| anti-aliasing |
| List of: | Glossary Items | |
| Subjects: | Image Output, Ray Tracing | |
| Contents: | Glossary | |
| Anti-aliasing techniques are applied in rendering to prevent or reduce aliased artifacts. For example, a curve displayed on a raster screen will appear jagged since the screen cannot physically display pixels in precisely the correct locations along that curve (aliasing). Anti-aliasing techniques alter the color and intensity of pixels immediately adjacent to the curve to create a visual blending effect which fools the viewer's eye into seeing a cleaner curve. | |||||