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Scanline Displacement

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Typeface · Chakra Petch

Real-world algorithm demonstration, applied to a NASA portrait.
Real-world algorithm demonstration, applied to a NASA portrait.Image: NASA / Eileen Collins · scikit-image (public domain)View source ↗

Prompt

Apply a Scanline Displacement effect by shifting individual horizontal image rows sideways with alternating smooth waves and irregular jitter. Produce thin lateral tears, rippling vertical contours, and intermittent misaligned bands. Preserve the existing colors and avoid replacing rows with black scanlines; keep the original subject and composition.

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Identify

Individual image lines jump horizontally.

Principle

Sine1 and noise functions2 shift each row separately.

Try it out

Test smooth and abrupt transitions.

Classification

Calculated image processing result.

Further examples · 7 images

Scanline Displacement, applied to “Speicher Zillergründl 08”
02 Scanline Displacement, applied to “Speicher Zillergründl 08”A landscape featuring green slopes and a blue sky is visible. Horizontal scanlines are shifted left and right to distort the terrain's silhouette.Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and if you want send me a message. (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons
Scanline Displacement, applied to “Atomium sphere (DSCF1211)”
03 Scanline Displacement, applied to “Atomium sphere (DSCF1211)”The Atomium sphere is shown against a clear blue background. Rows of pixels are displaced horizontally using noise to create jagged, stepped edges.Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Scanline Displacement, applied to “FCCA GE C30-7 Rio Blanco - San Mateo”
04 Scanline Displacement, applied to “FCCA GE C30-7 Rio Blanco - San Mateo”A locomotive on tracks is the subject of this photo. Strong horizontal shifts in the image lines break the red and yellow colors into blocks.Kabelleger / David Gubler (http://www.bahnbilder.ch) (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Scanline Displacement, applied to “20151030 Syrians and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias Lesvos Greece 2”
05 Scanline Displacement, applied to “20151030 Syrians and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias Lesvos Greece 2”Refugees in orange life vests are seen on the water. Each row of the image is offset laterally, making the figures appear fragmented.Ggia (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Scanline Displacement, applied to “Ossuary in Sedlec”
06 Scanline Displacement, applied to “Ossuary in Sedlec”The interior of an ossuary is depicted. Sine-wave based displacement causes the vertical structures to wobble and shear across the horizontal axis.Jan Kameníček (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Scanline Displacement, applied to “Illuminated wooden shelf with many glass jars containing cookies for sale in Tok”
07 Scanline Displacement, applied to “Illuminated wooden shelf with many glass jars containing cookies for sale in Tok”Wooden shelves with cookie jars are shown. Abrupt horizontal jumps of individual scanlines create a saw-tooth distortion throughout the warm-toned scene.Basile Morin (photo); processed for the Atlas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons