Patent ID: 7318203

Claim:
Apparatus for processing image data, comprising memory means, processing means, display means and manually operable input means configured with activation means, wherein said memory means stores said image data and instructions and said processing means is configured by said instructions to perform the steps of: displaying, on said display means, a hierarchy of image data processing functions implemented within an image processing application, wherein said hierarchy sorts the image data processing functions into groups based on interdependencies between the image data processing functions; selecting image data by placing a pointer operated by said input means over a representation of the image data within a graphical user interface displayed on said display means and activating said activation means; translating said representation of the image data over a first group of the groups in the hierarchy by means of said pointer; in response to said translating, initialising image data processing functions in the first group with said selected image data as default data; in response to said initialising, updating said graphical user interface; wherein in response to deactivating said activation means, said image data processing functions in the first group are configured to process said image data according to input received from said input means and an updated representation of said graphical user interface includes a representation of said image data displayed within said first group of said hierarchy.