Some looks flash on the beat: skip them if flashing light affects you.

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