System and method for image editing using an image stack
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1. A computer-implemented process for creating a composite image, comprising using a computer to perform the following process actions:
- inputting an image stack comprising a stack of original images, wherein the pixel position of each original image in the image stack is defined in a three dimensional coordinate system, and wherein two dimensions describe the dimensions of each image in the image stack, and the third dimension describes the time an image was captured;
applying one or more filters to the image stack to create one or more new intermediate images;
selecting one of the original images in the image stack or an intermediate image as a source image; and
selecting pixels from the source image to be added to a composite image to create a final composite image.
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Abstract
A system and method for editing images. A simple but powerful image stack is employed in creating an enhanced image from a stack of registered images. This paradigm combines pixels using multi-image operations on the image stack. Image Stacks can help create group photographs, create high dynamic range images, combine images captured under different lighting conditions, remove unwanted objects from images, and combine images captured at different times and with different focal lengths.
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38 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented process for creating a composite image, comprising using a computer to perform the following process actions:
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inputting an image stack comprising a stack of original images, wherein the pixel position of each original image in the image stack is defined in a three dimensional coordinate system, and wherein two dimensions describe the dimensions of each image in the image stack, and the third dimension describes the time an image was captured;
applying one or more filters to the image stack to create one or more new intermediate images;
selecting one of the original images in the image stack or an intermediate image as a source image; and
selecting pixels from the source image to be added to a composite image to create a final composite image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for compositing digital images, the system comprising:
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a general purpose computing device; and
a computer program comprising program modules executable by the computing device, wherein the computing device is directed by the program modules of the computer program to, input an image stack comprising a stack of original images, wherein the pixel position of each original image in the image stack is defined in an x, y, z coordinate system, where x and y define the width and height of each image in the image stack and z defines an image taken in time;
apply at least one filter to the image stack to create at least one intermediate images;
select at least one original image or at least one intermediate image to serve as a source image; and
select portions from the source image to be added to a composite image to create a final composite image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for editing an image, said computer executable instructions comprising:
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inputting an image stack comprising a stack of images, wherein the pixel position of each in the image stack is defined in a three dimensional coordinate system;
applying a filter to the image stack to create an intermediate images;
selecting one of the images in the image stack or an intermediate image to serve as a source image for creating a new composite image; and
selecting pixels from the source image to create a final composite image.
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29. A graphical user interface for creating a composite image, comprising:
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a source image window for displaying a source image derived from an image stack comprised of a stack of original images, wherein the pixel position of each original image in the image stack is defined in a three dimensional coordinate system, and wherein two dimensions of the three dimensional coordinate system describe the dimensions of each image in the image stack, and the third dimension describes a time a different image was captured; and
a composite image window wherein a composite image is displayed that is composed of parts of said source image that are transferred from the source image to the composite image by a user. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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