Effects & Time

Pixelate

Also called Mosaic, Pixelation

The image is broken into large visible squares; animating the block size makes it resolve into or dissolve out of coarse pixels. Static pixelation alone is the censor-mosaic look.

Retro game looks, censoring, digital-style reveals

Prompt

Replace [scene] with the shot and [duration] with how long it should take, then paste the prompt into your AI agent. Each prompt includes the name of the technique, so next time you can simply ask for it by name.

This is for a motion graphics video. "Pixelate" [scene] (also called a mosaic or pixelation): break the picture into a grid of large flat squares, each filled with the single colour of what lies under it.
Animate the block size in clear steps — let the sharp picture dissolve into coarse blocks, hold there while the footage keeps playing underneath, then resolve back to sharp. Held at one block size with no change, it is only a censor mosaic.
Run the whole effect over [duration], and keep the squares aligned to one fixed grid so they do not swim.

Replace [scene] with the shot and [duration] with how long it should take, then paste the prompt into your AI agent. Each prompt includes the name of the technique, so next time you can simply ask for it by name.