Patent ID: 8910082

Claim:
A method, executed in a computing device having a display screen and a processor, of modifying a digital image rendered on the display screen, the method comprising: showing, at the display screen, a category menu shaped as a portion of an annular ring and including a plurality of category options, ones of the plurality of category options being cascadable onto the display screen via a rotational input action received at the processor of the computing device; receiving a first input selecting one of the plurality of category options; displaying, in the portion of the annular ring, a subcategory menu having a plurality of subcategory options associated with the selected category option, ones of the plurality of subcategory options being cascadable onto the display screen via the rotational input action; receiving a second input selecting one of the subcategory options; and automatically modifying the digital image by simulating application in a local region of the image of a visual effect associated with the selected subcategory option.