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# Oh yeah,
what is anti-aliasing? I see it in Fireworks, but I don't know what it means :S
(I helped save b3ta! Christian Bale of Hay in a field, Mon 8 Mar 2004, 17:44, archived)
# well
it takes away the blockyness from lines when they are a)not straght, b)at any angle that is not 90 or 180 degress.

basically it smoooths the edges
(I helped save b3ta! Darkedge, Mon 8 Mar 2004, 17:49, archived)
# Ah ok. Thanks :)
(I helped save b3ta! Christian Bale of Hay in a field, Mon 8 Mar 2004, 17:50, archived)
# the problem with it is
on straight lines (i.e. flat along x/y axis) there's no need for it, yet it's still applied, making the line look blurry.
(I helped save b3ta! NomDePlume fo shizzle my nizzle old bean, Mon 8 Mar 2004, 17:54, archived)
# It's a technique to remove pixellisation on lines
typically curves or diagonal lines on screen.

In the example of a black line on white background, instead of each pixel being either white or black, some different shades of grey will be used to stop the 'step' effect you get otherwise.

There's a good example if you look at: images.google.com/images?q=anti-aliasing&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

(I helped save b3ta! Pope Shax XIII uses Visio for picture editing, does it show?, Mon 8 Mar 2004, 17:49, archived)