Re: anti aliased

by "Ramon Bartschat" <bartschat(at)goldnet.sk>

Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:46:57 +0100
To:	"corey Playmore" <blckhrt_panther(at)yahoo.com>, <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
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>sorry guys this is my dumbest q but hey gotta learn
>sometime.
>
>what's anti aliased?


Anti-Aliasing is a technique that uses color to create the illusion of
smooth edges on a display that uses square pixels.

In other words:
Anti-Aliasing is a technique for smoothing out the display of diagonal and
curved lines and edges on a low-resolution computer screen.

Usually Anti-Aliasing makes your art, especially type and line art, look
better. Sometimes it makes it look worse. Most drawing programs give you
control over anti-aliasing and you can disable it when it causes problems.

In plain english:
Anti aliasing reduces that "jaggy" look in images. (That "stairstep" pattern
in diagonal lines for example)

;-)
R. Bartschat

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