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Databending Tutorial: Repairing a Broken Image
Alright. You opened your image in a text editor. You saved it. And all you have for your efforts is a broken image.
And how do we fix it?
(Note, this tutorial assumes you have the skills from The Tutorial on Audacity)
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And how do we fix it?
(Note, this tutorial assumes you have the skills from The Tutorial on Audacity)
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Databending Tutorial: Textbending
Textbending is not really advanced. If all goes well, it's actually simpler than Audacity bending.
But...
Where it gets advanced is what to do when it DOESN'T all go well. If you do the text bending and all you get is a broken image. Because I know how to fix it. And that is something I hadn't seen how to do as of when I last searched for databending tutorials. I had to discover this method.
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But...
Where it gets advanced is what to do when it DOESN'T all go well. If you do the text bending and all you get is a broken image. Because I know how to fix it. And that is something I hadn't seen how to do as of when I last searched for databending tutorials. I had to discover this method.
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Databending Tutorial: Editing Images in Audacity
Now it's time to go over the first hurdle: Opening an image file in a program that's supposed to handle Audio and ONLY Audio.
( Get your .bmp )
( Get your .bmp )
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Databending Tutorial: Set Up and Organisation.
Since not overwriting your originals is so important, it really helps to keep organised. For this purpose I have a dedicated Databending folder, with a section for copies of the original file(s), called "originals", and a section for each type of bending I will do. The originals will be fully intact elsehwere, so I can easily copy them again if I accidentally overwrite the base image with an edited version.
For each image you want to databend, you will want to make .tiff and .bmp versions. If your image editor gives you the options, make these files uncompressed and/or headerless. .bmp files tend to be more resilient, and for some techniques the lack of difference between the two makes .bmps better. But when the format makes a difference, .tiffs tend to be cooler.
Here I have the base image also having black and white bgs because white and black can have interesting interactions with a more advanced technique I discovered.
Why these formats? They are just the ones I know can be edited, and even the most basic tutorials use them. I've tried .pngs, but most of the time when I try to databend .pngs the result is blank white image.
With this set up done, now you can begin
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For each image you want to databend, you will want to make .tiff and .bmp versions. If your image editor gives you the options, make these files uncompressed and/or headerless. .bmp files tend to be more resilient, and for some techniques the lack of difference between the two makes .bmps better. But when the format makes a difference, .tiffs tend to be cooler.
Here I have the base image also having black and white bgs because white and black can have interesting interactions with a more advanced technique I discovered.
Why these formats? They are just the ones I know can be edited, and even the most basic tutorials use them. I've tried .pngs, but most of the time when I try to databend .pngs the result is blank white image.
With this set up done, now you can begin
Previous:Tools Next:Editing Images in Audacity
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Databending Tutorial: Tools
You'll need:
A PC of some kind.
A file you want to edit (for this tutorial, an image file)
Audacity (which you can get here: Audacity), or possibly another sound editor.
EDIT: Due to the possibility that Audacity is now going to spy on you (I don't really trust their apology or that their backtracking will be permanent) I suggest getting this archived version. That version is guaranteed to have the features needed.
Microsoft Paint (or another quick and simple image editor. This is IN ADDITION to any more complicated image editors you may have)
Wordpad, Notepad, or similar. If you have Windows 10, both of these should be available under Windows Accessories in the start menu. Note these have different effects, and often Wordpad's are more dramatic.
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A PC of some kind.
A file you want to edit (for this tutorial, an image file)
Audacity (which you can get here: Audacity), or possibly another sound editor.
EDIT: Due to the possibility that Audacity is now going to spy on you (I don't really trust their apology or that their backtracking will be permanent) I suggest getting this archived version. That version is guaranteed to have the features needed.
Microsoft Paint (or another quick and simple image editor. This is IN ADDITION to any more complicated image editors you may have)
Wordpad, Notepad, or similar. If you have Windows 10, both of these should be available under Windows Accessories in the start menu. Note these have different effects, and often Wordpad's are more dramatic.
Previous:Warnings Next:Set Up and Organisation
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Databending Tutorial: Warnings
When creating your works, please be aware that what you create may be hazardous to other people. The computer cares not for colour theory or what may or may not create a headache, so I often warn for eyestrain and flashing .gifs.
( More Warnings )
( More Warnings )
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Databending Tutorial: Chapter List
I made a tutorial on how to Databend. This is a list of the parts.
Introduction
Warnings
Tools
Set Up and Organisation
Editing Images in Audacity
Textbending Images
Repairing Broken Images
Finall Thoughts
Introduction
Warnings
Tools
Set Up and Organisation
Editing Images in Audacity
Textbending Images
Repairing Broken Images
Finall Thoughts
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Databending Tutorial: Introduction.
Hey! Do you want to make Glitchy Art? But what you find is either really tedious guides on manually making your own effects? Glitch Apps not giving you results you like? Do you want to genuinely do something that you are not supposed to to your work? Or maybe have no idea what what effect what you're doing will have on your work?
Or maybe you want to do something weirder, like make an image with a .mp3 file hidden in it, a music track that has readable text in it, or something that looks like a broken file but can be repaired to reveal the original file and its contents?
Databending might be for you!
Here, in this series of tutorials, I'm going to teach you how to make art like THIS (warning: Eyestrain, slow "flashing" .gif)
( Further Introduction and Some Definitions )
Or maybe you want to do something weirder, like make an image with a .mp3 file hidden in it, a music track that has readable text in it, or something that looks like a broken file but can be repaired to reveal the original file and its contents?
Databending might be for you!
Here, in this series of tutorials, I'm going to teach you how to make art like THIS (warning: Eyestrain, slow "flashing" .gif)
( Further Introduction and Some Definitions )