[Coder-san]

MatrixCode Image-based Encoding

[altimg=http://i.imgur.com/06Qf7.png]MatrixCode Image-based Encoding v1.1[/altimg]

First of all this is not an Image-codec or a new Image-type. It is a Text-encoding in the form of an image.
I call this MatrixCode because it reminds me of the display in the monitors in the Movie the name is derived from.

NOTE:

• MatrixCode won't work even if there is a slight quality-loss in the image.
  
• Currently it does not work for Unicode chars.
  

I have an example output attached in this post. Just press Decrypt and browse the image.

[link=http://www.mediafire.com/?t6az6v4kyiuzub9]Download source[/link]
[link=http://www.mediafire.com/?j9dh7g3w5ebuz32]Download EXE[/link]

I hope you like it.

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EDIT: Small update.

[1234hotmaster]

looks sxy but what does it do?

[Coder-san]

You can basically hide a Text in a Picture.

[1234hotmaster]

oh great! you used Microsoft.VisualBasic.Shell for it?

[Coder-san]

No it's not like that. There is no Text in the image. It is a real PNG image generated by VB.Net Graphics.

[DeffoN]

i just tried this and here is my comment :

Spoiler:

ASDASDASDASDASDASDASDASDASDASDASDA
ASDASDASDASDASDAS
AWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOME
ASDASDASDASDASDASDAAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOMEAWSOME

[Onin42]

Awsome, pretty good job.

how do you do to decrypt the png text ?

[Coder-san]

I use alpha channel of the pixels, that's why it can't support Unicode since range of alpha channel is 0-255.

[Onin42]

Oh, i've heard some use of the alpha channel but never thinks use it on this way!!!

[Coder-san]

Bump for a minor update.