Coalescence of device independent bitmaps for artifact avoidance

A method of creating an image from a sequence of memory objects including bitmaps comprising:

• A) retrieving said objects sequentially from a storage device;
• and,
• B) determining if a termination condition has occurred;
• and,
• C) if a termination condition has not occurred,
• i) stitching sequentially retrieved bitmaps into a single bitmap,
• ii) retrieving another object,
• iii) returning to step A;
• and,
• D) if a termination condition of sequential bitmaps not sharing a common border has occurred, stitching said bitmaps to any retrieved bitmap and return to step A;
• and,
• E) if a termination other than step D has occurred,
• i) determining if said termination condition permits artifact-free global processing;
• and,
• a) performing global processing and image rendering to the output device on all retrieved bitmaps if said termination condition permits artifact-free global processing;
• and,
• b) rendering all retrieved bitmaps to the output device while avoiding global image processing if said termination condition does not permit artifact-free global processing.