Images
When performing block-based coding for quantization, as in JPEG-compressed images, several types of artifacts can appear.
- Ringing
- Contouring
- Posterizing
- Staircase noise (aliasing) along curving edges
- Blockiness in "busy" regions (sometimes called quilting or checkerboarding)
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