Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To reduce the resolution of (a digital image) by replacing groups of pixels whose values are different with groups of pixels whose values are the same, typically the minimum, maximum, or average value of the original pixels in that group. Images can be pixelated intentionally or as the accidental result of enlarging an image too far.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To divide an
image intopixels , or to display an image in pixels - verb To
transform an image into large pixels in order tohide anidentity
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Examples
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They can't put you in a magazine unless they pixelate the kids' faces.
Gwyneth: 'People Are So Mean To Me' Katy Hall 2011
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They can't put you in a magazine unless they pixelate the kids' faces.
Gwyneth Paltrow In Harper's Bazaar UK: 'People Are So Mean To Me' Katy Hall 2011
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Sky Sports News later chose to pixelate Rooney's mouth when they screened the reruns of the celebration.
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney set to escape ban for volley of abuse 2011
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They can't put you in a magazine unless they pixelate the kids' faces.
Gwyneth: 'People Are So Mean To Me' Katy Hall 2011
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Streaming tends to artifact (pixelate) a lot, older films look fuzzy (my mom states that watching Gone with the Wind on blu-ray was superior to having seen it in the theater when she was younger), sound quality tends to be limited, there are no extras.
How Dead Is the Video Rental Business? » DVDs Worth Watching 2010
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They can't put you in a magazine unless they pixelate the kids' faces.
Gwyneth: 'People Are So Mean To Me' Katy Hall 2011
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Report analyze the color content of the title side and pixelate the roof of your neighbors house with a photo montage of your favorite child or pet at play.
Advisor: What should I do with my high school CD collection? Boing Boing 2010
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They can't put you in a magazine unless they pixelate the kids' faces.
Gwyneth: 'People Are So Mean To Me' Katy Hall 2011
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Realising that he could never presume to picture the deaths as if he were a direct witness, John Goto instead uses a piece of picture-editing software commonly used to pixelate photographs, to filter images from the conflict and transform them into large-scale digital abstracts with all the melancholic grace of a Paul Klee or Sean Scully painting.
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"I did not pixelate anything, I did not photoshop anything," said the gossipmonger.
Perez Hilton Unapologetic About Miley Cyrus Controversy 2010
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