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Datamosh your photos online, free

Datamoshing is the glitch technique that made music videos melt. It comes from corrupting compressed video — deleting keyframes so the decoder keeps applying motion data to the wrong picture, smearing colour and detail across the frame in long, liquid trails.

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Free · no sign-up · runs in your browser — your photo is never uploaded.

This tool recreates that look for still images. It simulates the same compression artefacts — block displacement, pixel bleed and I-frame corruption — so a single photo can be pushed into that half-dissolved, buffering-forever state without touching a video editor.

How to use it

  1. Open the datamosh tool and drop in any photo (JPEG, PNG, HEIC or RAW).
  2. Type anything into the Mosh string — the text seeds the glitch, so the same string always produces the same result and changing one letter re-moshes the image.
  3. Dial Density for how much of the frame corrupts, and Strength for how far the pixels smear.
  4. Add Sharpness to bring back some structure, then export a full-resolution PNG or JPEG.

Tips

FAQ

What is datamoshing?

Datamoshing is a glitch art technique that corrupts video compression data — usually by removing keyframes — so motion from one scene is painted onto another, creating smearing, bleeding artefacts. This tool recreates the same visual result on still photos.

Can I datamosh a photo, not a video?

Yes. This tool applies simulated compression corruption directly to a still image, so you get the datamosh look without editing video or installing anything.

Is it free?

Yes — completely free, with no account required. All processing happens in your browser, so your photo is never uploaded to a server.

Does it work on iPhone?

Yes. It runs in mobile Safari and Chrome, handles HEIC photos from your camera roll, and exports straight back to Photos.

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