Patent Document ID: 5434958
Application ID: 08222379
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. Apparatus for providing a special effects in a portrait studio setting to a video image of a subject prior to the subsequent making of a photographic film exposure of the subject, the apparatus comprising: (a) means at a first location for creating and displaying a video image of a photograph having a special effect thereon on a video display screen, the special effect being one of vignetting, burnt corners, a blend for double exposure, soft focus and captions; (b) first means for overlaying graphics of the special effect on the video display screen to create special effect mask data; (c) means for storing the special effect mask data relating to the special effect; (d) means including a microprocessor having a memory disposed at a second location for receiving and storing the special effect mask data from the storing means; (e) a video image capture means disposed at said second location for capturing an image of a posed subject and displaying that image on a video display screen; and (f) second means for overlaying said graphics defined by the stored special effects mask data on a video image of the posed subject to be photographed at said second location.