Patent Document ID: 7920739
Application ID: 11639108
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: displaying a grayscale rendering of a color image; receiving input to the displayed grayscale rendering to select an area of the grayscale rendering of the color image; determining a color characteristic of an area of the color image in response to said receiving said input to the displayed grayscale rendering, wherein the area of the color image corresponds to the selected area of the grayscale rendering; selecting one or more adjusters from a plurality of adjusters based on the determined color characteristic of the area of the color image, wherein each adjuster in the plurality of adjusters is capable of accepting adjusting input to adjust a corresponding color; and receiving adjusting input to said selected one or more adjusters, and in response, while displaying the grayscale rendering of the color image: altering a color balance of the color image based on the adjusting input; and changing the displayed grayscale rendering of the color image to reflect said altering.