Pixel Stretcher 1.0 — September 18, 2026

Added alpha/luminance Mask Layer selection, Stretch From Mask and Sort Inside Mask.
Multiple regions inside a mask precomp start separate outgoing streaks. Animated
masks, reverse direction, length variation, tip feather and mask preview are supported.
Full-frame threshold sorting and Build Up / Pass Through / Clear Away sweeps remain.

Tested in After Effects 26.5 on Windows x64, at 8/16/32 bpc. CPU, SmartFX and concurrent
rendering are implemented. macOS and Premiere are not supported by this package.

Use a full-size mask precomp. Position, scale, rotate, feather and animate inside it.
The mask is sampled in source space and fitted to the image; transforms applied to
the outer mask layer do not reposition the sampled matte. Select Alpha for opaque
shapes over transparency, Luminance for bright shapes over black. Show Mask previews it.

Stretch From Mask leaves selected regions intact and extends their outgoing edges.
Sort Inside Mask changes the selected regions. Full Frame Sort ignores the mask.
An unset mask bypasses mask modes. Amount 0% restores the original. Preserve Input
Alpha retains the input silhouette. There is one mask-layer selector per instance;
combine shapes in a precomp or stack instances for separate control.

Existing Pixel Sort instances are not converted. Keep their original plug-in installed.
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