Your text tears into sliced RGB channels that jitter and snap together. The definitive digital glitch title.
Glitch Effects
Glitch Lines Overlay
- glitch overlay
- chromatic
- lines
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Glitch Lines Overlay – Chromatic Distortion Loop
About Glitch Lines Overlay
Thin chromatic lines and torn bars streak across the frame in stepped digital bursts. A transparent seamless glitch overlay.
Part of Glitch Effects. New to this kind of graphic? Read How to Add a Glitch Effect to a Video.
- Category
- Glitch Effects
- Length
- 4 seconds, up to 60 seconds
- Playback
- Plays once
- Controls
- 8 editable
- Format
- MP4 · WebM · PNG sequence
- Alpha
- WebM or PNG sequence
- Resolution
- 720p to 8K
- Aspect
- 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5
- License
- Commercial use included
Frequently asked
What is the Glitch Lines Overlay animation?
Thin chromatic lines and torn bars streak across the frame in stepped digital bursts. A transparent seamless glitch overlay. It belongs to the Glitch Effects category on velements, where you edit it in the browser and download it as a finished video file.
What can you customize in Glitch Lines Overlay?
Every control in the editor, grouped the same way there. Style: background, primary, secondary and accent. Layout: aspect ratio. Motion: duration, intensity and variation. Each change appears in the live preview straight away, and editing is free.
How long is Glitch Lines Overlay?
Glitch Lines Overlay runs 4 seconds by default, and you can set any length up to 60 seconds before you export. It plays once from start to finish, so it drops straight onto a cut or an opening.
Can you download Glitch Lines Overlay with a transparent background?
Yes. Set the background to Transparent, then export a PNG sequence for Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or Figma: import the first frame as an image sequence and it drops onto a track above your footage with a straight alpha channel. Export WebM with a VP9 alpha channel for the web and for CapCut. MP4 has no alpha channel, so it keeps a solid color or image behind the animation.
Can you use Glitch Lines Overlay in commercial projects?
Yes. Each download comes with a perpetual commercial license in your name for client work, ads and products, and you may sell the edited clip on stock footage sites. Reselling the preset itself as an editable template is not allowed.
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