Complete quality preserving data hiding in animated GIF with reversibility and scalable capacity functionalities

KokSheik Wong; Mohamed N.M. Nazeeb; Jean Luc Dugelay

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-69449-4_10

Complete quality preserving data hiding in animated GIF with reversibility and scalable capacity functionalities

KokSheik Wong, Mohamed N.M. Nazeeb, Jean Luc Dugelay

Malaysia Sch of Information Technology

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Abstract

A technique is put forward to hide data into an animated GIF by exploiting the transparent pixels. Specifically, a new frame is crafted based on the data to be embedded. The newly crafted frame is inserted between 2 existing frames, and the delay time of the affected frames are adjusted accordingly to achieve complete imperceptibility. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to hide data into an animated GIF by exploiting the transparent pixel. Irregardless of the characteristics of the animated GIF image, the proposed method can completely preserve the quality of the image before and after hiding data. The hiding capacity achieved by the proposed method is scalable, where more information can be embedded by introducing more frames into the animated GIF. While file size expansion is inevitable, reverse zero run length is adopted to suppress the expansion. The proposed method is reversible, i.e., the original image can be recovered.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	19th International Workshop, IWDW 2020 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 25–27, 2020 Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Xianfeng Zhao, Yun-Qing Shi, Alessandro Piva, Hyoung Joong Kim
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	125-135
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030694494
ISBN (Print)	9783030694487
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69449-4_10
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	International Workshop on Digital Watermarking 2020 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 25 Nov 2020 → 27 Nov 2020 Conference number: 19th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-69449-4 (Proceedings)

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	12617
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Workshop on Digital Watermarking 2020
Abbreviated title	IWDW 2020
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	25/11/20 → 27/11/20
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-69449-4 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Animated GIF
Complete quality preservation
Data hiding
Reversible
Transparent pixel

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Wong, K., Nazeeb, M. N. M., & Dugelay, J. L. (2021). Complete quality preserving data hiding in animated GIF with reversibility and scalable capacity functionalities. In X. Zhao, Y-Q. Shi, A. Piva, & H. J. Kim (Eds.), 19th International Workshop, IWDW 2020 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 25–27, 2020 Revised Selected Papers (pp. 125-135). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 12617). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69449-4_10

Wong, KokSheik ; Nazeeb, Mohamed N.M. ; Dugelay, Jean Luc. / Complete quality preserving data hiding in animated GIF with reversibility and scalable capacity functionalities. 19th International Workshop, IWDW 2020 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 25–27, 2020 Revised Selected Papers. editor / Xianfeng Zhao ; Yun-Qing Shi ; Alessandro Piva ; Hyoung Joong Kim. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2021. pp. 125-135 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Wong, K, Nazeeb, MNM & Dugelay, JL 2021, Complete quality preserving data hiding in animated GIF with reversibility and scalable capacity functionalities. in X Zhao, Y-Q Shi, A Piva & HJ Kim (eds), 19th International Workshop, IWDW 2020 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 25–27, 2020 Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12617, Springer, Cham Switzerland, pp. 125-135, International Workshop on Digital Watermarking 2020, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25/11/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69449-4_10

Complete quality preserving data hiding in animated GIF with reversibility and scalable capacity functionalities. / Wong, KokSheik; Nazeeb, Mohamed N.M.; Dugelay, Jean Luc.

19th International Workshop, IWDW 2020 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 25–27, 2020 Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Xianfeng Zhao; Yun-Qing Shi; Alessandro Piva; Hyoung Joong Kim. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2021. p. 125-135 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 12617).

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Wong K, Nazeeb MNM, Dugelay JL. Complete quality preserving data hiding in animated GIF with reversibility and scalable capacity functionalities. In Zhao X, Shi Y-Q, Piva A, Kim HJ, editors, 19th International Workshop, IWDW 2020 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 25–27, 2020 Revised Selected Papers. Cham Switzerland: Springer. 2021. p. 125-135. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69449-4_10

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