<dd><pclass="first last">An instance of a subclass of
<aclass="reference internal" href="backend_bases_api.html#matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase" title="matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">RendererBase</span></code></a> that will be used for the
<codeclass="descname">start_rasterizing</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed.MixedModeRenderer.start_rasterizing" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Enter “raster” mode. All subsequent drawing commands (until
stop_rasterizing is called) will be drawn with the raster
backend.</p>
<p>If start_rasterizing is called multiple times before
stop_rasterizing is called, this method has no effect.</p>
<codeclass="descname">stop_rasterizing</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_mixed.MixedModeRenderer.stop_rasterizing" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Exit “raster” mode. All of the drawing that was done since
the last start_rasterizing command will be copied to the
vector backend by calling draw_image.</p>
<p>If stop_rasterizing is called multiple times before
start_rasterizing is called, this method has no effect.</p>