Quantisation table
Definition
A matrix of divisors applied to DCT coefficients during JPEG compression. Higher divisors produce lower quality. The specific table used is often a manufacturer's or software's proprietary fingerprint.
Related terms
- Blocking artefacts
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- DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform)
- The mathematical transformation applied to each 8x8 pixel block during JPEG compression, converting spatial pixel values into a set of frequency coefficients...
- Double-JPEG compression
- The result of decoding a JPEG, applying any edit, and saving as JPEG again. The coefficient histograms of doubly-compressed images have a...
- JPEG ghost
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- Quality factor
- The 1-100 scale that most JPEG encoders expose to the user, controlling how aggressively the quantisation table rounds coefficients. The factor is...
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- JPEG Compression Artefacts and Double-Compression DetectionA matrix of divisors applied to DCT coefficients during JPEG compression. Higher divisors produce lower quality. The specific table used is often a manufacture...