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Pixel Sorter 4

The original pixel sorting plugin for After Effects and Premiere Pro. Create stunning glitch art, digital artifacts, and sorted-pixel effects with more control, more speed, and more creative possibilities than ever before.

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Description

Pixel Sorter 4

The Most Powerful Pixel Sorting Tool!

Pixel Sorter was the first tool to bring the pixel sorting glitch effect available for motion designers and video editors within After Effects. Experimenting with Pixel Sorting then became so much easier. Now in its version 3, the plugin is loaded with cool features that will let you create your unique look!

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New in V4:

- 15% Faster!
- New Simple Mode: only the basic settings are shown for quick & easy sorting
- Universal Licensing: your purchased license will work in AE, Premiere, Nuke, Resolve, Photoshop
- Enhanced a few features like Pop

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The Finest Glitch

The premium digital artifact seen in many Music Videos, TV Series, Feature Films, Title Sequences, Video Games, VJ Loops, even Apparel!

Thanks for making glitch design so stylish!
- Patrick Clair

More Use Cases

Travis Scott - SICKO MODE ft. Drake

Watch Dogs 2 from Ubisoft

THE NORTH FACE - SUMMIT EDITIONS from Vincent Raineri using Pixel Sorter 3 in After Effects

Tutorials

Overview

Using Masks Constraint

A new feature allows you to use masks to constraint the sorting.

Adding Noise

It's now simpler than ever to add details to the sorting effect, with the use of the new Noise section.

Mirror Sort

A new feature allows for smoother, loopable animations.

Floating Particles

Create the illusion of floating particles emitting from the image.

Trial Version

You can try the plugin for free. If no serial is entered, the output is limited to 960x540 and watermarked. Once a valid license is entered these limitations are removed.

Upgrade Notice

If you purchased AE Pixel Sorter v3 after January 1, 2026, you can upgrade for free, otherwise the upgrade is 50% OFF. Simply login to the same account that you purchased v3 from and the upgrade discount will be automatically added in the shopping cart.

Discussions

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Version History

4.2.3 -

Apr 8, 2026

- Fixed Photoshop licensing issues

4.2.0 -

Apr 7, 2026

- Including Photoshop

4.1.0 -

Mar 24, 2026

- simple mode with a less intimidating UI 

- 15% faster

- 1 universal license for all hosts

- a few more features 

3.1.0 -

Jul 21, 2025

- Now compatible with older versions of AE and Premiere ( < 2021)



If you had black frames before, this is now fixed!

3.0.7 -

Feb 5, 2024

- Fix a bug preventing 16bits project from rendering

3.0.6 -

Feb 5, 2024

- Logging improvement fix on Windows

3.0.5 -

Jan 29, 2024

- 15% speedup

- Better logging

- Now under the "Pixel Sorter Studio" category

3.0.2 -

Sep 12, 2023

Fixed a bug on Mac causing Premiere crashing on some computers

3.0.1 -

Sep 6, 2023

Top new features of v3:

- Premiere Pro compatible

- Constraint masks

- Stretch mode

- Noise

- More control

- New animation settings

- New looks settings

3.0.0 -

Sep 5, 2023

Top new features of v3:

- Premiere Pro compatible

- Constraint masks

- Stretch mode

- Noise

- More control

- New animation settings

- New looks settings

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Davinci Resolve

21, 20, 19, 18

Final Cut Pro

12

Media Encoder

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Nuke/NukeX

16.0, 15.0, 14.0, 13.2, 13.1, 13.0

Photoshop

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

Premiere Pro

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

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