ANIMATION TOOL
First Claim
1. A computer implemented animation tool provided in a client server architecture, the tool providing a graphical user interface via a browser window to a datastore on a server having a plurality of graphical elements which can be individually selected by the user stored thereon, and wherein the server configures the graphical user interface to define on a user client window a plurality of distinct regions, the regions including:
- a first region providing a worksheet area where a user can pick and place graphical elements for subsequent generation of an animation,a second region which is desirably dimensioned smaller than the first region providing graphical representations of each of a plurality of available graphical elements that are available for selection from the datastore,a third region also desirably dimensioned smaller than the first region and providing graphical representations of each of a plurality of graphical element effects that may be applied onto each of the graphical elements, andwherein the server is configured to be responsive to mouse action by a user at a client machine to enable the user to interface with each of the first, second and third regions to generate an animation for subsequent display.
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Abstract
An animation tool which is configured to enable a user to generate one or more animations for subsequent execution on a computer platform is described. The animation tool provides a plurality of graphical integers which a user can use to generate an animation. The graphical integers are divisible into graphical elements and graphical element effects, the effects being applied by a user onto an element and defining the viewing properties of that element.
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1. A computer implemented animation tool provided in a client server architecture, the tool providing a graphical user interface via a browser window to a datastore on a server having a plurality of graphical elements which can be individually selected by the user stored thereon, and wherein the server configures the graphical user interface to define on a user client window a plurality of distinct regions, the regions including:
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a first region providing a worksheet area where a user can pick and place graphical elements for subsequent generation of an animation, a second region which is desirably dimensioned smaller than the first region providing graphical representations of each of a plurality of available graphical elements that are available for selection from the datastore, a third region also desirably dimensioned smaller than the first region and providing graphical representations of each of a plurality of graphical element effects that may be applied onto each of the graphical elements, and wherein the server is configured to be responsive to mouse action by a user at a client machine to enable the user to interface with each of the first, second and third regions to generate an animation for subsequent display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer implemented animation methodology comprising:
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providing on a server a datastore having a plurality of graphical elements and graphical element effects stored thereon; providing a client web interface to the server, the client interface including a graphical user interface generated on a client machine and being responsive to mouse actions by a user at their client interface to allow the user to select one or more graphical elements and/or graphical element effects, the client interface generating a user specific session on the server for processing of the selected graphical elements and/or graphical element effects; enabling the user through action at the client machine to combine and manipulate selected graphical elements within the user specific session to generate an executable animation for subsequent storage and display.
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