Glitch Tutorials

A short directory of tutorials from around the web, to help you get started with databending.

Altering data directly

• An Introduction
  http://www.fizzpop.org.uk/blog/an-introduction-to-databending/


• Using Hex Editors
  http://praseodym.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2t0wt4


• Glitching Vector Files
  http://www.hellocatfood.com/2009/09/08/bending-a-penguin/

Intentionally misusing software to alter image files

• The WordPad effect
  http://blog.animalswithinanimals.com/2008/08/databending-and-glitch-art-primer-part.html


• Sonification


• Sonification Primer
  http://blog.animalswithinanimals.com/2008/09/databending-and-glitch-art-primer-part.html


• Sonification with Audacity
  http://www.hellocatfood.com/2009/11/16/databending-using-audacity/


• Datamoshing
  http://bitsynthesis.com/2009/04/tutorial-datamoshing-the-beauty-of-glitch/
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYytVzbPky8
  

Automated Glitching
(techniques that require writing or altering code to produce a series of images)

• Webcam Streams
  http://www.fizzpop.org.uk/blog/playing-with-webcam-streams/


• Processing
  http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/772/databending-in-processing/

Technical info on image file formats

• On Compression -- shows how JPEG Compression Works (PDF)
  http://www.coryarcangel.com/things-i-made/uploads/Main/OnC.pdf
  

Blogs that often feature databending

• http://bitsynthesis.com
• http://www.hellocatfood.com
• http://blog.animalswithinanimals.com
• http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.com
• http://danieltemkin.com/blog (my blog)

The Glitch Art book

• http://designingimperfection.com

Glitch Art groups on Flickr

• http://www.flickr.com/groups/glitches
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/databending