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Is "pixelized" the norm somewhere? I'm used to "pixelated."

• jbn 6y ago
  could it be that the author's first language is not English? "pixelized" sounds like a literal translation of the French word for "pixelated".
  • roelschroeven 6y ago
    Judging from the author's username, he/she is almost certainly Dutch, and in Dutch we tend to use English terminology in most technical matters. But we don't always use it 100% correctly, so that could be a reason.
• FroshKiller 6y ago
  The way I use them, "pixelated" refers to images rendered to a target resolution in pixels. "Pixelized" refers to an image that is transformed to resemble pixel art of lower quality (in terms of resolution and color depth). A screen from Super Mario Bros is pixelated. That's what the art is supposed to look like. A screen from Broken Age running in Retro Mode is pixelized. The art isn't actually intended to look like that, and it's just for nostalgic effect.
• wiml 6y ago
  "pixelated" has a pre-existing meaning in English (discombobulated, airheaded, tipsy). An English speaker already familiar with the word might choose "pixelized" to avoid the collision.
  • FroshKiller 6y ago
    You're thinking of "pixilated," not "pixelated."