Patent ID: 9183658
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for generating one or more discrete states for an animation timeline, the computer-implemented method comprising computer-implemented operations for: analyzing, by a presentation application program executing on a computer, a plurality of animation effects in the animation timeline to determine the one or more discrete states to be generated for the animation timeline by analyzing which of the plurality of animation effects in the animation timeline are triggered by a pre-configured trigger or a user-controlled trigger, wherein an animation effect that is triggered by the pre-configured trigger or the user-controlled trigger indicates a start of one of the one or more discrete states; generating, by the presentation application program executing on the computer, the one or more discrete states for the animation timeline, the one or more discrete states comprising one or more of the plurality of animation effects; presenting a slide selection pane comprising one or more slides in a user interface; and presenting an animation pane in the user interface, the animation pane comprising a scenes view comprising thumbnails corresponding to the one or more discrete states.