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Anti-aliasing

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In graphic design, anti-aliasing means: Smoothing jagged raster edges with intermediate pixel values.

In Turkish: kenar yumuşatma

How it is used

Use for edge rendering rather than recovery of missing image detail.

Example sentences

  1. Anti-aliasing softened the diagonal edge of the small icon.

    Intermediate pixels reduce the staircase appearance of the boundary.

  2. We disabled anti-aliasing for the deliberately blocky pixel artwork.

    Preserving hard pixel boundaries serves the intended visual style.

Common collocations

  • anti-aliasing settings
  • anti-aliased edge
  • raster imageA digital image made of a grid of tiny coloured squares called pixels, such as a photo. It has a fixed resolution, so it loses quality when enlarged too much.
  • resolutionThe amount of detail in a digital image, shown by how many pixels it has or how many pixels or dots fit into one inch. Print usually needs about 300 dpi at final size.

More terms: Image Formats & Resolution

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