Editing media using composite bumps

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9781309-B2
Application number	US-201213471474-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2012
Priority date	Feb 6, 2012
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The image includes a set of pixels. Each pixel includes a set of color values. The computer program displays a composite bump on a tonal adjustment graph that is defined along a particular color component of the color space. The composite bump is generated by blending several bumps on the tonal adjustment graph. In response to receiving an input on a location on the tonal adjustment graph, the computer program creates a new bump based on the input and blending the new bump with the composite bump to create a modified composite bump. The computer program adjusts the color values of the image based on the modified composite bump.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space, the image comprising a set of pixels, each pixel comprising a set of color values, the method comprising:
displaying a composite bump on a tonal adjustment graph that is defined along a particular color component of the color space, the composite bump generated by blending a plurality of bumps on the tonal adjustment graph;
when a cursor is placed within the tonal adjustment graph, identifying a position of the cursor within the composite bump;
based on the position of the cursor, identifying a particular bump of the plurality of bumps; and
providing a visual indication to indicate that the particular bump is selectable and modifiable.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the visual indication comprises highlighting the particular bump.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein highlighting the particular bump comprises highlighting a portion of the particular bump.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of bumps includes a left region, a right region, and a middle region, wherein identifying the particular bump comprises identifying one of the three regions within the particular bump.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein providing the visual indication comprises highlighting one of the three regions of the particular bump.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the left region and the right region are selectable and adjustable to adjust the width of the bump that includes the left and right regions.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the middle region is selectable and adjustable to adjust the height of the bump that includes the middle region.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the middle region is selectable and movable to move the bump that includes the middle region along a horizontal axis of the tonal adjustment graph.

9. A method for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space, the image comprising a set of pixels, each pixel comprising a set of color values, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of independently selectable bumps and a composite bump on a tonal adjustment graph, the composite bump generated by blending the plurality of independently selectable bumps on the tonal adjustment graph, while maintaining the display of the plurality of bumps;
in response to receiving a vector input on an end portion of the composite bump, modifying the composite bump; and
adjusting the color values of the image based on the modification to the composite bump.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein modifying the composite bump comprises moving the entire composite bump up or down along a vertical axis of the tonal adjustment graph.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein modifying the composite bump comprises moving the end portion of the composite bump in a vertical direction in the tonal adjustment graph.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein modifying the composite bump comprises moving a first portion of the composite bump in a vertical direction by a first magnitude in the tonal adjustment graph and moving a second different portion of the composite bump in the vertical direction by a second different magnitude in the tonal adjustment graph.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising, in response to the set of inputs, moving the plurality of bumps in a vertical direction in the tonal adjustment graph.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the input is a vector input.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the tonal adjustment graph is defined along a particular color component of the color space.

Assignees

• Bryant Andrew
• Warner Peter
• Pettigrew Daniel
• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Bryant Andrew
• Warner Peter
• Pettigrew Daniel

Classifications

• G06T11/10 Primary

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• H04N1/622 Primary

  with simulation on a subsidiary picture reproducer · CPC title

• H04N1/407

  Control or modification of tonal gradation or of extreme levels, e.g. background level · CPC title

• H04N9/643

  Hue control means, e.g. flesh tone control · CPC title

• G06T11/001

  Physics · mapped topic