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A tool to convert any file into an image in order to share it by simply providing a link to an image? Obviously the downloading person also has to have this tool installed to convert it back.
I had the idea yesterday and for the fun of it I implemented it. If you would see some use for it, I would extend it with automatic upload to imgur (it doesn't violate their terms) and publish it as a tip/trick.
edit: I think we have found that the answer is no 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
modified 17-May-15 11:40am.
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Um...any file?
Are we talking about an image of the file as it would be if (for example) opened in Word or Excel?
Or the binary file content "packed" into a bitmap format?
And if the later, why would I want to share a packaged version when I could share it as a ZIP, RAR, or in the original format via Dropbox / Google Drive / OneDrive? All I can see is it making it harder to distribute because the recipient needs the "unpack" software - for PC, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android, or whatever he is using... What am I missing that is an advantage here?
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OriginalGriff wrote: the binary file content "packed" into a bitmap format?
this one
OriginalGriff wrote: why would I want to share a packaged version when I could share it as a ZIP, RAR, or in the original format via Dropbox / Google Drive / OneDrive?
Opening the image-link in the browser would "instantly" give you the data, no further clicks on "download now" required and no other hassles like ads, captchas, possibly having to register first,.. just that you have to have the tool for the reversion. (Instead of having to open the image-link in the browser the tool could accept the link itself.)
OriginalGriff wrote: What am I missing that is an advantage here?
That's why I'm asking 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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So...really all you are doing is changing the extension and posting it to an image sharing site, hoping that they don't reject it when they can't make a thumbnail?
And that when it gets to the browser as an image the data stays there instead of being replaced with a big red "X" box?
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Of course I pack it into a valid image file 
That's a PDF: http://i.imgur.com/5KzpAW7.png[^]
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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So you need software to "depackage" it...which means finding it, downloading it, installing it, finding you have the wrong version, getting the iOS version for your Android, swearing, ...
Seriously, all I can see you doing is annoying the people who run image sites like imgur!
I wouldn't use it by preference: ZIP/RAR and download works for me - if nothing else I can virus check it before I open the file.
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It's ok - just wanted to see if someone can see more of a use of it than I 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Sascha Lefèvre wrote: That's a PDF:
Reminds me of those weird stereoscopic images where you have to cross your eyes (or defocus them)
Marc
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I think I see it!
It's an elephant!
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Yes I was reminded of that too.
This is Fsharp_Succinctly.pdf[^] for you. Isn't it in a way astonishing that all your hard work can be represented by an image that doesn't even fill your screen? 
/Sascha
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Leslie taps you on the shoulder: CP's Corinna John has a whole stack of articles on steganography[^].
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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It's not about steganography at all, please read my back-and-forth with OG.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Ya, I saw them a while after posting. But hey, just use a weak steganophraphy algorithm, with a low 'hide factor'.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Brady Kelly wrote: with a low 'hide factor
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Yes I think that its useful for people who have that needs. lol
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Thank you for helping 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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A modified form of steganography ...
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Not necessarily - the idea of steganography is that you can't tell there is data embedded in the image. From what I read, he's not trying to do that.
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modified 17-May-15 10:54am.
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Are you referring to an application that uses steganography[^]?
If so, yours truly is in the process (when he gets off his big fat arse) of preparing an application[^], for release, that does this.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It's not intended to hide the data in an existing image. The output image would be only the source data packed into an image so it could be uploaded to an image sharing site or for whatever other purpose you could find.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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So the purpose of transforming the data into an image format would be purely so that it can be held on an image sharing site?
I don't get it - what is the advantage of having it on an image sharing site when you could just put it as the original file on dropbox?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Please see my response to OG[^]
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Unless I'm missing one of its features, no - but thanks for pointing out this tool, might come in handy some day
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I thought the image part on the right side of the screenshot there is exactly that - a binary file depicted as an array of RGBs.
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