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Hi,
I've tried all possible dimensions and bits/pixel, but all I can see is
a circle with scrambled characters.

Any hints?

It sounds like you're assuming that the file is corrupted? That's not what the challenge description says.

Do I understand you right? There is no corruption in the file, like in "Broken Image"?
I thought that I found (at least) one... looks like I have to dig a bit deeper into the BMP format spec.

megabreit wrote:looks like I have to dig a bit deeper into the BMP format spec.

Maybe you have to extend the spec...

its technically not broken, just no program is writen to process it because the image software programers were lazy and only did specific cases ^_^

only one little question...
if I am able to open the picture, I should be able to read the word inside, or I am supposed to still do any transformation in it before being able to read something?
thanks

I guess it's already hard enough to open the picture. There is no additional transformation to do. So if your display shows just garbage, you didn't open it the right way

thank you. very helpful!

nighthalk wrote:its technically not broken, just no program is writen to process it because the image software programers were lazy and only did specific cases ^_^

Probably because this image is in a stupid format. ;p

I also am at the level "concentric circle with scrambled characters", i tried to adjust the colormap but no way to find a solution

EDIT: as hint: play with endianness, with some luck it should be possible to extract the solution word without using the colormap.

I'm actually a bit surprised that less than 100 people have solved this one in over four(!) years.

This is a pretty straightforward challenge, after all. Nothing you can solve in a minute, but really not as freakin' obscure as some others are.

Im pretty sure to open the image according to the extended spec. But still i can see no word