Patent ID: 8830238
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying shadowing effects, the method comprising: displaying, on a computing device, a first visual object that has a first edge and a second edge that is different from the first edge; generating, on a second visual object, a shadow for the first visual object using a shadowing technique along the first edge; generating, along the second edge, shading for the first visual object using a shading technique that differs from the shadowing technique; receiving user input to move the first visual object on a display of the computing device; moving the first visual object on the display, in response to the received user input, so as to reveal at least a portion of the second visual object that is illustrated as being visually below the first visual object on the display; and updating the shadow and the shading as the first visual object is in motion on the display, such that at least a portion of the shadow overlays at least a portion of the second visual object as the first visual object is in motion on the display.