The edited version also contains the image itself processed through Rutt-Etra-Izer, an online synthesizer that turns 2D images into 3-dimensional interactive presence. The online class tutorial process used here were the Magic Wand Tool, Duplicate Layers and Smart Sharpen Filters. The second image was this Scrabble piece, and I worked on this in the classroom during studio session and experimented based on the tutorial listed in Professor Bargsten’s Canvas guide. The process in achieving the result of the first photo was following the step-by-step guide in this YouTube tutorial, going through the RGB channels and distorting the Blue channel, being the most prominent color. The first image I worked on was this beautiful blue smoke powder, which I took in a more artistic route for Photoshop glitch editing due to the vibrant color and imagery.
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All three of the images used were from Pexels, a royalty-free stock image website. Nice sound design.As part of our visual vocabulary expansion exercise, I manipulated three images into stylized glitch/datamosh looks using Photoshop. Here’s something I made a few years ago using hexeditors & kyma Įnjoyed that cheers. Combine that with find and replace in a hex editor, where i can create a cycle to produce creative results and i can lose hours
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I am also strangely attracted to cut and paste, shortcut keys and repetition. It can be, though I do like a bit of tedium and especially if it means I am able to capture something that I would otherwise struggle to recreate manually. I imagine compressed formats giving the most interesting results. But I imagine it a tedious process of manually “glitching” images over and over in random fashion until it produces something interesting. i found the link to the data bending and glitch art primer has given me some kind of understanding, and a kind of starting point, though i feel there is much to explore.Ĭool stuff. I think it’s too early though for me to give any solid tips. Sometimes files just don’t sound good, I just experiment a lot. I have gotten better results from audacity so far, though renoise has worked. As mentioned by OOpslFly uncompressed files such as bmp. I have only been able to produce basic patterned images so far.
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The times i imported non audible files into renoise i rarely get very interesting sounds, can you recommend a file format or something that makes more interesting results? Is there a way to turn sound files into images too? Some of you may already be quite familiar with glitch art, using hex editors etc. I have only been experimenting with databending for a week, though I am enjoying the process and will continue.
#Datamosh image full#
" Glitch art is the aestheticization of digital or analog errors, such as artifacts and other “bugs”, by either corrupting digital code/data or by physically manipulating electronic devices (for example by circuit bending)." ( read full article here).
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The possibility of manipulating image layers in a psd (phtoshop file) seems really interesting to me too.įor those unfamiliar with glitch art, here is a brief description on Wikipedia: Results varied from different file formats (raw,jpg,bmp,tiff,psd) and processes. I found a few helpful resources and started experimenting with data bending using a hex editor (Hexedit) and Wordpad. There is art in the mistakes created when pushing technology beyond it’s intended use too and I am really enjoying exploring this.Īs I have also been searching for art to complement my sound, it seemed natural to seek methods of visual glitching. I also find satisfaction in creating or capturing a “real glitch” as opposed to something controlled. As I am moving more towards creating my own samples, I have begun to create more glitched sounds rather than rely on others. This can produce interesting results which can vary depending on file format and other factors.
#Datamosh image software#
I often import images into audio software (Mostly audacity, however as renoise can open any file, i do use it too), sometimes apply effects or just save/export the audio file. This was a progression from glitching images to produce sound. Recently I have been experimenting with glitch art. I will aim to continue posting my experiments and I also encourage anyone to post their results too!ĮD̀͘Į̛T 2 (2018) : I have added a link/resource page to my website which lists everything from various software, tutorials (including my own) and further reading here:
#Datamosh image update#
ED̀͘Į̛T :̢ As it has been close to a year since beginning to experiment with Glitch Art, I would like to update the links here for anyone else interested in Glitch art or for further research.