Patent ID: 6590584
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
An image editing method for editing an image in accordance with a user-input event, comprising:(a) storing a series of user-input events, caused during a predetermined image-editing period, as a macro; (b) generating associated information related to editing contents realized by the macro; (c) repeating steps (a)-(b) to form a plurality of macros; (d) displaying associated information corresponding to the respective macros in a list form, the associated information including at least one of (1) a thumbnail of an image obtained by merging pre-editing images and post-editing images, and (2) a composite thumbnail that contains the edited image merged with textual information illustrating aspects of the corresponding command string; and (e) in response to selection of the displayed associated information, applying a macro corresponding to the selected associated information to a currently-edited image.