An evaluation of Error Level Analysis in image forensics

The advancement in digital image tampering has encouraged studies in the image forensics fields. The image tampering can be found over various image formats such as Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG). JPEG is the most common format that supported by devices and applications. Therefore, researchers have been studying the implementation of JPEG algorithm in the image forensics. In this paper, the Error Level Analysis (ELA) technique was evaluated with different types of image tampering, including JPEG compression, image splicing, copy-move and image retouching. From the experiment, the ELA showed reliability with JPEG compression, image splicing and image retouching forgery.