Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In computer graphics, the process of removing or reducing the jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so that the lines appear smooth or smoother.
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- noun computing any technique that reduces the appearance of jagged edges in digital images caused by high-contrast borders between pixels.
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- noun (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother
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Examples
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and it is very popular, to the extent where many people confuse the generic term "antialiasing" with the specific technique "multisampling"
Site Home Shawn Hargreaves - MSFT 2011
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By default, Catalyst allows applications to control settings such as antialiasing and anisotropic
Recently Uploaded Slideshows vbdotnetnrew 2010
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On the contrary, TDeint+doubleheight works quite well: results are similiar to "antialiasing", but there's a little definition loss.
Doom9's Forum 2009
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If you're going to create a custom UI anyway, why not use a little antialiasing? cdrudy raymondbug
Growl For Windows Adds Mac-Style Notifications | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Yes, with the jello shots and antialiasing, the footage inherantly needs to not be "jerky", however, there's now software out there that does remove moderate jello shots and fixes them.
Lucasfilm Tests Out HD Capable DSLR Cameras for Red Tails, Possibly Star Wars TV Series | /Film 2009
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If you're going to create a custom UI anyway, why not use a little antialiasing?
Growl For Windows Adds Mac-Style Notifications | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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It is, most assuredly, a major disaster though, I hadn't noticed the antialiasing before your comment..
Mike Jones: Mind The Gap Cosmo7 2009
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It eliminates all the roadblocks that desktop software brings because desktop software inevitably winds up on only a few desktops. myUdutu is extremely powerful, automates things like converting video to stream and antialiasing screenshots, etc. and has conditional branching and simulation building features that are more powerful than anything else on the market, yet very easy to use.
One prediction already on target Clive Shepherd 2008
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Perhaps the reason Georgia never caught on during the original Web boom is that it doesn't look nearly as good as Times when aliased, whereas antialiasing has become the norm now so the difference is not noticeable.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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Perhaps the reason Georgia never caught on during the original Web boom is that it doesn't look nearly as good as Times when aliased, whereas antialiasing has become the norm now so the difference is not noticeable.
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