Node-Based Image Editing Blocks for Faster Custom Modifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital image editing systems face inefficiencies in user interactions, require expert knowledge, and struggle with adaptability and accuracy, leading to complex editing routines that are difficult for novice users and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
A modularized digital editing system utilizing block-based actions, such as digital editing action blocks, that allow intuitive image editing through a graphical user interface, enabling efficient, flexible, and accurate application of advanced modifications by categorizing and classifying user-defined and system-defined blocks for seamless integration and sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional systems expand available features and create extensive options for customizing digital content, then system utility is enhanced, but user interactions and computing resources needed to generate enhanced digital media are multiplied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments complex image editing operations into discrete, reusable action blocks that can be individually selected and applied. Each action block represents a specific editing function (e.g., cropping, filtering, enhancement) that can be independently manipulated, eliminating the need for users to navigate through extensive menus and multiple user interfaces for each editing task.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that automatically generates and manages action blocks based on user intent. This intermediary layer translates high-level user commands into specific editing operations, reducing the number of direct user interactions required while maintaining access to comprehensive editing features.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional systems require voluminous user interactions to identify interactive features and iteratively modify individual features, then customization capability is improved, but time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-configuring action blocks with common editing operations and parameters. Users can directly apply these pre-prepared blocks to images without needing to iteratively adjust individual features, significantly reducing editing time while preserving customization capability through the ability to modify block parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables users to copy and reuse action blocks across multiple images and projects. Once an action block is created or selected, it can be replicated and applied repeatedly, eliminating the need to recreate the same editing operations multiple times and reducing overall editing time.
3Manufacturing precision
If conventional systems present complex editing routines implemented rigidly over hundreds or thousands of steps, then editing precision is improved, but flexibility and accessibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms rigid, linear editing routines into dynamic, flexible workflows using action blocks. Users can freely add, remove, reorder, and combine action blocks to create customized editing sequences that adapt to specific needs, maintaining precision while dramatically improving accessibility and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows users to modify parameters of action blocks without changing the fundamental editing operations. This enables precise control over editing outcomes while maintaining a simple, accessible interface where users can adjust parameters like intensity, range, and timing without navigating complex multi-step procedures.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for using modularized digital editing action blocks in a graphical user interface to generate and apply a variety of advanced modifications to a digital image. The disclosed systems can categorize the digital editing action blocks into digital editing action categories from which a user can select a digital editing action block and insert into a field of a node compositor. Once the digital editing action block is arranged at a compatible field within the digital editing user interface, the snap effects system can execute the digital editing action block to create a particular graphical effect according to the positional configuration of the digital editing action block within the node compositor. In turn, the snap effects system can save the action-block configuration within the node compositor and facilitate additional use and/or sharing thereof.