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Anti-aliasing
Photographs, as you know, are made from square pixels.
In a photograph, where there's an edge that isn't perfectly vertical or horizontal, the pixels jut out.
Look at the S on the left side, below.
You can see that it doesn't look sharp.
The S on the right side has had anti-aliasing applied.
Anti-aliasing adds tones and colors to make the edges appear to be smoother.
