digital artifact


In digital photography and digital video an artifact refers to any visible defect. Jaggies is considered to be a type of digital artifact, and image compression may also introduce artifacts into a digital image.

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  • digital camera

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  • digital cash

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  • digital duplicates

    The term used to describe reproductions of an image where the original is scanned and saved in a digital format. From this digital format the file can be reproduced through printing or other recording methods.


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