Patent ID: 6473081
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method of visually depicting how individual components of an image affect the appearance of the image, the method comprising the steps of:displaying, in a graphical hierarchy, a graphic node for each of a plurality of graphical components that affect the appearance of the image, wherein links between said graphic nodes represent manipulations performed on respective graphical components to produce said image, wherein the step of displaying in a graphical hierarch includes: displaying at least one parent graphic node liked to a plurality of child graphic nodes, wherein the parent graphic node represents a parent graphical component associated with said image and the plurality of child graphic nodes each represent a child graphical component that affects the appearance of said image; and displaying as part of said parent graphic node said image in a manner that reflects results of manipulations that correspond to the links between the parent graphic node and the plurality of child graphic nodes.