Depicting hierarchically related graphical components
AssigneeAutodesk, Inc.
InventorsDaniel D. Silva, Gary S. Yost, Phillip Miller
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Abstract
A mechanism for depicting a plurality of graphical components is provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, a graphical component hierarchy is displayed. A graphical component hierarchy includes graphic nodes that each correspond to a graphical component, links between graphic nodes, and images associated with graphic nodes. A link between graphical components represent manipulations performed between the graphical components. The graphical component hierarchy includes images for each graphical component, graphically representing how they affect a final image at various stages.
Claims20
A method of visually depicting how individual components of an image affect the appearance of the image, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying, in a graphical hierarchy, a graphic node for each of a plurality of graphical components that affect the appearance of the image, wherein links between said graphic nodes represent manipulations performed on respective graphical components to produce said image, wherein the step of displaying in a graphical hierarch includes:
- displaying at least one parent graphic node liked to a plurality of child graphic nodes, wherein the parent graphic node represents a parent graphical component associated with said image and the plurality of child graphic nodes each represent a child graphical component that affects the appearance of said image;
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- displaying as part of said parent graphic node said image in a manner that reflects results of manipulations that correspond to the links between the parent graphic node and the plurality of child graphic nodes.
A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for visually depicting how individual components of an image affect the appearance of the image, the one or more sequences of one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
- displaying, in a graphical hierarchy, a graphic node for each of a plurality of graphical components that affect the appearance of the image, wherein links between said graphic nodes represent manipulations performed on respective graphical components to produce said image, wherein the step of displaying in a graphical hierarchy includes:
- displaying at least one parent graphic node linked to a plurality of child graphic nodes, wherein the parent graphic node represents a parent graphical component associated with said image and the plurality of child graphic nodes each represent a child graphical component that affects the appearance of said image;
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- displaying as part of said parent graphic node said image in a manner that reflects results of manipulations that correspond to the links between the parent graphic node and the plurality of child graphic nodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.