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title: 'What''s your glitch? Glitch Lab, Portland-built image glitching at its finest'
date: '2014-07-16T11:09:14-07:00'
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  - iPhone
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  - glitch
  - 'glitch lab'
  - glitching
  - Portland
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# What's your glitch? Glitch Lab, Portland-built image glitching at its finest

You know how there are awesome projects all over Portland that you either a) don’t know about because I do a poor job of telling you or b) don’t know about because I just found out about them? Well, I was just sitting down to chat with the folks from [Mountain Machine Games](http://mountainmachinegames.com/ "Mountain Machine Games"), a local game studio that works on some awesome stuff. And then, “Hey, did I ever tell you about our glitch app?” happened.

Um, no. What glitch app? Meet [Glitch Lab](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glitch-lab/id569972979?mt=8 "Glitch Lab"). Or maybe you’ve already met Glitch Lab but had no idea it was Portland made. Whatever the case, get ready to mess up some images on your phone.

> Glitch Lab is the most powerful photo ‘glitching’ app, offering a full range of tools and options to destroy your photos into the latest pop art trend. Best of all, it only employs pure jpg encoding glitching under the hood; no faking it. Includes ability to mask between three photos to create breathtaking effects.

Here’s my 10 seconds of mucking around glitching a screenshot of Glitch Labs in the App Store.

![2014-07-16 10.51.01](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-07-16-10.51.01.jpg?resize=512%2C512)

Why would anyone want to do this? Why wouldn’t you? It’s a great way to muck around and create something unexpected. [Even if you don’t use it to mess with LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybaio "Andy Baio on LinkedIn").

For more information or to start glitching images yourself, [check out Glitch Lab on your favorite iOS device.](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glitch-lab/id569972979?mt=8 "Glitch Lab")