by Rowbyte·Motion Graphics
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Rowbyte Dot Pixels earns a spot in the Toolfarm library by combining circle-and-ring pixelation with optional spherical and torus shading, and by running across both After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Rowbyte Dot Pixels is a Pixel Bender filter for After Effects that pixelates images and footage into circles and rings. It's useful for building an LED screen effect or a porous surface effect, and for creating an abstract, artistic version of images and footage.
The filter includes an optional shading control that simulates spherical and torus objects, with spherical shading generally applied to circles and ring shading applied to rings. A dimension factor sets the size of each pixel block, outer roundness affects circle size, and inner radius controls how thin each ring becomes. The background can be filled with a chosen color or left transparent by default.
Rowbyte Dot Pixels is compatible with both After Effects and Premiere Pro. It offers 32bit floating point support in After Effects and includes Multi-Frame Rendering support. It appears in the Toolfarm library among After Effects plugins.
Rowbyte Dot Pixels is best for building LED screen effects, porous surface looks, and abstract, artistic treatments of images and footage in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Rowbyte Dot Pixels is completely free to download and use.
Rowbyte Dot Pixels lists compatibility with After Effects 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020, along with CC 2019 through CC 2014, CC, CS6 and CC 2015.3. That range covers current releases as well as many older versions, so most After Effects installs should be supported. For the exact build that matches your version and to confirm current compatibility, check the developer's page before installing.
Rowbyte Dot Pixels is compatible with Premiere Pro in addition to After Effects, with listed support for Premiere versions from 2020 back through CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC and CS6. One difference to note is that its 32bit floating point support is available in After Effects only. If you plan to use the filter mainly in Premiere Pro, confirm the version match on the developer's page before downloading.
Rowbyte Dot Pixels includes Multi-Frame Rendering support in After Effects. It also offers 32bit floating point support, again in After Effects only. The filter works as a Pixel Bender filter, pixelating images and footage into circles and rings, with parameters for dimension factor, outer roundness, inner radius, shading and shading type. For details on how Multi-Frame Rendering behaves in your specific After Effects version, refer to the developer's page.
Rowbyte Dot Pixels is listed as free here. Licensing terms can change over time, and the developer's page is the best place to confirm current cost, licensing and any registration steps before you download. The plugin's changelog also references floating license server compatibility updates, so if you work in a studio environment with a license server, it's worth checking those details directly with Rowbyte.
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