Method and apparatus for painting groups of objects

• US 7,391,422 B1
• Filed: 05/11/2000
• Issued: 06/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Asente, Paul J., Guinan, Frank, Tomack, Darin, Pettit, Teri
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, JIN CHENG
• Application Number:
  US09/569,166
• Time in Patent Office: 2,966 Days
• Field of Search: 345/441, 345/641, 345646-647, 715/863
• US Class Current: 345/581
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for processing digital artwork. In one aspect, the techniques process aggregations of artwork where both the aggregation and at least some of the aggregated artwork have attached styles. The techniques handle various combinations of conditions resulting in applying style elements to the aggregation before or after applying style elements to underlying artwork. In another aspect, the techniques implement editable path objects having multiple attached fills and/or strokes. The techniques provide user interfaces for using the foregoing features.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of editing digital illustration graphics comprising:

identifying a plurality of objects to be included in an aggregation, one or more of the objects including an individual object style, a style being a grouping of one or more operations to be applied to individual objects or groups of objects to produce a renderable result, the operations including a set of pre-paint operations and a set of paint operations as modified by the pre-paint operations;

aggregating the plurality of objects;

defining an aggregation style separate and independent from each individual object style, the aggregation style having a set of pre-paint operations and a set of paint operations, the aggregation style also including one or more attributes that define a visual appearance of the aggregation, and each individual object style including one or more attributes that define a visual appearance of the corresponding object, wherein each object in the aggregation is associated with two separate and independent styles, the aggregation style of the aggregation and the individual object style corresponding to the object, and wherein defining the aggregation style includes identifying a time to apply the individual object style corresponding to an object in the aggregation in relation to a time the aggregation style is to be applied to the object in the aggregation;

applying the aggregation style by applying at least one of the pre-paint or paint operations of the aggregation style to a first object in the plurality of objects before applying the pre-paint or paint operations of the individual object style to the first object; and

displaying a new representation of the plurality of objects in the aggregation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the action of applying the aggregation style comprises:

applying the pre-paint operations of the individual object style to the first object;

then applying the pre-paint operations of the aggregation style to the first object;

then applying the paint operations of the individual object style to the first object; and

then applying the paint operations of the aggregation style to the first object.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

attaching an effect to the aggregation style of the aggregation, the effect being an operation that is applied to an object having a visual appearance defined by source data to change the visual appearance without changing the source data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

automatically applying the effect to the aggregation whenever the aggregation is edited.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

substituting a content proxy for the effect, the content proxy operation representing a placeholder for one or more individual object styles of a corresponding object within the aggregation; and

performing the set of operations in order on the aggregation, including applying the content proxy operation at a time indicated by the order of the ordered set of operations.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

modifying the position of the content proxy in the order of operations in the set in response to a user input.

7. A computer readable storage medium storing thereon computer executable instructions for editing digital illustration graphics, to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

identifying a plurality of objects to be included in an aggregation, one or more of the objects including an individual object style, a style being a grouping of one or more operations to be applied to individual objects or groups of objects to produce a renderable result, the operations including a set of pre-paint operations and a set of paint operations as modified by the pre-paint operations;

aggregating the plurality of objects;

defining an aggregation style separate and independent from each individual object style, the aggregation style having a set of pre-paint operations and a set of paint operations, the aggregation style also including one or more attributes that define a visual appearance of the aggregation, and each individual object style including one or more attributes that define a visual appearance of the corresponding object, wherein each object in the aggregation is associated with two separate and independent styles, the aggregation style of the aggregation and the individual object style corresponding to the object, and wherein defining the aggregation style includes identifying a time to apply the individual object style corresponding to an object in the aggregation in relation to a time the aggregation style is to be applied to the object in the aggregation;

applying the aggregation style by applying at least one of the pre-paint or paint operations of the aggregation style to a first object in the plurality of objects before applying the pre-paint or paint operations of the individual object style to the first object; and

displaying a new representation of the plurality of objects in the aggregation.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the action of applying the aggregation style comprises:

applying the pre-paint operations of the individual object style to the first object;

then applying the pre-paint operations of the aggregation style to the first object;

then applying the paint operations of the individual object style to the first object; and

then applying the paint operations of the aggregation style to the first object.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7, operable to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

attaching an effect to the aggregation style of the aggregation, the effect being an operation that is applied to an object having a visual appearance defined by source data to change the visual appearance without changing the source data.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, operable to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

automatically applying the effect to the aggregation whenever the aggregation is edited.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, operable to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

substituting a content proxy for the effect, the content proxy operation representing a placeholder for one or more individual object styles of a corresponding object within the aggregation; and

performing the set of operations in order on the aggregation, including applying the content proxy operation at a time indicated by the order of the ordered set of operations.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, operable to cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

modifying the position of the content proxy in the order of operations in the set in response to a user input.

13. A graphical processing system for editing digital illustration graphics, comprising:

a display device;

one or more processors; and

a computer-readable storage device, comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to perform the following operations;

identifying a plurality of objects to be included in an aggregation, one or more of the objects including an individual object style, a style being a grouping of one or more operations to be applied to individual objects or groups of objects to produce a renderable result, the operations including a set of pre-paint operations and a set of paint operations as modified by the pre-paint operations;

aggregating the plurality of objects;

defining an aggregation style separate and independent from each individual object style, the aggregation style having a set of pre-paint operations and a set of paint operations, the aggregation style also including one or more attributes that define a visual appearance of the aggregation, and each individual object style including one or more attributes that define a visual appearance of the corresponding object, wherein each object in the aggregation is associated with two separate and independent styles, the aggregation style of the aggregation and the individual object style corresponding to the object, and wherein defining the aggregation style includes identifying a time to apply the individual object style corresponding to an object in the aggregation in relation to a time the aggregation style is to be applied to the object in the aggregation;

applying the aggregation style by applying at least one of the pre-paint or paint operations of the aggregation style to a first object in the plurality of objects before applying the pre-paint or paint operations of the individual object style to the first object; and

displaying a new representation of the plurality of objects in the aggregation on the display device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the action of applying the aggregation style comprises:

applying the pre-paint operations of the individual object style to the first object;

then applying the pre-paint operations of the aggregation style to the first object;

then applying the paint operations of the individual object style to the first object; and

then applying the paint operations of the aggregation style to the first object.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

attaching an effect to the aggregation style of the aggregation, the effect being an operation that is applied to an object having a visual appearance defined by source data to change the visual appearance without changing the source data.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

automatically applying the effect to the aggregation whenever the aggregation is edited.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

substituting a content proxy for the effect, the content proxy operation representing a placeholder for one or more individual object styles of a corresponding object within the aggregation; and

performing the set of operations in order on the aggregation, including applying the content proxy operation at a time indicated by the order of the ordered set of operations.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

modifying the position of the content proxy in the order of operations in the set in response to a user input.