PCMag

Real or AI? 7 Clues to Spot Fake Images Right Away

AI-generated images are getting scarily realistic, but there are still clear signs to help you spot the fakes.

Does your TV’s picture look too ‘smooth’ in movies? Here’s how to get rid of the dreaded ‘soap opera’ effect — and why it happens

Your TV may be causing the soap opera effect: these are the settings you need to adjust or turn off.
PCMag

Toucan Wireless Security Camera S4 Review: Sharp 2K Surveillance for Under $100

The Toucan S4 is an affordable, easy-to-install 2K wireless outdoor camera with solid video quality and basic smart features.
GitHub

Toward Generalized Image Quality Assessment: Relaxing the Perfect Reference Quality Assumption

(2025-09-15) The inference code of A-FINE is intergrated into the excellent PyIQA codeframe. Please find the detailed usage here. (2025-04-14) We release the DiffIQA dataset. (2025-04-14) We release ...
IEEE

No-Reference Image Quality Assessment: Exploring Intrinsic Distortion Characteristics via Generative Noise Estimation With Mamba

Abstract: In the field of no-reference image quality assessment (NR-IQA), the visual masking effect has long been a challenging issue. Although existing methods attempt to alleviate the interference ...
IEEE

Exploring Distortion Prior With Latent Diffusion Models for Remote Sensing Image Compression

Abstract: Learning-based image compression algorithms typically focus on designing encoding and decoding networks and improving the accuracy of entropy model estimation to enhance the rate-distortion ...