OBJECT-AWARE TRANSITIONS
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1. A method for generating an effect for an object on a slide, comprising:
- receiving an input assigning an effect to an object on a slide of a slideshow presentation; and
generating a derivative object associated with the object, wherein the derivative object comprises one or more attributes determined at least in part by one or more corresponding attributes of the object, wherein the derivative object is a separate and distinct object from the object.
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Abstract
Techniques for accomplishing slide transitions in a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, each object on a slide is individually manipulable during slide transitions. In certain embodiments, the presence of an object on both the outgoing and incoming slides may be taken into account during slide transition. Likewise, in certain embodiments, derivative objects, such as shadows or reflections, may be handled as distinct objects in generating a transition between slides.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for generating an effect for an object on a slide, comprising:
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receiving an input assigning an effect to an object on a slide of a slideshow presentation; and generating a derivative object associated with the object, wherein the derivative object comprises one or more attributes determined at least in part by one or more corresponding attributes of the object, wherein the derivative object is a separate and distinct object from the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for animating an object, comprising:
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determining that an object is present on an outgoing slide and on an incoming slide; determining that a derivative object associated with the object is present on the outgoing slide and on the incoming slide; generating a first animation transitioning the object from how it appears on the outgoing slide to how it appears on the incoming slide; generating a second animation transitioning the derivative object from how it appears on the outgoing slide to how it appears on the incoming slide; displaying the first animation and the second animation when transitioning between the outgoing slide and the incoming slide. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17)
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14. A method for animating transitions between slides of a computer-implemented slide show presentation, comprising:
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determining whether a derivative object is present on a first slide and on a second slide, wherein the derivative object represents an effect applied to a primary object; generating an animation path for the derivative object if the derivative object is present on both the first slide and the second slide, wherein the animation path animates a transition of the derivative object from the first slide to the second slide; and rendering the derivative object along the animation path during a slide transition. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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18. Computer-readable media comprising a computer program product, the computer program product comprising routines which, when executed on a processor, perform the following:
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matching a derived object present on a first slide with the derived object if present on a second slide of a multi-slide presentation, wherein the derived object is derived based upon a visual effect applied to an associated primary object; generating an animation that transitions the derived object from how the derived object appears on the first slide to how the derived object appears on the second slide; and displaying the animation when the first slide transitions to the second slide during the multi-slide presentation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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