About Pixel Melt

Pixel Melt, developed by Satori, provides pixel‑level stretching and displacement effects for After Effects and Premiere Pro. It supports a wide range of releases from CS6 through 2026, allowing melting simulations, scanline separation, and various shading options (plain, sine, triangle, linear). Controls include direction, spread, shading phase, and detailed scanline parameters such as amplitude and period. Additional features are wrap mode, fullscreen stretch, off‑screen reach, and fade start/end. Version 1.0.1 adds instant graph refresh and adaptive graph colors in After Effects and fixes a Premiere Pro macOS exception. The plugin runs on both hosts without requiring separate installations.

Features

• Direction control for the edge melting occurs towards, with Spread setting the maximum stretching of pixels per melt step
• Shading options: plain stretched, Sine Wave, Triangle Wave, or Linear Ramp Up or Down, with an animatable Shading Phase
• Scanline modulation shaped by Amplitude, Period, Phase, Exponent and Invert parameters
• Velocity and spread curve mapping with Phase and Floor settings plus a Graph that visualizes the mapping
• Wrap mode so pixels reappear from the opposite side instead of falling beyond the visible area
• Fullscreen Stretch post-effect and Off-screen Reach for parts of the simulation beyond the visible screen
• Fade Start and Fade End for dimming the ends of scanlines

Best for

Creating pixel‑based melting, scanline separation, and custom distortion effects in After Effects and Premiere Pro.