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Anti-Aliasing is a method of fooling the eye that a jagged edge is really smooth. Anti-Aliasing is often referred in games and on graphics cards. In games especially the chance to smooth edges of the images goes a long way to creating a realistic 3D image on the screen. Remember though that Anti-Aliasing does not actually smooth any edges of images it merely fools the eye. Like a lot of things they are only designed to be good enough. If you can't tell the difference then that's fine. Lets take a look at the example below to demonstrate the effects of Anti-Aliasing.

The letter on the left is a blown up letter a with no anti-aliasing. The letter on the right has had anti-aliasing applied to it. In this blown up form it looks like its simply blurred but if we reduce the size down to a more standard size you may see the difference.

Now look closely at the two letters. You can still tell that the letter of the left is jagged but the letter on the right looks a lot smoother and less blurry than the example above. Remember I have only shrunk the image down back to normal size and have not altered anything else to the image at all. So as you can see, Anti-Aliasing brings a much more pleasing image to the eye. Something like what comes out of a high class printer rather than what you can be used to seeing when on a computer screen.

Why do we get jagged edges on our graphics?

Jagged edges are cause by limitations in a computer screen, whether that be a CRT or TFT/LCD screen its all the same. Monitors are capable or producing nearly perfect straight lines either horizontally or vertically, but when it comes to diagonal lines of any angle your monitor is not capable of producing a line without some jagged edge. This is because your screen is made up of pixels in a grid formation. When you draw a diagonal line on a computer screen it has to cross several grid lines, because pixels create blocks of colour diagonal lines displace these blocks slightly causing jagged edges, Check out the following example to see what happens on your screen.

To the left is a graphic on a grid of how we would draw a diagonal line on a grid. As you can to get a straight line we have to cross over the grid lines. To the right is a graphic of how a computer would draw the same line. As you can see the line is jagged. This is because the grid squares are pixels and half a pixel cannot be one colour and half the other. The pixel is red or white in this case.

Newer monitors are combating the problem themselves by decreasing the dot pitch. Dot pitch is the space between pixels. The closer the pixels the less jagged to lines appear. However while this can decrease the effects it can't solve them. Move on to page 2 to see how Anti-Aliasing works to fool your eye into thinking you have straight smooth edges.

Facebook Texas Hold'Em are most favourite game for some peoles facebook user. Here, in this page will inform you of various poker cheats on Facebook as they become available. A number of cheats come up for Facebook Zynga poker from time to time, and although these are periodically caught and blocked by Facebook, new ones are developed frequently.

Since cheats are developed frequently, the methods for gaining chips can vary. Sometimes, these cheats are simple methods to employ, while other times a hack can be used to add money to your poker account or make certain cards available more often. This page will provide links to current cheats and will provide information on the availability and consequences of using these cheats.

Aside from Facebook, Zynga Poker can also be played on MySpace and MyYahoo. The actual game is Texas Hold Em. In order to play Zynga Poker, players must have Adobe Flash. Players can acquire extra poker chips by accepting daily bonus chips sent by friends. The game also features contests like the Shoutout Grand Prize of the Week as well as a Weekly Tournament. In July of 2010 Facebook's Zynga Poker offered free chips and prizes during a "Summer Fun" hourly contest. Other prizes included items like a Zynga Poker t-shirt.

Facebook Poker Cheats
A common cheat used is the "ghost" cheat, whereby a player uses an alternate Facebook account to create a ghost player on his or her table. This way, the player has a higher chance of winning by playing as two or more players at the same time on the same table.

Several cheats and hacks have been developed to help players acquire poker chips more quickly than they are earned through normal gameplay. Be advised that these cheats are against the terms of service of each game, and using them puts your gaming account at risk. This page contains links to available cheats, but because the community and game developer monitor illicit activity, the cheats available may be limited and changed often.