Digital imaging of granular media in graphics applications
AssigneeCorel Corporation
InventorStephen Bolt
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Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method to display a graphical user interface (GUI) of a graphics application, receive a selection of a first granular medium tool (GMT), receive a first input associated with the first GMT, the first input comprising one or more first input values characterizing placement of a first amount of a granular medium (GM) on a virtual drawing canvas, access one or more settings of the first GMT, determine, using the one or more first input values and the one or more settings, a first spatial distribution of the first amount of the GM on the virtual drawing canvas, and display, on the GUI, a first image corresponding to the first spatial distribution of the first amount of the GM.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- displaying, by a processing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) of a graphics application;
- receiving a selection of a first granular medium tool (GMT) relating to a granular medium comprising at least one of particulate matter and granular matter;
- receiving a first input associated with the first GMT, the first input comprising one or more first input values characterizing placement of a first amount of the granular medium on a virtual drawing canvas;
- accessing one or more settings of the first GMT relating to properties of the at least one of particulate matter and granular matter within the granular medium;
- determining, by the processing device, using the one or more first input values and the one or more settings, a set of spatial distributions of the first amount of the granular medium on the virtual drawing canvas;
- and
- displaying, on the GUI, a first image corresponding to the set of spatial distributions of the first amount of the granular medium;
- wherein
- the set of spatial distributions comprises:
- a first spatial distribution of the at least one of particulate matter and granular matter within that portion of the first amount of the granular medium placed on the virtual drawing canvas that is fixed to the virtual drawing canvas;
- and
- a second spatial distribution of the at least one of particulate matter and granular matter within a remainder of the first amount of the granular medium placed on the virtual drawing canvas that is not fixed to the virtual drawing canvas;
- and
- the portion of the first amount of the granular medium placed on the virtual drawing canvas that is fixed to the virtual drawing canvas is determined in dependence upon at least of:
- a degree of friction of the at least one of particulate matter and granular matter within the granular medium and the virtual drawing canvas;
- and
- a degree of adhesion of the at least one of particulate matter and granular matter within the granular medium and the virtual drawing canvas.
A method comprising:
- displaying, by a processing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) of a graphics application;
- receiving a selection of a first granular medium tool (GMT) relating to a granular medium comprising at least one of particulate matter and granular matter;
- receiving a first input associated with the first GMT, the first input comprising one or more first input values characterizing placement of a first amount of the granular medium on a virtual drawing canvas;
- accessing one or more settings of the first GMT relating to properties of the at least one of particulate matter and granular matter within the granular medium;
- determining, by the processing device, using the one or more first input values and the one or more settings, a set of spatial distributions of the first amount of the granular medium on the virtual drawing canvas;
- and
- displaying, on the GUI, a first image corresponding to the set of spatial distributions of the first amount of the granular medium;
- wherein
- the set of spatial distributions comprises:
- a first spatial distribution of the at least one of particulate matter and granular matter within that portion of the first amount of the granular medium placed on the virtual drawing canvas that is fixed to the virtual drawing canvas;
- and
- a second spatial distribution of the at least one of particulate matter and granular matter within a remainder of the first amount of the granular medium placed on the virtual drawing canvas that is not fixed to the virtual drawing canvas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.