Patent ID: 9619108
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying, on a computer device, a graphical user interface for editing electronic content: displaying, on the computer device, representations of a fixed number of layers available for separately editing different aspects of an image of the electronic content, wherein: the fixed number of layers is fixed based on a type of the computing device upon which a software application providing the graphical user interface has been installed, wherein, when the software application is installed on a second computing device of a different type, the fixed number of layers is different, wherein a same set of layer constructions is used to provide the software application on the computer device and the second computer device, and displaying representations of the fixed number of layers including both representations of layers that are populated with content and layers that are not populated with content indicates a maximum number of layers available for separately editing the different aspects of the image by editing individual layers of the image using the graphical user interface, wherein representations of layers that are not populated with content are graphically distinguished from representations of layers that are populated with content; and in response to receiving input at the computer device, providing an editing feature for editing a layer of the electronic content.