A studio for visual exploration

Creative image effects for Mac.

Make posters, cover artwork, and digital collages in Artfkt. Stack image effects, combine layers, and shape their motion in one Mac studio.

For Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 13 or later. All collections in one desktop studio.

Pressure Index collection artwork
Pressure IndexFrom the Artfkt collection library

From an image to an idea

A look only you would make.

Start with your images. Build a stack, compose in layers, and give the details motion. When a combination clicks, keep it for your next experiment.

01 / Effects

Build your own look.

Stack, reorder, and duplicate effects from across the collection library. Adjust each one to find the combination that makes an image yours.

02 / Composition

Give every layer its own treatment.

Combine images, then position, scale, and rotate them into place. Shape each layer with its own effects and bring the composition together with a global stack.

03 / Motion

Give your parameters motion.

Animate individual parameters with procedural patterns, from sine waves to noise and steps. Set their ranges and play them together on one composition timeline.

04 / Your library

Save a look. Use it again.

Keep reusable effect stacks in My Artfkts. Import, export, and apply them to another image—append to its stack or replace it with your saved look.

Inside Artfkt

Your ideas. A workspace to explore them.

A closer look at the desktop studio, from the first effect to the next experiment.

Artfkt desktop workspace showing a landscape with an RGB Split and Posterize effect stack.

Build your own combinations.

Stack effects around your image and refine the result in the desktop workspace.

RGB Split parameter animation settings open beside the artwork in Artfkt.

Shape the motion.

Give individual parameters their own animation pattern and range.

Artfkt Browse Collections dialog displaying the Glitch collection and its effects.

Find a new direction.

Explore collections and inspect their effects without leaving your composition.

The collection library

Different worlds. One studio.

Every collection brings a different visual vocabulary. Explore them all in Artfkt, search effects by name and tags, and keep favorite effects and collections close at hand. Try Glitch in your browser for a first taste.

Glitch collection artwork

Glitch

Split color, displaced edges, and drifting echoes turn a clean image into a damaged signal.

RGB Split · Feedback Smear · Slice Shift

Explore Glitch
Pixel collection artwork

Pixel

Rebuild images with pixel blocks, stepped color, irregular mosaic cells, and stretched strips.

Pixelate · Posterize · Mosaic

Ochre Current collection artwork

Ochre Current

Currents of broken color, raised paint, and warm light against deep blue. Shape the brushwork, separate neighboring pigments, pull reflections into uneven painted dashes, expose warm ground, trace broken contours, and brush pale pigment over the surface.

Furrow Strokes · Raised Pigment · Broken Complements

Color collection artwork

Color

Adjust exposure, reshape contrast, balance temperature, rotate hues, mix monochrome channels, and map two-tone palettes.

Exposure · Contrast · White Balance

Focus collection artwork

Focus

Soften an image, pull detail into straight or radial streaks, and sharpen the edges that matter.

Analog Ringing · Gaussian Blur · Directional Blur

Light collection artwork

Light

Spread bright regions into bloom, diffuse the image with soft glow, and draw attention with a controllable vignette.

Bloom · Soft Glow · Vignette

Warp collection artwork

Warp

Bend the view through a fisheye, ripple it with waves, twist a local region, or repeat it through a kaleidoscope.

Fisheye · Wave · Twirl

Film collection artwork

Film

Shape photographic grain, warm highlight spill, exposure fog, faded color, and dust.

Film Grain · Halation · Light Leak

Dither collection artwork

Dither

Rebuild image tones with dispersed, irregular, clustered, patterned, and palette-based marks.

Ordered Dither · Noise Dither · Clustered Dither

VHS collection artwork

VHS

Worn tape, unstable timing, and bleeding color.

Chroma Noise · Tape Jitter · Tape Scratches

CRT collection artwork

CRT

Luminous phosphors and imperfect display geometry.

Scanlines · Phosphor Mask · Screen Curvature

Halftone collection artwork

Halftone

Variable ink screens and expressive print imperfections.

