Creating glitch art in 5 minutes

Hello, I’m wizard23 and today I would like to share a small guide on creating similar images using audio filters.

What you’ll need:

-Audacity (a free program for editing audio files)
-Gimp or another image reactor (you can also use pixlr editor)

Instruction:

Open your image using Gimp or pixlr and save it in the "tiff" format. After that open it in Audacity as a raw data. In the import settings, specify the A-Law or U-Law encoding and the big-endian bit order.

This blue thing is your image, represented in the form of a sound wave (don’t try to listen to it, especially if you have your headphones on).

And now it's time to turn your picture into glitch art masterpiece

Select the area of the sound wave and apply the effect from the list to it (the left edge of the sound wave = top of the image). Additional noise on your wave makes brighter colors.

You can experiment and combine effects as you like. After several attempts, you’ll have better understanding of the each individual effect and its impact on colors and shape of the image.

Saving image:

-File> Export audio (Ctrl + Shift + E)
Coding: A-Law
Title: Raw (header-less)
File type: other uncompressed files
Filename: "name of your picture" .tiff

Important:

-Pick your transforming area not from the very beginning, but slightly to the right. (The first 2-3 seconds of the wave contain important data. Applying effects on this area can erase this information, which will break the image)
-Don't give up, if it does not work out the first time and the image does not open. Just cut the number of effects.
-I suggest starting with phaser, echo, compressor, high and low pass filters

Sometimes it's useful to look at your tools or software from a different angle. It can open new facets of expression of your life perception or will be a step towards creating your unique style.

That's all for today, Good Luck!