Method and apparatus for tilting by applying effects to a number of computer-generated characters
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1. A method of applying effects to a number of computer-generated characters, the method comprising:
- defining an effect for a first character and a second character;
displaying, on a display device of a computer, a commencement of an application of the effect to the first character; and
after starting the display of the commencement of the application of the effect to the first character, displaying, on the display device of the computer, a commencement of an application of the effect to the second character,wherein the application of the effect to a particular character comprises displaying a movement of the particular character, wherein the effect is applied for a same amount of time to each character such that there is a first period of time when the first character and the second character are both moving and a second period of time when the second character is still moving after the first character stops moving.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for presenting computer-generated characters. The method defines several frames for a character and sequentially presents the frames. Each frame depicts a particular representation of the character. Also, at least two of the frames provide different representations of the character. Some embodiments provide a method for applying effects to computer-generated characters. This method applies an effect to the computer-generated characters by first generating an effect script. It then selects the generated effect script to apply to the computer-generated characters.
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1. A method of applying effects to a number of computer-generated characters, the method comprising:
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defining an effect for a first character and a second character; displaying, on a display device of a computer, a commencement of an application of the effect to the first character; and after starting the display of the commencement of the application of the effect to the first character, displaying, on the display device of the computer, a commencement of an application of the effect to the second character, wherein the application of the effect to a particular character comprises displaying a movement of the particular character, wherein the effect is applied for a same amount of time to each character such that there is a first period of time when the first character and the second character are both moving and a second period of time when the second character is still moving after the first character stops moving. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable medium storing a titling application for defining titles, the titling application comprising sets of instructions for:
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receiving, through a user interface of the titling application, a set of characters as a title, the set of characters comprising at least a first character and a second character; receiving, through the user interface of the titling application, a selection of an effect to apply to the first character and the second character; receiving, through the user interface of the titling application, a time delay value for commencing an application of the effect to the second character after commencing an application of the effect to the first character; applying the effect to the first character; and after the user-specified time delay has passed from the start of the application of the effect to the first character, applying the effect to the second character, wherein applying the effect to a particular character comprises displaying a movement of the particular character. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for applying effects to a number of computer-generated characters comprising a first character and a second character, the method comprising:
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displaying, on a display device of a computer, an application of an effect to the first character to produce a movement of the first character; and after commencing the display of the application of the effect to the first character, displaying, on the display device of the computer, an application of the effect to the second character to produce a movement of the second character, wherein, after the application of the effect to the first character and before the application of the effect to the second character, the second character does not move while the first character moves, wherein for a period of time after the application of the effect to the second character both characters move. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A computer readable medium storing a computer program for applying effects to a number of computer-generated characters comprising a first character and a second character, the computer program comprising a set of instructions for:
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displaying an application of an effect to the first character to produce a movement of the first character; and after commencing the display of the application of the effect to the first character, displaying an application of the effect to the second character to produce a movement of the second character, wherein the second character does not move after the application of the effect to the first character and before the application of the effect to the second character, wherein immediately after the application of the effect to the second character both the first character and the second character are moving. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method of applying effects to a number of computer-generated characters, the method comprising:
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defining an effect for a first character and a second character; displaying, on a display device of a computer, a commencement of an application of the effect to the first character; and after a time delay from the commencement of the application of the effect to the first character, displaying, on the display device of the computer, a commencement of an application of the effect to the second character, wherein the time delay is based on a threshold value that is representative of a completion percentage of the application of the effect to the first character, wherein the completion percentage is less than a hundred percent. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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