Patent ID: 6813378
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A computer-implemented process to aid in the design of Matrix paintings, comprising the steps of:digitizing a grayscale underpainting to form a grayscale image; forcing the grayscale levels of each pixel of said grayscale image to one of a selected levels of intensity to form a secondary grayscale image; converting said secondary grayscale image to RGB format, using a predetermined selection of principal colors and a plurality of color lines which have been drawn on a copy of said grayscale image, to form an RGB image; creating a list of coordinates of all color pixels, divided into their principal colors; identifying and listing coordinates of groups of pixels that make up lines; elimination of all pixels except those that constitute single pixel lines; ordering the pixels in each said single pixel line; determining a plurality of deposition points of paint along said single pixel lines and fixing the color intensity for each of said deposition points of paint, to form a painting data base containing, for each of said deposition points of paint, at least the coordinates and the color, intensity, and amount of paint to be distributed.