Photoshop Tutorial: ‘Pixel Sorting’ Stretched Pixel Glitch Art Effect

In today’s Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you how to create an abstract piece of artwork using the pixel sorting effect, where coloured pixels of an image are stretched to create a detailed visual effect. Authentic pixel sorting is a type of glitch art that is usually generated by computer code, but we’ll be replicating the appearance with Photoshop’s built-in filters.
If you search for pixel sorting artwork on sites such as Pinterest you’ll see some great examples of this art style where the effect is combined with photographs, usually with these extended pixels creating a melting or drooping appearance, or totally replacing a subject’s entire face to create a surreal image.
That’s exactly what we’ll be producing in this tutorial, an abstract art piece that features a hooded figure with long glitchy pixels that extend vertically from his face.
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[@prokassim]

Awesome, and we really love your teaching style .

[@Pyranders]

Wow, really cool that Photoshop lets you do this so simply! In gimp, I have to go through the complicated process of selecting the pixel sort filter and waiting a few seconds.

[@dogbagel5255]

Check for a shortcut for last used filter, photopia uses ctrl alt f so gimp may be similar

[@Pyranders]

@@dogbagel5255 In gimp it’s just ctrl f

[@lindylou8039]

Thank you so much for this different effect. Your guidance through this interesting tutorial made it so easy to achieve a similar result. Much appreciated.

[@NikoKozlowitz]

That was incredibly useful, thank you!

[@kehindesuleiman5738]

This is greatly appreciated. We would love to see more of this Surreal & Movie Poster concept. Thanks once more @spoongraphics.👍👍💕

[@TsfAbr]

wow its an amazing idea! I will surely try this. Thanks

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Easily to follow and well-paced! Subscribed!

[@makimaki5660]

Thankyou so much for both the useful tutorial and the give away, you are the best!

[@gregoriogarcea]

Simple and fantastic effect

[@DHPearson1]

Thank you, learned a lot

[@ripplesr5655]

This is rad! Thank you so much for this!

[@Jindarella_]

Nice quick vid, thanks!

[@douwe3441]

Great video, straight to the point. Thanks

[@DaGauntlett]

Awsome idea

[@stockholm1315]

thank you

[@weisiong2000]

Thank you so much!

[@opikkambar1944]

Nice

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

Cool.

[@LegendaryVibes]

Amazing 🧐🍷

[@namtong577]

thanks for the tutorial. This wind effect only got 3 strength levels and 2 directions to adjust. why adobe just never improve it and give us more control?

[@alial-omari939]

Let me save this to my playlist :(

[@MACH_SDQ]

Goood !!!!

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[@endorfiene7457]

control F is search for me lmao

[@marblemaniken]

I can’t get the wind to rotate downward. After I rotate the photo rotates but the wind doesn’t…any advice?

[@sabinamuradova6588]

Hi, you should rasterize the layer before rotating.

[@marblemaniken]

Yeah I’ve made some cool things with it. I figured it out. Thanks

[@user-wv8ww9zj4b]

Класс

[@zers9701]

what command are you saying at 3:17 ? (windows)

[@marblemaniken]

Alt and delete for Mac

[@levector2445]

Bro this ain't sorting tho, i hoped it would truly sort the pixels one way or another not just stretch them

[@uremi.]

lol