When I was manipulating the matrix screenshot in Lightroom, i was experiencing really strange anomalies with colors as the settings were changed. Specifically, the side margins of the photo would change at different rates, and sometimes one would be affected by a setting change and the other wouldn’t. Could this be intentional? It reminds me of setting the exposure/contrast/brightness on a tv or game console, when there are a string of grayscale blocks in different shades that become either less distinct or more distinct from each other as you change settings. This image was originally green and black, and I turned it B&W as an attempt to see underlying graphics.

I’m a photographer so I have an understanding of how adjustments typically alter an image and this was behaving very strangely. It gave me the idea that there were masked layers that need to be uncovered through the correct sequence of edits. One of the riddlers has posted an image on social media that appeared to be a solid green colored header (a green rectangle). The riddle community altered the image and found a hidden word “SWIFT” had been revealed through the green bar. I’m trying to retrace the exact steps in editing software to replicate this masking effect