Patent ID: 7197181

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of selecting an object in a raster image, the method comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a seed region in a raster image with an input device, wherein said raster image comprises at least one object and a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a color, and wherein said seed region comprises at least one pixel in said object; (b) moving a cursor corresponding to said input device to a distance d from said seed region in said raster image; (c) generating a selected region from said seed region, wherein said selected region comprises at least all pixels in said seed region, said selected region is enclosed by a contour, and wherein the size of said selected region is based on said distance d and on a comparison of a color of a pixel outside said selected region and a range of color of pixels in said selected region; (d) choosing said selected region when said selected region is satisfactory to a user; and (e) indicating said selected region on a display.