Method and apparatus for generating an artificial shadow in a two dimensional color image
US5739819A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/60
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for carrying out the method for generating an artificial shadow in a two dimensional color image. The method includes the steps of providing a shadow scenes library, each shadow scene representing at least one artificial shadow orientation with respect to an object forming the shadow, receiving a user input, the user selecting one of the shadow scenes and an object in the two dimensional image to be shadowed, and forming an artificial shadow to the object to be shadowed in accordance with the selected shadow scene.
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