Patent ID: 6469702
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A method performed by a graphical user interface for a computer based three dimensional animation editing system for editing a function curve defined by one or more key frames associated with a parameter of a animated three dimensional object, comprising:displaying the function curve and indicia of the key frames defining the function curve on a display; receiving an indication of a user-specified region containing one or more of the displayed indicia of the key frames, wherein the region has a first dimension and a second dimension; receiving an indication of a modification to the user-specified region in at least one of the first dimension and the second dimension; shifting the one or more key frames contained in the region according to the modification to the region; recalculating the function curve according to the shifted one or more key frames; and displaying the recalculated function curve and indicia of the shifted key frames defining the function curve on the display.