Ms. Rukaiya A. Chaugule, Ms. Amrita A. Manjrekar

Since the rise of the Internet, security of information is one of the most important factors of information technology. This paper represents a new approach for data hiding by combining art image creation and tree based parity check method. First, a cubism-like art image which is an abstraction by prominent lines and regions is generated using source image. Then text message is embedded using tree-based parity check (TBPC) method into the cover art image created earlier. The TBPC method is a least significant bit steganographic method which is very efficient for hiding data in image due to its simplicity. Reducing distortion between the cover object and the stego object is an important issue for steganography. TBPC algorithm embeds data in cover image with minimal distortion yielding good quality stego images. This method provides a higher level of security to the valuable information.