Patent ID: 7142225
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06T,G11B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for lossless editing of a media object that comprises an image, comprising the steps of: (a) accessing data defining the media object to produce a representation of the media object; (b) enabling a user to selectively edit the representation of the media object by applying a modification to the representation, wherein the step of applying the modification comprises the step of cropping the representation of the media object, and then producing metadata that define the modification, said metadata including a size and a position of a crop outline on the representation of the image to indicate limits of a cropped image; (c) rendering a modified media object in accord with the modification to the representation; and (d) storing the metadata that define the modification applied to the representation in association with the media object, without modifying the data that define the media object.