Touch Panel Color Grading Interface for RGB Parameter Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of color grading in post-production, such as in movie or TV program production, is cumbersome due to the need to adjust multiple RGB parameters, making it time-consuming and difficult to achieve intuitive operations with existing user interfaces.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that allows adjustment of active color or brightness parameters through touch operations on a touch panel, separate from a graphical user interface area, enabling intuitive and efficient color grading by allocating touches to corresponding parameters based on their activation state.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple RGB parameters (Slope, Offset, Power) are adjusted using traditional slider or numerical input interfaces, then fine adjustment precision is improved, but operational complexity increases and color grading time extends
Solution Approach 1:
The touch panel is divided into multiple parameter-specific touch areas, each corresponding to a different RGB parameter (Slope, Offset, Power). When a user touches a specific area, only that parameter is adjusted, segmenting the control of nine parameters across different spatial zones. This resolves the contradiction by providing precise parameter control through dedicated touch zones while maintaining operational simplicity through intuitive spatial mapping.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface transitions from one-dimensional slider or numerical input to two-dimensional touch panel interaction. Different parameters are assigned to different spatial positions on the touch panel, allowing users to adjust multiple parameters simultaneously by touching different areas. This dimensional change enables precise control of nine parameters without increasing operational complexity, as users can naturally interact with multiple parameters across the touch surface.
2Adaptability or versatility
If nine parameters (RGB values of Slope, Offset, and Power) are made adjustable, then color grading capability is improved, but user interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The nine parameters are segmented across different touch panel areas, with each area dedicated to specific parameter groups. This segmentation allows the interface to present complex parameter control in a structured, spatially-organized manner that reduces perceived complexity while maintaining full color grading capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch panel serves as a universal interface for controlling all nine parameters, replacing multiple separate controls (sliders, numerical inputs) with a single multi-functional touch surface. This universal interface maintains comprehensive color grading capability while simplifying the overall user experience by consolidating control into one intuitive interaction area.
3Measurement precision
If traditional parameter adjustment interfaces are used, then parameter control precision is maintained, but color grading process time increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting parameter control across different touch areas, users can adjust multiple parameters simultaneously or in rapid succession without the sequential constraint of traditional sliders. This parallel access to parameters maintains precision control while significantly reducing the time required to complete color grading adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch panel enables continuous parameter adjustment through natural touch interactions, eliminating the discrete, step-by-step nature of slider or numerical input interfaces. Users can smoothly transition between parameters and make continuous adjustments, maintaining precision while improving the flow and efficiency of the color grading process.
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AI summary
There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to adjust an active parameter in accordance with touch on a touch panel in a first area other than a second area corresponding to a parameter graphical user interface (GUI) area, wherein the active parameter is a parameter related to color or brightness selected from among a plurality of selectable parameters related to color or brightness of an image captured by an imaging device.