How to Do Basic Steganography
Steganography is hiding information in images, files, etc. This is the simplest steganography of hiding texts in images.
EditSteps
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1Open Paint and choose a color. Use fill with color and make your background color your chosen color.Ad
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2Use edit colors option in the right top corner. Choose a color which visually looks red but slightly different color. Notice that Hue, Sat, Lum is different from the background red color.
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3It is preferable to have your text ready in some text editor.
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4Copy paste the text with the color the custom color you have edited, which looks visually similar to the background color.
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5Save the file .png, .jpeg, or .bmp. Your information is hidden inside the image.Ad
EditTips
- If you want to get back the hidden text in the image, open the image in Paint, use a lighter color compared to the image background, use fill the color tool, and fill it to see the text.
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