Patent ID: 7804503
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G06T,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of animating design objects in a graphical animation sequence, the method comprising: presenting design objects selected and positioned by a user in a user interface displayed by a computing device; creating a key set object defining the graphical animation sequence in response to initiating a timeline interface for defining behavior of the design objects in individual frames of the graphical animation sequence; identifying properties of the design objects available for editing by the user using metadata associated with the design objects; displaying a user interface for editing a key frame of the graphical animation sequence; changing design objects in response to editing by the user of one or more identified properties of design objects to be animated in the key frame of the graphical animation sequence; defining a key object corresponding to the key frame; collecting the design objects in the key object corresponding to the key frame, the key objet referencing each changed design object and property change attributable to editing by the user of the one or more identified properties of the design objects to be animated in the key frame of the graphical animation sequence; adding the key object corresponding to the key frame to the key set object defining the graphical animation sequence; recording the graphical animation sequence in animation key frame data based on the key set object and each key object of the key set object; and animating the design objects in the key frame by: