Patent ID: 8948509
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for blending a plurality of layers in a group, each layer including image data, the method comprising: establishing a group buffer to store image data, the group buffer being initially empty; identifying a group that includes a plurality of layers and a group background; repeating the following three steps for each of the plurality of layers in the group until all layers in the plurality of layers are processed to produce a preliminary group result: after all layers in the plurality of layers are processed to produce the preliminary group result comprising the plurality of layers blended together, applying a style to the preliminary group result to produce an intermediary group result; and blending the group background behind the intermediary group result to produce a final group result, wherein a transparency of the final group result is such that the style is clipped to the image data of the final group result.