Oct 28, 2025
Pit Stop by Macroblock
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Pit Stop by Macroblock
Playing Fast and Loose by Macroblock
Sadly, this duck and many like it across the country suffer from a life-threatening degenerative condition called “lossy data compression”. Just £5 a week is all it takes to save others [as a png] from this fate. Thank you.
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Macroblock Study 6
Color study using 8x8 macroblock artifacts induced after databending Post number 38 by replacing all "a" characters with ">" and then opening it in GIMP.
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Macroblock Study 3 (8x8 pixel databending)
The image data for what started as a white 8x8 pixel JPG file was repeatedly manipulated to produce the individual frames in this animation. 8x8 pixels is the smallest block size in the JPG compression format.
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Macroblock Study 2 (8x8 pixel selections)
A study of macroblock artifacts induced by selectively replacing characters in JPEG files.
The source image for these artifacts started as a 1200x1200px white JPG. After 10 steps of replacing characters, various micro compositions are selected, highlighting macroblock artifacts.
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Macroblock Study 2 (64x64 pixel selections)
A study of macroblock artifacts induced by selectively replacing characters in JPEG files.
The source image for these artifacts started as a 1200x1200px white JPG. After 10 steps of replacing characters, various micro compositions are selected, highlighting macroblock artifacts.
#CBS Grammy Show: Unwatchable Pixelation
Dear #RCN (my cable company), free advice: cut the number of channels in half and stop compressing the living daylights out of live events. If this is 1080p, I'll go back to NTSC 525 interlaced in a heartbeat. The Grammys tonight are unwatchable. Can you say macroblock? The jig is up guys: H.264/MPEG4 can handle a lot better than the digital dreck you're broadcasting tonight.
I think I have the 1989 NBA All Star Game on VHS somewhere around here.... That might have only been 240 or so lines, but at least they were 240 clear lines.