Patent ID: 7391537

Claim:
A methodology for a differential gloss image user interface comprising: instructing a user to indicate a base image; instructing the user to indicate a desired gloss image; manipulating the desired gloss image data to be a binary representation if needed; adjusting the resolution of the binary representation to match the base image if needed; superimposing the binary representation of the desired gloss image over the base image by modifying the base image data in those locations where the binary representation of the desired gloss image overlays the base image by shifting the base image brightness or contrast in those overlay locations to provide a third image representation for display that will provide the user visual feedback as to where the desired gloss image will be best rendered; instructing the user to indicate the relative position of the desired gloss image relative to the base image by interaction with the displayed third image representation; providing a first halftone having a first anisotropic structure orientation; providing a second halftone having a second anisotropic structure orientation different from that of the first halftone; and halftoning the base image with the provided first halftone and the provided second halftone toggling between the provided first halftone and the provided second halftone as directed by the user indicated relative position of the desired gloss image as provided by the third image representation for display.