verb
- present participle of pixelate; to display or render an image in pixels, or to blur an image by enlarging pixels to obscure detail
Usage: computing/digital media; often used in photography, video, and graphic design
Examples
- The software is pixellating the video to protect the witness's identity.
- Pixellating sensitive information in screenshots is a common privacy practice.
- The artist created a mosaic effect by pixellating the photograph.
- When you zoom in too far on a digital image, you end up pixellating it.
- The camera was pixellating faces automatically in the security footage.
- She used a filter for pixellating the background of her video call.