Patent ID: 6373499
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
For use in processing an original image using a computer having a display device, a method of producing an emphasizing effect on a selected object within the original image, wherein the emphasizing effect includes visibly altering all of the material within the original image except the selected object, the method comprising the steps of:presenting the original image to the user on the display device; presenting to the user a menu of special effects on the display device, wherein an item in the menu corresponds to the emphasizing effect; and if the user selects the menu item corresponding to the emphasizing effect, prompting the user to perform user steps required to produce the emphasizing effect with respect to the selected object, whereby an altered image is displayed corresponding to the original image with the material in the original image other than the selected object visibly altered in accordance with the emphasizing effect.