Controlling operations for execution
AssigneeLucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.
InventorKent Oberheu
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of controlling operations for execution includes displaying, in a display device area that controls a process of operations, a current container providing at least a first operation to the process, and a linear sequence representing parent containers of the current container organized in a hierarchy. The method includes receiving, in a system generating the display device area, a partial-performance request identifying a subset of the parent containers defined between the current container and a level in the hierarchy. The method includes performing, in response to the partial-performance request, the first operation and those of the operations that the subset of the parent containers provide to the process.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method of representing an image compositing process, the method comprising:
- displaying, in a display device area including containers organized in a container hierarchy, a current container representing at least a first image compositing operation of the image compositing process, wherein the container hierarchy corresponds to a hierarchy of image compositing operations, the hierarchy of image compositing operations comprising:
- a first path to the first image compositing operation;
- and
- a second path to the first image compositing operation;
- receiving, in a system generating the display device area, a path reveal request for the current container;
- and
- displaying, adjacent to the current container in the display device area and in response to the path reveal request:
- a first linear sequence that represents first parent containers of the current container corresponding to the first path to the first image compositing operation in the hierarchy of image compositing operations;
- and
- a second linear sequence that represents second parent containers of the current container corresponding to the second path to the first image compositing operation in the hierarchy of image compositing operations.
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- displaying, in a display device area including containers organized in a container hierarchy, a current container representing at least a first image compositing operation of the image compositing process, wherein the container hierarchy corresponds to a hierarchy of image compositing operations, the hierarchy of image compositing operations comprising:
- a first path to the first image compositing operation;
- and
- a second path to the first image compositing operation;
- receiving, in a system generating the display device area, a path reveal request for the current container;
- and
- displaying, adjacent to the current container in the display device area and in response to the path reveal request:
- a first linear sequence that represents first parent containers of the current container corresponding to the first path to the first image compositing operation in the hierarchy of image compositing operations;
- and
- a second linear sequence that represents second parent containers of the current container corresponding to the second path to the first image compositing operation in the hierarchy of image compositing operations.
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, generate in a display device area a graphical user interface for representing an image compositing process, the graphical user interface comprising:
- a current container providing at least a first image compositing operation of an image compositing process, wherein:
- the current container is part of a container hierarchy;
- the container hierarchy corresponds to a hierarchy of image compositing operations in the image compositing process;
- and
- the hierarchy of image compositing operations comprises a first path to the first image compositing operation and a second path to the first image compositing operation;
- and;
- a first linear sequence that represents first parent containers of the current container corresponding to the first path to the first image compositing operation in the hierarchy of image compositing operations;
- a second linear sequence that represents second parent containers of the current container corresponding to the second path to the first image compositing operation in the hierarchy of image compositing operations;
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- a first input control for generating a path reveal request for the current container, wherein the first linear sequence and second linear sequence are displayed, in the display device area, adjacent to the current container and in response to the path reveal request.
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