Patent ID: 8023768

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for editing a digital image, comprising: receiving input comprising an instruction to perform an operation on a first portion of the digital image, wherein the operation is applicable to data defined by any of a plurality of region modalities including a first region modality and a second region modality, and wherein the first portion of the digital image comprises a first set of target data defined by the first region modality; receiving user input comprising a selection of the second region modality for the operation; automatically converting the first portion from the first region modality to the second region modality in response to receiving the user input comprising the selection of the second region modality for the operation, wherein the converted first portion of the digital image comprises a second set of target data defined by the second region modality; and automatically performing the operation on the converted first portion of the digital image comprising the second set of target data defined by the second region modality.