RE: [PHP-DEV] ImageAntialias

Greg Trounson wrote: > Actually I propose a new method for antialiasing: > > bool imageantialias ( resource im, bool on, int MODE ) > > where MODE is one of: > > AA_TRADITIONAL - Perform antialiasing the same way it's done > now - that is to use a different antialiasing function for > each primitive, most of which haven't yet been implemented. > > AA_SCALE - Draw the image to an internal buffer at 2x the > requested size, using regular non-antialiased primitives, and > downscale the result to the requested size with bilinear > filtering. This produces nice antialiased images with very > little duplication of code across primitives. Line thickness > may need to be doubled to give the right effect. > > AA_TEXT - Draw/downsample the image as above, but omit text > objects until after the image has been downsampled. This > allows for clearer but non-antialiased text. Ugh. Painful short-term remedies... I understand the frustration, but given the excellent progress made lately on GD, both by Boutell-folk and the internal GD maintainer(s), IMHO I think it'd be better to wait until GD handles anti-aliasing properly. Best, Mike Robinson