Pixel-aligned drawing to avoid anti-aliasing

• Main Authors: Macy David Gideon, Goel Paresh, Budhiraja Rajesh, Acharya Kallol
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.11.2017
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS

A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for boundary-aligned anti-aliasing. In one embodiment, artwork input comprising a first set of one or more graphical elements and a second set of one or more graphical elements may be received. The first set may comprise at least one horizontal or vertical line segment. Each graphical element in the first set of one or more graphical elements may be automatically aligned to pixel boundaries based on a pixel resolution of a target imaging device. An anti-aliasing function may be applied to generate a selectively anti-aliased artwork based on the artwork input. Applying the anti-aliasing function may comprise applying anti-aliasing effects to the second set of one or more graphical elements and not to the first set of one or more graphical elements. The selectively anti-aliased artwork may be displayed on the target imaging device.