METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM ANIMATION SMOOTHING
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1. A method comprising:
- determining an estimated drawing time associated with each of a plurality of frames of an animation;
calculating a metric based on the estimated drawing time associated with each of the plurality of frames; and
updating an assumed frame time based on the metric.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to perform animation smoothing are disclosed. An example method includes determining an estimated drawing time associated with each of a plurality of frames of an animation, calculating a metric based on the estimated drawing time associated with each of the plurality of frames, and updating an assumed frame time based on the metric.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining an estimated drawing time associated with each of a plurality of frames of an animation; calculating a metric based on the estimated drawing time associated with each of the plurality of frames; and updating an assumed frame time based on the metric. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a frame set generator to generate a plurality of frames of an animation; a difference evaluator to determine differences between first ones of the frames and corresponding second ones of the frames; and a drawing time updater to determine estimated drawing times based on the differences, to calculate a metric based on the estimated drawing times, and to update an assumed frame time based on the metric. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A presenter, comprising:
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a slide processor to receive information regarding first and second slides, to generate a sequence of frames to animate a change between the first slide and the second slide, to determine a drawing time for each of the frames, and to update the drawing time for at least one of the frames based on a drawing time for another one of the frames; and a slide drawer to receive an updated drawing time and to draw the sequence of frames using the updated drawing time for the corresponding at least one of the frames. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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