Automatically selected adjusters

• US 8,233,707 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2011
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Chien, Jen-Chan, Ault, Joseph, Byer, Scott, Pawliger, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, KANJIBHAI B
• Application Number:
  US13/079,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20110182511A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 382/162, 382/167, 382/254, 382/274, 382/275, 382/305, 382/311, 382/312, 345/354, 345/418, 345/427, 345/589, 345/593, 345/594, 345/600, 345/617, 345/673, 348/272, 348/577, 358/1.9, 358/500, 358/518, 358/520, 358/521, 715/209
• US Class Current: 382/162
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/62 Retouching, i.e. modification of isolated colours only or in isolated picture areas only

Abstract

Automatically selected adjusters are described, including selecting an area of an image, determining a characteristic of the area, and selecting an adjuster of a set of adjusters based on the characteristic of the area.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying a grayscale rendering of a color image;

receiving input to the displayed grayscale rendering to select an area of the grayscale rendering of the color image;

determining a color characteristic of an area of the color image in response to the receiving the input to the displayed grayscale rendering,

wherein the area of the color image corresponds to the selected area of the grayscale rendering; and

selecting an adjuster from a plurality of adjusters based on the color characteristic of the area of the color image,

wherein each adjuster in the plurality of adjusters is capable of accepting adjusting input to adjust the grayscale rendering based on a corresponding characteristic of the color image.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving adjusting input to the adjuster; and

in response to the receiving the adjusting input, changing the grayscale rendering of the color image to reflect the adjusting input.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the adjuster adjusts a characteristic of the grayscale rendering that is not based on color.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the characteristic is one of brightness or intensity.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting all adjusters of the plurality of adjusters; and

locking together all adjusters,

wherein the locking together comprises applying an adjustment made to any adjuster of the plurality of adjusters to all adjusters.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a subset of adjusters of the plurality of adjusters,

wherein the adjuster is one of the subset of adjusters; and

locking together every adjuster of the subset of adjusters,

wherein the locking together comprises applying an adjustment made to any adjuster of the subset of adjusters to every adjuster of the subset of adjusters.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the determining a color characteristic comprises determining a hue angle for a color of the area of the color image.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining a range of hue angles within which the hue angle lies,

wherein the range of hue angles is one of a plurality of ranges of hue angles, and

wherein the selecting the adjuster is further based on the determining the range of hue angles within which the hue angle lies.

9. The method of claim 8,

wherein a range of the range of hue angles is adjustable by a user.

10. The method of claim 8,

wherein the range of hue angles overlaps with another of the plurality of ranges of hue angles.

11. The method of claim 8,

wherein the area of the image comprises a group of pixels, and

wherein the determining the hue angle comprises applying a function to color characteristics of the group of pixels.

12. The method of claim 11,

wherein the function is one of a non-linear weighting, a center weighting, or a median.

13. The method of claim 8,

wherein each of the plurality of ranges of hue angles corresponds to one of the plurality of adjusters.

14. The method of claim 8,

wherein if the hue angle is undefined, the adjuster allows a user to adjust brightness or intensity.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions perform a method comprising:

displaying a grayscale rendering of a color image;

receiving input to the displayed grayscale rendering to select an area of the grayscale rendering of the color image;

determining a color characteristic of an area of the color image in response to the receiving the input to the displayed grayscale rendering,

wherein the area of the color image corresponds to the selected area of the grayscale rendering; and

selecting an adjuster from a plurality of adjusters based on the color characteristic of the area of the color image,

wherein each adjuster in the plurality of adjusters is capable of accepting adjusting input to adjust the grayscale rendering based on a corresponding characteristic of the color image.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15,

wherein the determining a color characteristic comprises determining a hue angle for a color of the area of the color image.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising:

determining a range of hue angles within which the hue angle lies,

wherein the range of hue angles is one of a plurality of ranges of hue angles, and

wherein the selecting the adjuster is further based on the determining the range of hue angles within which the hue angle lies.

18. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to one of the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores program instructions, wherein when the program instructions are executed, the program instructions perform a method comprising;

displaying a grayscale rendering of a color image;

receiving input to the displayed grayscale rendering to select an area of the grayscale rendering of the color image;

determining a color characteristic of an area of the color image in response to the receiving the input to the displayed grayscale rendering,

wherein the area of the color image corresponds to the selected area of the grayscale rendering; and

selecting an adjuster from a plurality of adjusters based on the color characteristic of the area of the color image,

wherein each adjuster in the plurality of adjusters is capable of accepting adjusting input to adjust the grayscale rendering based on a corresponding characteristic of the color image.

19. The system of claim 18,

wherein the determining a color characteristic comprises determining a hue angle for a color of the area of the color image.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

determining a range of hue angles within which the hue angle lies,

wherein the range of hue angles is one of a plurality of ranges of hue angles, and

wherein the selecting the adjuster is further based on the determining the range of hue angles within which the hue angle lies.