Patent ID: 6791573
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for computationally processing a digital image, the method comprising:providing in a graphical user interface an erasure brush configured to be manipulated by a user to erase features in digital images; receiving user input applying the erasure brush along a path over a displayed image of pixels; establishing an erasure color at each tip application of the erasure brush as the erasure brush moves along the path; applying a color match function at each tip application, the color match function calculating a match value indicative of the degree that the erasure color matches a color associated with a given pixel lying in the tip region; and at each tip application, making completely transparent all pixels in the tip region having a color that matches the erasure color at the tip application, making partially transparent any pixels in the tip region having a color that partially matches the erasure color, and decontaminating the colors of the pixels made partially transparent.