
Bad TV
by Rowbyte
Bad TV is a native After Effects and Premiere Pro plugin from Rowbyte designed to create realistic bad TV distortion. It generates distortion from input parameters, with no displacement maps required.
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TVPixel earns its place in the aescripts library for one focused job: turning footage into TV/LCD-style R, G, B pixels, with 32-bit float support on the After Effects side.
TVPixel is a plugin from Rowbyte for After Effects and Premiere Pro. It pixelates your image into R, G, B pixels like a real TV or LCD screen.
In After Effects, TVPixel adds 32-bit floating point support. The effect works in both After Effects and Premiere Pro, and offers custom pixel gap controls. Later updates added MFR support in After Effects and Apple Silicon support for Premiere. Version 2.7.5 spans a broad set of hosts, covering After Effects from CS6 up to 2025 and Premiere Pro releases through 2020.
On aescripts, TVPixel sits at popularity rank 85 in the library. A demo video is also available on YouTube. This catalog lists it as free; check the developer's page for current licensing details.
TVPixel is best for pixelating footage into R, G, B pixels like a real TV or LCD screen in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
TVPixel is completely free to download and use.
TVPixel supports a wide span of Adobe hosts. On the After Effects side it runs on CS6, CC, CC 2014, CC 2015 and 2015.3, CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019, and 2020 through 2025. For Premiere Pro it covers CS6, CC, CC 2014, CC 2015 and 2015.3, CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019, and 2020. Version 2.7.5, dated April 21, 2025, is the current release listed here. Check the developer's page to confirm support for your exact build.
TVPixel includes 32-bit floating point support, but only in After Effects. Premiere Pro does not get that feature. The core effect, pixelating the image into R, G, B pixels like a real TV or LCD screen, works in both hosts. If you need 32-bit float precision in your pipeline, run TVPixel inside After Effects. For more on how the effect behaves across the two applications, see the developer's page.
TVPixel added Apple Silicon support for Premiere in version 2.7.1, released August 5, 2021, the same update that brought MFR support to After Effects. Later releases through version 2.7.5 in April 2025 focused on bug fixes and compatibility updates. If you work on an Apple Silicon Mac, that 2.7.1 update is where Premiere support arrived. For the latest on Apple Silicon and native performance in your specific host and operating system, check the developer's page before installing.
TVPixel is listed as free in this catalog. Its changelog references floating license support and a floating license server compatibility update, so licensing terms may apply depending on how you obtain it. For current pricing, license type, and any server requirements, check the developer's page on aescripts, which carries the authoritative details. This catalog does not quote a specific figure, so treat the free listing here as a starting point and confirm before you rely on it.
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