cool so basically to avoid the header you press ctrl-f "FF DA". keep
doing that until you run out of "FF DA"'s. and you have passed over
the header.

--- In databenders@yahoogroups.com, "evil moisture" <evilmoisture@...>
wrote:
>
> hi all, nothing much to say except its nice to see some activity on
this group again :)
> i accidentally poured a beer on my computer during a concert last
week and the screen went all psychedelic...kinda sad, it went back to
normal now
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: thisoneisforstuff
> To: databenders@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:25 PM
> Subject: [databenders] Re: hey
>
>
> i will try pico and let you know how that works out. i just figured
> out that textedit _will_ work for the "wordpad glitches" but you have
> to manually change the format to rich text, it will not do it
> automatically. i was just opening it in textedit and then saving it,
> so that's why it wasn't working. i'm glad i got to try that method
> but i'm much more interested in the hex editing.
>
> i noticed pretty quickly that the beginning of the files didn't like
> to be messed with. i started using raw formats with ps that don't
> have headers so that's one way around that, but since they can only be
> used with ps it's kind of lame.
>
> do you think that there is any sort of jpeg manual or anything like
> that where we can learn how they are made, etc.? i want to get this
> shit down to a science.
>
> --- In databenders@yahoogroups.com, Jake Elliott <jake@> wrote:
> >
> > hi stuff!
> >
> > it is mostly trial and error but here are some tips:
> > - on osx, try using pico in the terminal to edit the images
> > - avoid edits to the very top of the file as can break the image
> > header and prevent the image from displaying
> > - try cutting a large chunk of the file from the middle to the
end and
> > vice versa
> > - compressed formats like jpg are less predictable and therefore
more
> > fun
> >
> > rock,
> > jake
> >
> > On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:03 PM, "thisoneisforstuff"
> <thisoneisforstuff@
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > i have been mucking around with this databending stuff all
day, trying
> > > to glitch up different image formats: jpeg, raw, bmp, tif. the
most
> > > i ever glitch them is like a few lines. i am on osx, so i
can't just
> > > open up wordpad to make glitches (at least i don't think i can). i
> > > have been using a hex editor, and i'm just wondering if there is a
> > > science to this or if there are any tips out there, or if it
is all
> > > just trial and error with no real methodology?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
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