| Artifact | Where it appears | How to spot | |----------|----------------|--------------| | Banding | Smooth portal gradients | Visible concentric rings instead of smooth color transitions | | Ringing | Around Rick’s lab coat or sharp character edges | “Echo” lines near high-contrast boundaries | | Blocking | Dark scenes (prison cell) | 8×8 or 16×16 visible squares in shadows | | Blurring | Fast motion (parasite swarm) | Loss of fine details like parasite eyes or teeth |
Here’s a technical and analytical write-up on , focusing specifically on the h265 (HEVC) encode — its advantages, scene-specific artifacts, and why this episode is a stress test for any encoder. rick and morty s03e01 h265