Photography & Film
Slit-Scan Warp
Style guide
Narrow vertical sample bands progressively shear and extend contours, with flowing curves and a clear core creating continuous temporal distortion.
PortraitStyle effect
LandscapeStyle effect
ObjectsStyle effect
The visual language
What is Slit-Scan Warp?
Adjacent narrow vertical strips progressively shear and stretch contours into continuous temporal curves. A recognizable central region anchors color flowing along the original structure.
Slit-scan assembles narrow samples from different moments, turning movement into altered shape.
An elongated shoulder beside regularly sampled background lines can suggest time recorded strip by strip.
How the style changes different subjects
- Portrait
- Selected areas stretch into color strips or trails, increasing motion while potentially distorting small features.
- Landscape
- Scenic forms extend directionally, contrasting intact regions with flowing areas.
- Objects
- Pulled edges and colors elongate surfaces and can change proportions.
- Subjects
- Choose moving figures, night scenes, vehicles or bold-color objects with identifying details outside the strongest stretch.
Bring the style to your photos
Reusable style prompt for Slit-Scan Warp
Reconstruct the image as continuous slit-scan time strips. Adjacent narrow vertical bands progressively shear and stretch the contours into elegant horizontal ribbons and curved temporal extensions, while a central region retains clear identifying features. Let color flow continuously along existing structures and keep broad positional relationships recognizable. Use smooth, gradually changing deformation rhythms so details transition naturally into local elongations.Use the same style prompt for portraits, landscapes and objects.
Create with this styleKeep exploring
