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I’m currently working on a visual identity project for an exciting arts event this fall in MTL and have been exploring JPG hacking as a technique for generating images. Its a tedious and unpredictable process whereby I mess with the actual code of the file in a text editor, but I think the results are pretty interesting (sometimes).
I’m posting these process shots here in the hope that others that have played with this technique might stumble upon it and offer any feedback/advice on ways to approach the changing/fucking up of code. What do you think?
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Sick idea tell me more… what about tiff or raw data? How do you edit it?
Comment by brian 07.10.09 @ 4:11 pmHey brian, just open the jpeg in a text editor, copy / cut / paste / find & replace parts of the code, then resave it as a jpg.
some discussion on the topic here: http://www.qbn.com/topics/597559/
Comment by kevin 07.10.09 @ 5:05 pmI have something for you in processing… 🙂
Comment by Jeff 07.11.09 @ 1:29 pmThanks Jeff!
Comment by kevin 07.12.09 @ 12:19 pmthat is awesome.
Comment by Teena 08.17.09 @ 7:49 pm[…] a design perspective, I applied the jpg hacking technique I discovered earlier across the full-range of promotional materials to some satisfying and I dare […]
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