Pixel-Aligned Drawing to Avoid Anti-Aliasing

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a target imaging device;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing program instructions executable by the one or more processors to implement:
• receiving artwork input comprising a first set of one or more graphical elements and a second set of one or more graphical elements, wherein the first set of one or more graphical elements comprises at least one horizontal or vertical line segment;
• automatically aligning each graphical element in the first set of one or more graphical elements to pixel boundaries based on a pixel resolution of the target imaging device, wherein the one or more graphical elements in the second set are not moved to conform to the pixel boundaries;
• applying an anti-aliasing function to generate a selectively anti-aliased artwork based on the artwork input, wherein applying the anti-aliasing function comprises 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;
• and
• displaying the selectively anti-aliased artwork on the target imaging device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing program instructions computer-executable to implement:

• receiving artwork input comprising a first set of one or more graphical elements and a second set of one or more graphical elements, wherein the first set of one or more graphical elements comprises at least one horizontal or vertical line segment:
• automatically aligning each graphical element in the first set of one or more graphical elements to pixel boundaries based on a pixel resolution of a target imaging device, wherein the one or more graphical elements in the second set are not moved to conform to the pixel boundaries;
• applying an anti-aliasing function to generate a selectively anti-aliased artwork based on the artwork input, wherein applying the anti-aliasing function comprises 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;
• and
• displaying the selectively anti-aliased artwork on the target imaging device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing program instructions computer-executable to implement:

• receiving input comprising a first set of one or more graphical elements and a second set of one or more graphical elements, wherein the first set of one or more graphical elements comprises at least one horizontal or vertical line segment;
• automatically aligning the at least one horizontal or vertical line segment to a pixel boundary;
• selectively applying an anti-aliasing function to generate a selectively anti-aliased artwork based on the input, by ignoring or bypassing horizontal and vertical line segments that are aligned to pixel boundaries;
• and
• providing for display the selectively anti-aliased output on a target imaging device.