Patent ID: 8331721

Claim:
A method for correcting a digital image, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a class of correction to be performed on a digital image based at least in part on data acquired from the image based upon pixel attributes specified by numerical values in a bitmap; assessing in connection with the digital image at least two distinct corrective options for the class of correction that has been identified, wherein each of said at least two distinct corrective options indicates a distinct modification that may be applied to the digital image, in which various parameters are varied, within the class of correction; and presenting a user with at least one digital image modified in accordance with at least one of the correction options, wherein the step of assessing in connection with the digital image at least two distinct corrective options, further includes: assigning a weight function having a local maxima corresponding to each corrective option, and wherein when one of said at least two distinct corrective options has a local maxima that does not exceed a threshold, the one of said at least two distinct corrective option is not presented to the user.