Patent ID: 8773441
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for conforming an animated camera to an editorial cut within a software application executing on a computer system, comprising: providing a first shot that includes three-dimensional animation captured by a virtual camera, wherein movement of the virtual camera is controlled according to a spline that includes one or more knots, wherein each knot represents a value of a variable associated with the virtual camera at a particular frame; receiving an editorial shot that comprises a version of the first shot on which one or more editorial actions have been performed; analyzing both the received editorial shot and the first shot to determine an estimation of the one or more editorial actions that were performed to the first shot in order to produce the editorial shot and that necessitate an update to the movement of the virtual camera, based on one or more differences between the editorial shot and the first shot; and upon determining the estimation of the one or more editorial actions, automatically updating the movement of the virtual camera by adjusting the value of at least one of the variables based on the determined estimation of the one or more editorial actions.