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AssigneeMirror Software Corporation
InventorsRay A. Linford, Perin Blanchard
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Disclosed is an aesthetic imaging system (20) for use in editing digital images. The aesthetic imaging system includes an imaging program (21) that runs on a personal computer (28) having an image capture board (30), a monitor (32), a video source (34) for providing digital images to be edited by the aesthetic imaging system, and a pen and tablet 38 for use in editing the images. The imaging program includes a unique combination draw tool that includes a freehand draw mode, a curve mode and an undo mode that are available without cycling through menus. The combination draw tool may be used with any of the draw tools. Another feature of the imaging program is autoblend, a rectangular user interface that is invoked by each of the shape tools. The autoblend interface simplifies editing when using shape tools by consolidating the move, paste and blend, and paste without blending commands into a single, convenient interface.
In an aesthetic imaging system allowing the manipulation of digital images comprised of a plurality of pixels, a method of displaying an edited digital image corresponding to an original digital image wherein the edited digital image differs from the original digital image by at least one edit made to the original digital image, the aesthetic imaging system including a processor, a memory, a monitor, and means for controlling a cursor displayed on the monitor, the method comprising:
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