Instruction Cache Queue Decouples Special-Effect Editing Workflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing special-effect editing systems often block user editing operations due to resource operations and loading processes, leading to inefficiencies and reduced fluency in editing workflows.
Innovation Solution
A special-effect editing method and apparatus that decouples the editor, resource manager, and graphic engine through an instruction cache queue, allowing parallel execution and loading of editing instructions, enabling continuous user input without waiting for previous operations to complete.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the editor waits for resource operations and loading processes to complete before executing editing operations, then the system can ensure resource availability and processing completion, but user editing operations are blocked and workflow fluency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads resources and executes editing instructions in advance through the instruction cache queue mechanism. When a user triggers an editing operation, the corresponding resource is already loaded or being loaded in parallel, eliminating the need for the user to wait for resource availability. This preliminary action resolves the contradiction by ensuring resource availability without blocking user operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The instruction cache queue acts as an intermediary between the user's editing operations and the actual resource processing. It decouples the user interface from the resource loading and processing operations, allowing the user to trigger operations without waiting for completion. The queue manages the timing and sequencing of resource loading and instruction execution, resolving the contradiction between ensuring resource availability and maintaining workflow fluency.
2Stability of the object's composition
If editing instructions are executed sequentially to ensure proper processing order, then system stability is maintained, but editing efficiency and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments editing instructions into discrete units stored in the instruction cache queue, each independent of others. Multiple instructions can be executed in parallel by different threads while maintaining their logical sequence through the queue structure. This segmentation allows simultaneous processing of multiple operations without compromising the overall processing order, resolving the contradiction between stability and productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the execution strategy based on the instruction cache queue contents. While maintaining a logical sequential order through the queue, the actual execution can be parallelized using multiple threads. The system adapts the execution model to balance between maintaining processing order and maximizing efficiency, resolving the contradiction between stability and productivity.
3Device complexity
If the system uses a single-threaded approach for resource loading and instruction execution, then system complexity is reduced, but editing fluency and response speed are diminished
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs resource loading and instruction preparation in advance through the instruction cache queue, allowing multiple operations to be initiated simultaneously. This preliminary action enables the system to handle multiple requests without requiring complex real-time coordination, improving response speed while keeping the overall structure relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The instruction cache queue serves as a simple intermediary that manages the timing and sequencing of operations without requiring complex synchronization mechanisms. It provides a straightforward queue-based approach to coordinating multiple threads and operations, improving speed while maintaining acceptable system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provide a special-effect editing method and apparatus, the method including: by an editor, receiving a first editing operation, generating a corresponding first editing instruction, and writing the first editing instruction into an instruction cache queue; by a resource manager, executing editing instructions in the instruction cache queue in sequence, and when executing the first editing instruction, editing a first object corresponding to the first editing instruction; by a graphic engine, loading objects corresponding to the editing instructions in the instruction cache queue in sequence, and when loading an object corresponding to the first editing instruction, sending request information for requesting loading a second object to the resource manager, the second object being an object obtained by editing the first object; sending the second object to the graphic engine in response to the request information by the resource manager; and rendering the second object by the graphic engine.