Patent ID: 7817159
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory medium bearing instructions to cause a machine to initialize a displayed canvas as a first image other than a solid color image, and receive indication of positions on the displayed canvas at which brush strokes are to be applied automatically based on a reference image that is different from the first image used to initialize the canvas, the reference image being other than a solid color image, wherein an aspect of style for a brush stroke is determined from the reference image; wherein the positions fall within an area of the displayed canvas indicated by an action performed using a user interface device, the indicated area being a proper subset of an entire area of the displayed canvas and having a corresponding area in the reference image, the corresponding area spanning multiple different regions of the reference image, and the aspect of style comprises different painting styles for the brush strokes selected in accordance with the different regions of the reference image.