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What’s the difference between rasterization and rendering?

Can anybody explain how rendering differs from rasterization especially in the context of font rendering (why not font rasterization)?

Can rendering be called a special technique (like greyscale rendering and subpixel rendering) before the rasterizer rasterizes the image?

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user1706680 Avatar asked Apr 03 '13 19:04

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Rendering is a broad term that generally means transforming computer-readable information, for example objects in a 3d scene, to one or more images.

Rasterization is a more specific term that typically means the process of transforming a vector (curve based) image to a rasterized (pixel based) image.

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Michael Pratt Avatar answered Sep 26 '22 03:09

Michael Pratt