Patent ID: 8385690

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for incorporating an image into a product design, the method comprising using a computing system to perform at least a portion of one or more of the following steps: providing a product design for displaying to a user, the design displaying to the user an image area having a predetermined position and predetermined first and second dimensions in the design and configured to receive an image, receiving a selection of an image and a selected type of incorporation for incorporating the selected image into the image area; in response to a selected first type of incorporation of the selected image into the image area, creating a resized image by automatically resizing the selected image such that the resized image retains the aspect ratio of the selected image such that one of the dimensions of the resized image is equal to the corresponding dimension of the area and the other dimension of the resized image is equal to or smaller than the corresponding other dimension of the area, and revising the product design by automatically incorporating the resized image into the product design such that the resized image appears within the image area, in response to a selected second type of incorporation of the selected image into an image area in the design, resizing and cropping the selected image to create a modified image version that is the same size as the image area, and revising the product design by automatically incorporating the modified image version into the product design such that the modified image version appears within the area, and providing the revised product design for displaying to the user.