artifacting
Compression noise appearing
Artifacting refers to the appearance of visual artifacts—unwanted distortions, glitches, or anomalies in digital images or video.
It typically occurs during compression, transmission, or processing: The video started artifacting badly during the stream.
In gaming, artifacting often signals a failing graphics card.
The term treats artifact as a verb, describing the process of producing these flaws.
Angular, chunked appearance
- quantizationConversion to discrete values
- bitrateData transfer speed
- lossySacrificing fidelity for size
- codecData compression algorithm
encoding · bandwidth · degradation · mosquito noise · ringing · posterization · muddy · smearing
Signal misidentification from undersampling
- jaggiesPixelated edge distortion
- moireRippled textile finish
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- clippingPiece cut out
pop-in · anisotropic · specular · tessellation · interpolation · upscaling · dithering · banding
Forcibly separating material
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
- jitterSmall, rapid variation
lag · dropout · refresh · vsync · motion blur · persistence · interlacing · combing
blockiness
Angular, chunked appearance
- quantizationConversion to discrete values
- bitrateData transfer speed
- lossySacrificing fidelity for size
codec · encoding · bandwidth · degradation · mosquito noise · ringing · posterization · muddy · smearing · blocking
aliasing
Signal misidentification from undersampling
- jaggiesPixelated edge distortion
- moireRippled textile finish
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
clipping · pop-in · anisotropic · specular · tessellation · interpolation · upscaling · dithering · banding
tearing
Forcibly separating material
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
jitter · lag · dropout · refresh · vsync · motion blur · persistence · interlacing · combing · judder
artifactinglossless
Retaining all original information
high fidelity · uncorrupted · crystal clear · undistorted · uncompressed