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Hide In Picture 2.1
Conceal files inside bitmap picturesHide In Picture conceals files inside bitmap images using a password. The resulting picture looks like an ordinary image, while the embedded file can be recovered with the program and the password. This open-source utility is intended for straightforward steganography, such as keeping a document out of casual view while storing or sharing it alongside a picture.
Hide In Picture 2.1 details
| Author: | Sourceforge |
| License: | Open Source |
| Price: | FREE |
| Released: | Jan 5, 2011 |
| File size: | 379 kB |
| Downloads: | 324 |
| Keywords: | Sourceforge, hide files in images, secure file, conceal files in pictures, Hide In Picture, Windows 10 compatibility, image file encoder, bitmap steganography, image encryption, data hiding, open source steganography, encoder, secure, x64 software, conceal file, encrypt file, encode, password file concealment |
| Author URL: | https://sourceforge.net/ |
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Hide In Picture for Windows 10 - Full description
Hide In Picture is a steganography utility for concealing files inside bitmap images. It is intended for people who want to keep data out of casual view by placing it within an ordinary-looking picture rather than saving it as a visibly separate file. A password is used when hiding data, and the resulting image can still be viewed as a picture.
To use it, the user selects a bitmap image as the carrier and chooses a file to conceal. Hide In Picture encodes the file into the image, producing a picture that appears normal to someone who does not know it contains additional data. The image can then be stored or shared like other bitmap files. Someone who needs the concealed file uses the program and the relevant password to retrieve it.
The approach is useful for keeping a document or other file together with an image, or for reducing the chance that the data will be noticed during ordinary browsing. It differs from simply renaming a file or placing it in a hidden folder: the concealed content is embedded in the picture itself. The password-based process adds an access step, while the image serves as the carrier for the encoded file.
Hide In Picture is suited to occasional, straightforward file concealment rather than managing a large archive or replacing a dedicated backup system. The original carrier image and the resulting image should be handled carefully, and recipients need access to the program and password to recover the embedded data. As with steganography tools generally, hiding a file does not by itself guarantee that the image will remain suitable after editing or conversion; changes to the bitmap may damage or remove the concealed content.
The program is open source and free to use. Windows 10 is among the supported systems listed, along with older Windows releases. The software works with bitmap pictures, so users should choose a compatible image as the carrier and retain an unchanged copy of any image that contains important hidden data.