Video effect

Stretch pixels in a video

Upload a video to create a pixel-stretched result, choosing the stretch direction, start position, and length.

Video

Pixel stretch video

Live

Video

Direction

Start

Length

Open in Fuser

Runs in your browser. Your files are never uploaded.

How tools work

A tool is a small app you describe in plain words. Try this one here, then keep it on your Fuser canvas and connect it to the rest of your work.

A tool on the Fuser canvas with its controls and result

1. Try it here

Add your own file or text and adjust the controls. Live tools run in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

Two tools chained together on the Fuser canvas

2. Open it in Fuser

Sign up free and the tool opens on your canvas with this example wired in, ready to connect to images, video or text from other nodes.

A Tool node with a description of the tool to build

3. Describe your own

Need something different? Describe the tool you want and Fuser builds it, with the controls you asked for.

Ways to use pixel stretching

Shape a video into directional pixel-stretch effects for creative edits, backgrounds, and motion treatments.

Create directional smears

Stretch pixels to the right, left, down, or up to create a directional visual treatment from video footage.

Build abstract video backgrounds

Turn video content into elongated pixel textures that can work as an abstract background.

Add motion accents

Use a short or long stretch to introduce a pixel-based visual accent to a video sequence.

Make transition elements

Create directional stretched footage that can serve as a visual element between video sections.

Experiment with footage distortion

Move the start position and change the length to explore different areas of the same video.

Create alternate versions

Try each direction and different control settings to produce multiple pixel-stretched results from one video.

Frequently asked questions

It takes one video input and produces one video result with pixels stretched in a selected direction. The available directions are right, left, down, and up.

Provide a video as the required input. No other input is listed for this tool.

Direction chooses whether the pixels stretch right, left, down, or up. Start sets the position where the effect begins from 0 to 100, while Length controls the stretch length from 1 to 100.

Yes. This Live tool runs in your browser, updates as you move the controls, and is free to try on this page without an account. Downloading more than once or opening it in Fuser asks you to sign up.

Open the tool in Fuser and use its video result alongside other nodes in a larger workflow. You can adjust the stretch settings here, then combine this node with other nodes in Fuser.