anti-aliased
Pixels blended seamlessly
Anti-aliased describes digital images or text that have been smoothed to reduce the jagged, stair-stepped appearance that occurs when curved or diagonal lines are rendered on a pixel grid.
The technique blends edge pixels with surrounding colors to create the illusion of smoother transitions: The anti-aliased font looks much cleaner on screen.
Also spelled antialiased.
Pixelated edge distortion
- pixelationVisible square artifacts
- stairsteppingAscending in increments
- moireRippled textile finish
- bandingAdding decorative strips
shimmering · crawling · flickering · noise · fringing · ringing · haloing · sawtooth
Interpretive depiction or performance
- rasterizationConverting to pixel grid
- bitmapPixel-based image format
- vectorQuantity with direction
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
texture · shader · framebuffer · pixel · display · screen · font · typography
Excess resolution for smoothness
- multisamplingAveraging multiple pixel samples
- subpixelPixel's colored subdivision
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- interpolationEstimating between known values
dithering · oversampling · resampling · bilinear · anisotropic · post-processing · convolution
jaggies
Pixelated edge distortion
- pixelationVisible square artifacts
- stairsteppingAscending in increments
- moireRippled textile finish
banding · shimmering · crawling · flickering · noise · fringing · ringing · haloing · sawtooth
rendering
Interpretive depiction or performance
- rasterizationConverting to pixel grid
- bitmapPixel-based image format
- vectorQuantity with direction
resolution · texture · shader · framebuffer · pixel · display · screen · font · typography · edge detection
supersampling
Excess resolution for smoothness
- multisamplingAveraging multiple pixel samples
- subpixelPixel's colored subdivision
- filteringSelective passage of elements
interpolation · dithering · oversampling · resampling · bilinear · anisotropic · post-processing · convolution
smooth
Without roughness or difficulty
refined · softened · blended · seamless · gradual · feathered · soft edges · natural · professional · finished