Patent ID: 8531467

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for manipulating animation objects, the method comprising: receiving, at one or more computer systems, information associating a plurality of object controls with an animation object; generating, with one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, information configured to enable manipulation of the animation object using the plurality of animation controls responsive to a selection of the plurality of object controls; generating, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, information configured to display one or more of visual representations of each object control in the plurality of object controls at a portion of the animation object responsive to a user action associated with the portion of the animation object, wherein at least one object control in the plurality of object controls configured to be displayed at the portion of the animation object affects a scope of the animation object different from a scope associated with the portion of the animation object; and generating, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, information configured to manipulate at least one scope of the animation object responsive to a user selection of a visual representation of an object control in the plurality of object controls that displayed at the portion of the one or more animation objects.