Halftone Dots · Halftone Lines · Crossed Screens

Transitions collection artwork

Transitions

Fade, melt, ripple, dissolve, wipe, and pixelate between images with shared motion.

Fade · Melt · Wave

Drawing collection artwork

Drawing

Familiar illustration, line work, and color washes.

Pencil Sketch · Ink Outline · Crosshatch

Motion collection artwork

Motion

Persistence, rotating echoes, and interrupted time.

Afterimage · Feedback Zoom · Feedback Rotate

Collage collection artwork

Collage

Cut, tear, fold, and reassemble. Six original instruments for image-making.

Cut Paper · Torn Strips · Décollage

Interference collection artwork

Interference

Patterns that disturb perception. Six original instruments for image-making.

Moiré Fields · Contour Bands · Chromatic Phase

Systems collection artwork

Systems

Order, instruction, and deliberate exceptions. Six original instruments for image-making.

Modular Glyphs · Recursive Subdivision · Rule Break

Soft Geometry collection artwork

Soft Geometry

Images become elastic spaces and sculptural surfaces. Six original instruments for image-making.

Liquid Sag · Anamorphic Projection · Folded Space

Refraction collection artwork

Refraction

Glass surfaces that reshape the view. Five original, stackable image effects.

Frosted Glass · Fluted Glass · Beveled Glass

Far Passage collection artwork

Far Passage

Light, scale, and the feeling of crossing into the unknown. Five original, stackable image effects.

Exposure Corridor · Orbital Refraction · Relief Flight

Lucid Tide collection artwork

Lucid Tide

Color becomes current; images drift into verse. Five original, stackable image effects.

Chroma Current · Tidal Mirror · Luminous Estuary

Pressure Index collection artwork

Pressure Index

Repeat an image until its details fail, grow corroded pigment, raise a field of metal pins, squeeze continuous bands, and draw fine structures into lingering scars.

Serial Loss · Oxide Bloom · Pinfield

Broken Glass collection artwork

Broken Glass

Six optical instruments explore radial impact, tempered fragments, attached laminate, broken mirrors, directional splinters, and suspended glass.

Impact Glass · Tempered Glass · Laminated Glass

Weather collection artwork

Weather

Rain, snow, and lightning laid over the picture. Five stackable image effects.

Streak Rain · Window Rain · Wiper Pass

A closer look / Glitch

Small shifts. Strange new possibilities.

A few ways to turn a clean image into something less predictable. These effects are part of the free Glitch demo.

From experiment to finished work

Room to explore. Tools to finish.

Keep your compositions, revisit your decisions, and take the result with you.

Pick up where you left off.

Save and reopen local projects. Search your recent projects to return to an idea.

Explore and retrace.

Undo, redo, and browse your session’s editing history as you refine a composition.

See what changed.

Compare before and after, and preview blend modes to see how your effects work together.

Export your work.

Choose output dimensions to suit your artwork, within your device’s rendering limits.

Frequently asked questions

A few things to know.

What can I make with Artfkt?

Artfkt is a creative image effects studio for Mac. Make posters, cover artwork, digital collages, and experimental images by stacking effects, combining image layers, and animating parameters.

Which Macs does Artfkt support?

Artfkt is built for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 13 or later. The desktop app does not currently support Intel Macs, Windows, or Linux.

Can I try it before buying?

Try the free Glitch demo in your browser. It includes the Glitch collection, effect stacking, parameter animation, and export on one image layer. Artfkt for Mac brings all collections and multiple image layers into one workspace.

Are the collections separate purchases?

Artfkt includes the full current collection library in one desktop studio. You do not need to buy individual collection packs.

Can I save a project or reuse a look?

Save and reopen local projects to continue a composition. You can also save, import, and export reusable effect stacks through My Artfkts, then apply them to another image layer.

Can I export my work?

Yes. Both Artfkt for Mac and the free browser demo can export your work. Choose output dimensions to suit your artwork, within your device’s rendering and codec limits.

Make something unexpected

Keep exploring in Artfkt.

Bring all collections and multiple image layers together in one Mac studio. Build a look, shape its motion, and save your next starting point.