Composing layered synthetic graphics filters with limited scopes

Details Composing layered synthetic graphics filters with limited scopes Composing layered synthetic graphics filters with limited scopes

1997-06-27

2000-03-28

Zimmerman, Mark K.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

Graph generating

345433, 345434, 345441, G06T 1100

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ABSTRACT:
A computerized two-dimensional illustration system composes an image of a scene with layered synthetic graphics filters or lenses. The scene is defined by an ordered list of shapes. Some of the shapes in the ordered list of shapes are lenses. Each lens is a shape that has a fill color which is an operator rather than a constant. The operator of a selected lens performs a filtering function on the shapes ordered below it in the list of shapes. To compose a selected lens in the scene, the system computes an under-list of shapes for the selected lens. The under-list of shapes identifies shapes in the ordered list of shapes to which the filtering function of the selected lens may apply. After computing the under-list for a selected lens, the system freezes the shapes in the under-list and applies the filtering function of the selected lens to the shapes in the under-list. When a lens is frozen, it is replaced with a list of shapes that are formed independently of other shapes in the list of shapes. The scope of operation of the selected lens can be reduced by grouping the selected lens with other shapes in the scene as either a lens-in cluster or a lens-out cluster. A lens-in cluster limits the scope of operation of the selected lens by operating on only those shapes in the cluster, while a lens-out cluster limits the scope of operation of the lens by operating on only those shapes outside the cluster. As a result of limiting the scope of operation, grouping lenses with other objects in a scene enables the creation of different visual effects. In addition, depending on whether a lens is grouped as a lens-in or a lens-out cluster, the computed under-list of the selected lens may have a reduced number of shapes, thereby reducing the computational complexity of composing an image of the scene.

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