Round-Trip Artwork Editing for Interface Design Fragments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional application development tools face challenges in efficiently integrating and editing artwork fragments, requiring time-consuming manual export and re-import processes between graphic design and development applications, which hampers the workflow and preserves the original artwork layout.
Innovation Solution
An application development tool is configured to allow simultaneous editing of multiple artwork fragments in a graphic design application, with the fragments arranged logically to reflect their relationship in the interface design, enabling round-trip editing that preserves the original artwork layout and appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If artwork fragments are exported and edited one-by-one in a graphic design application, then the artwork can be edited with precision, but the process is time-consuming and reduces productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the artwork editing process by allowing selective editing of individual fragments or groups of fragments. The interface enables users to choose which specific artwork fragments to edit while keeping others unchanged, thus maintaining precision for edited elements while avoiding the time cost of editing everything sequentially.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-arranging multiple artwork fragments in a logical form within the development application before editing begins. This preliminary organization allows the graphic design application to import and display all relevant fragments in their correct relationships, enabling efficient editing without subsequent repositioning or reorganization.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple artwork fragments are exported and imported one-by-one, then each fragment can be precisely edited, but the workflow becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple artwork fragments into a single logical structure that can be processed together. The system combines multiple fragments into one importable package that maintains the relationships between fragments, allowing them to be edited in context rather than isolated, thus reducing workflow complexity while preserving editing accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer - the logical form structure - that sits between the development application and the graphic design application. This intermediary organizes multiple artwork fragments in a way that is compatible with both applications, enabling seamless round-trip editing without complex manual export/import procedures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If artwork is edited in a graphic design application, then visual design capabilities are enhanced, but the original artwork layout and relationships may be lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by automatically detecting changes made to artwork fragments in the graphic design application and communicating them back to the development application. The system monitors modifications, determines their impact on the logical form structure, and applies appropriate updates to maintain layout integrity while preserving the benefits of external editing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-establishing the logical relationships and spatial arrangements of artwork fragments in the logical form before editing begins. This preliminary structuring ensures that when fragments are edited externally, the system can automatically restore and maintain the original layout and relationships, preventing loss of composition integrity.
Data Source
AI summary
A development application can be configured to facilitate editing multiple fragments already associated with an interface design simultaneously using a graphic design application, with the fragments arranged in a logical form supported by the graphic design application. The logical form of the artwork fragments as provided to the graphic design application can correspond to the relationship between different elements of the interface design using the respective fragments. Fragments may correspond to different components, parts of components, and part states, for instance. A method can comprise accessing data defining an interface component and comprising a plurality of logically arranged elements of the component. The method can comprise extracting the artwork and arranging the artwork into a form compatible with a graphic design application. The artwork can be edited in a graphic design application and then re-integrated into the data defining the design elements of the interface after editing is complete.