How do I disable anti-aliasing in Compiz Zoom?

Question

When using the Zoom function of Compiz, the zoomed-in pixels are anti-aliased (smoothed), which I guess is helpful for accessibility, however I want to actually see an accurate representation of the pixels (for graphic design purposes). Is there a way to disable the anti-alias feature?

Answer 1

Which zoom plugin are you using?

Only 1 of them has options for linear filtering, so if you are using the Zoom Desktop plugin, disable Linear filter. You'll need CCSM for this sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager and possibly sudo apt-get install compiz-plugins-extra

Also make sure Bicubic filter is not enabled

Note

From this confirmed bug-report:

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz-plugins-extra/+bug/944407

This answer currently does not apply to 12.04 or later.