Color Modification Slider for Non-Photorealistic Image Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital graphic design and media editing applications face difficulties in allowing users to effectively apply image effects due to complex controls and dispersed interface elements, making it challenging to edit images efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A novel color modification slider tool that adjusts color attributes differently based on pixel saturation levels, allowing for non-photorealistic effects by de-saturating low and high saturated pixels differently, with a slider that moves along a straight or curved path, and dynamically adjusts its scale based on image characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional effect controls are used in media editing applications, then multiple effects can be applied to images, but the controls become complicated and difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface is segmented into multiple independent sliders, each dedicated to a specific effect parameter. This allows users to control each effect independently without being overwhelmed by a single complex control interface, directly resolving the contradiction between versatile effect application and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional approach by organizing controls along multiple slider dimensions rather than using traditional single-dimension controls. Each slider represents a different dimension of effect control, making the interface more intuitive and easier to operate while maintaining full effect versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If effect controls are dispersed in different locations of the user interface, then comprehensive control is achieved, but it becomes difficult to edit images efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple dispersed effect controls into a unified slider interface where all effect parameters are accessible in one location. This consolidation maintains comprehensive control capability while significantly improving editing efficiency by eliminating the need to navigate between different interface locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The slider interface is designed as a universal control mechanism that can adjust multiple effect parameters simultaneously. This multi-functional design allows users to control different effects through a single interface element, achieving comprehensive control without dispersing controls across the interface.
3Ease of operation
If uniform saturation adjustment is applied to all pixels, then simple control is achieved, but non-photorealistic effects cannot be produced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by adjusting saturation differently for different pixel regions based on their original saturation levels. Highly saturated pixels receive different adjustment than low-saturation pixels, enabling non-photorealistic effects while maintaining simple slider control. This resolves the contradiction by making the effect adaptive rather than uniformly applied.
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AI summary
Described is an image editing application with a novel color modification slider tool. This tool adjusts one or more color attributes of different pixels differently when moved. This tool in some embodiments is a novel saturation tool that produces non-photorealistic effects by treating differently the highly saturated and lowly saturated pixels of an image. The saturation tool performs either (1) a positive de-saturation effect that de-saturates the low saturated pixels of an image while enhancing the saturation of the high saturated pixels, or (2) a negative de-saturation effect that de-saturates the high saturated pixels of the image while leaving intact or slightly modifying the saturation level of the lowly saturated pixels.