System and method for image editing using visual rewind operation
US9672646B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 28, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B27/34
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for performing a visual rewind operation in an image editing application may include capturing, compressing, and storing image data and interaction logs and correlations between them. The stored information may be used in a visual rewind operation, during which a sequence of frames (e.g., an animation) depicting changes in an image during image editing operations is displayed in reverse order. In response to navigating to a point in the animation, data representing the image state at that point may be reconstructed from the stored data and stored as a modified image or a variation thereof. The methods may be employed in an image editing application to provide a partial undo operation, image editing variation previewing, and/or visually-driven editing script creation. The methods may be implemented as stand-alone applications or as program instructions implementing components of a graphics application, executable by a CPU and/or GPU.
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