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AssigneeIntergraph Corporation
InventorsGregory W. Netschke, Gabriel Cuellar, Gabriel Manana
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An apparatus and method of applying an effect to graphical data utilizes a graphics processor to apply the effect to a graphical image having the graphical data. To that end, the graphics processor is configured to process graphical data in accordance with a preselected graphics processing format, and the effect and graphical image are defined and converted, respectively, into the preselected graphics processing format. The graphics processor is controlled to apply the effect to the graphical image to produce an output graphical image. The output graphical image includes both the effect and the graphical image. The graphics processor may be a graphics accelerator card, and the graphics processing format may be the OPENGL™ application program interface.
A computer program product for use on a computer system for applying effects to graphical data on a computer system, the computer system having a graphics processor that is preconfigured to process graphical data in accordance with a preselected graphics processing format, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, the computer readable program code including:
An apparatus for applying effects to graphical data on a computer system, the computer system having a graphics processor that is preconfigured to process graphical data in accordance with a preselected graphics processing format, the apparatus comprising:
A method of applying effects to graphical data on a computer system, the computer system having a graphics processor that is preconfigured to process graphical data in accordance with a preselected graphics processing format, the method comprising:
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