Definitions

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  • verb computing to convert an image into a grid of points, such as a bitmap, for display or printing

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb convert (an image) into pixels

Etymologies

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raster +‎ -ize

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Examples

  • If you have Photoshop skills, render the dingbat right click on the layer and select ‘rasterize’ as a 300dpi graphic about 11"x17" in size.

    HOW TO: Decorate with Dingbats | Thingamababy 2005

  • Indesign CS5.5 now has two methods of embedding covers: rasterize first page and Use Existing Image File.

    Ars Technica Dave Girard 2011

  • Indesign CS5.5 now has two methods of embedding covers: rasterize first page and Use Existing Image File.

    Ars Technica Dave Girard 2011

  • The Canvas tag, he said, can be used to rasterize images, allowing them to be presented as simple static pictures rather than scalable mathematically delineated objects.

    SD Times Latest News 2010

  • Other solutions on the market flatten and rasterize the entire page or document and are limited to CMYK only documents.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox Callas Software GmbH 2010

  • I've been told to rasterize the layer, and then go to Edit >

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • You have to rasterize content in order to get suitable navigation fluidity.

    Planet Geospatial Brian Hearn 2010

  • More than 3D vertices, OpenGL needs data to be sent as triangles (among other things because they are easy to rasterize).

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • More than 3D vertices, OpenGL needs data to be sent as triangles (among other things because they are easy to rasterize).

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • Using the iPhone's hardware 3D acceleration was a requirement, and it should be easy -- when I did the second generation mobile renderer (written originally in java) it was layered on top of a class I named TinyGL that did the transform / clip / rasterize operations fairly close to OpenGL semantics, but in fixed point and with both horizontal and vertical rasterization options for perspective correction.

    Joystiq 2009

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