Compression Artifact — Media Authentication Glossary | Danaya

Visual defects introduced by lossy compression of digital media.

What are Compression Artifacts?

Compression artifacts are visual defects caused by lossy compression. In forensics, analyzing compression artifacts reveals an image's processing history and can expose manipulations.

Related Terms

Error Level Analysis

A forensic technique that identifies areas of an image with different compression levels.

JPEG Compression

A lossy compression standard for digital images that introduces characteristic artifacts.