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Python | Antialiasing in Plotting

Python | Antialiasing in Plotting: In this tutorial, we will learn about the antialiasing in plotting and its Python implementation. By Anuj Singh Last updated : August 18, 2023

Antialiasing in Plotting

Antialiasing is another important feature of Matplotlib and in this article, we will review how to use this functionality. pyplot.antialiased() is an inbuilt function in matplotlib.pyplot which performs our required operation.

Syntax

line, = plt.plot(x, y, '-')
line.set_antialiased(False) # turn off antialiasing

Examples

Python program for antialiasing in plotting

# Data Visualization using Python
# Antialiasing

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

x = np.arange(50)
y = 60 + np.random.randint(50,70,50)

plt.figure()
plt.title('Antialiased OFF')
line, = plt.plot(x, y)
# turn off antialiasing
line.set_antialiased(False) 

plt.figure()
plt.title('Antialiased ON')
line, = plt.plot(x, y)
# turn on antialiasing
line.set_antialiased(True) 

Output:

Output is as figure