1. An error correction method, comprising: receiving fingerprint image information including a set of swatches; matching a first one of the swatches and a second one of the swatches at an edge; determining a measure of fingerprint image manipulation responsive to an amount of individual swatch error and an amount of edge stitching error, the determining comprising: determining the amount of individual swatch error that would be present before and after each one of a set of possible operations of manipulating the fingerprint image information; and determining the amount of edge stitching error that would be present before and after each one of the set of possible operations of manipulating the fingerprint image information; and manipulating the fingerprint image information based on one or more determined values of the measures.