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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2006
Seema L. Ramchandani, Seattle, WA (US);
David C. Brown, Basingstoke, GB;
Mikhail M. Lyapunov, Woodinville, WA (US);
Seema L. Ramchandani, Seattle, WA (US);
David C. Brown, Basingstoke, GB;
Mikhail M. Lyapunov, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for improving output rendering in anti-aliased rendering scenarios. The system receives information regarding at least one visual element area which is important for symmetric appearance. The information can include at least one coordinate of a guideline that a client would like to be snapped towards a pixel grid. The system uses the information to perform a pixel snapping procedure to snap the points of visual element to a pixel grid to create an adjusted image. The adjusted image is rendered on a display device in an anti-aliased rendering scenario. APIs are provided for setting horizontal and vertical pixel snapping guidelines. The collections containing the snapping guidelines are accessed and used during the pixel snapping procedure.