US 10,832,412 B2 · Interactive region coloring

Abstract

Interactive region coloring techniques as implemented by a computing device are described to provide a user with the tactile experience of coloring in a region with digital paint, while at the same time allowing the user to manually fill the region with digital paint with more apparent skill and precision than they may input. For each of multiple pixels on the digital medium, the system obtains one or both of a distance value that indicates a distance to a nearby point (e.g., the closest point) on an outline on the digital medium and a direction value that indicates a direction to the nearby point on the outline. A manner in which the digital paint is applied to the region (e.g., forces affecting paint flow, dynamically adjusting brush size or position) is determined based on one or both of the distance value and the direction value.

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Dependent claims

In a digital medium painting environment, a method implemented by at least one computing device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the at least one computing device, a user input selecting a location to apply digital paint to a region of a digital medium, the region being surrounded at least in part by an outline that is a set of one or more lines;
determining, by the at least one computing device, a nearby point on the outline that is within a threshold number of pixels of being a closest point spatially on the outline to the location;
obtaining, by the at least one computing device, a distance value identifying a spatial distance from the location to the nearby point on the outline;
determining, by the at least one computing device, a manner in which the digital paint is applied to the region based at least in part on the distance value;
and
displaying, by the at least one computing device, the region with the digital paint applied in the determined manner.

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In a digital medium painting environment, a system comprising:

a distance/direction determination module implemented at least partially in hardware of a computing device to determine a nearby point on an outline surrounding a region that is within a threshold number of pixels of being a closest point spatially on the outline to a user selected location and to obtain a distance value identifying a spatial distance from the location to the nearby point, the outline being a set of one or more lines;
one or more additional modules implemented at least partially in hardware to determine a manner in which the digital paint is applied to the region based at least in part on the distance value;
and
a display device to display the region with the digital paint applied in the determined manner.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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