Smoothing a staircase

1. Can you modify a staircase?
2. What is staircase effect in image processing?

Can you modify a staircase?

Moving or altering your staircase might sound like a huge undertaking, but most staircases are simply pieces of joinery and they can often be adapted or replaced more easily than you might think.

What is staircase effect in image processing?

staircase effect, namely, the transformation of smooth re- gions into piecewise constants, which may produce un- desirable blocky images. Since ROF model is strictly. convex, it has a unique minimal solution.