Patent ID: 6204851
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A computer program product for use on a computer system for applying effects to graphical data on a computer system, the computer system having a graphics processor that is preconfigured to process graphical data in accordance with a preselected graphics processing format, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, the computer readable program code including:program code for defining an effect in the preselected graphics processing format;program code for converting a graphical image into the preselected graphics processing format; andprogram code for controlling the graphics processor to apply the effect to the graphical image to produce an output graphical image, the output graphical image being the result of the application of the effect to the graphical image,wherein the graphics processor includes resident texture memory, the program code for converting including program code for storing the converted graphical image in the resident texture memory.