Patent ID: 11922542
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform a set of operations comprising:
generating an initial visual effect having a shape corresponding to a shape of a graphical element;
computing a mask shape based on the graphical element;
generating a mask based on the mask shape from the graphical element, the mask having a hole matching the mask shape based on the graphical element;
masking the initial visual effect based on the mask, by omitting portions of the initial visual effect overlapping the hole of the mask, to generate a masked visual effect; and
combining the masked visual effect with the graphical element into a combined graphical element and visual effect.