Corrupt™ is a web based Glitch Art Software allowing its user to upload and share corrupted images on
www.corrupt.ie
Corrupt™ was first built with Proce55ing. The corruption process starts by reading the binary code of an image file [JPG or GIF]; then arbitrary bytes are swapped [the number of replacements is a random value from 1 to 20]. The file is then "saved as" a new document. Depending on the number of replacements and the original compression, the file will have a completely different and unpredictable image or aesthetic. So from a single image, the program can generate millions of corrupted versions. Because it literally corrupts the binary code of the file, some of the results are so damaged that they are actually rendered unviewable. The project is now available online for anyone who wants to corrupt a JPG image.
This PHP version has been realised in collaboration with BlueMelon, thanks to them.
Go to the project page
www.corrupt.ie