Adobe, Inc.

Charles Pina

Stefano Koenig Corazza

Sylvio Herve Drouin

Jeanette M Mathews

Daniel Babcock

Alex John Fischer

Erin Kim

Grayson Squier Lang

Fulvio Cervone

In a method, one or more processing devices perform operations. Such operations include receiving a signal to display a widget for one or more objects displayed in virtual space. The operations further include computing a bounding box for the one or more objects, the bounding box including a bottom section having a set of corners. The operations further include determining, from among the set of corners, a first corner and a second corner that are, respectively, closest and second closest to a virtual camera position. The operations further include generating the widget based on the bounding box, the first corner, and the second corner. The widget includes a first axis handle connected to a second axis handle at the first corner and further connected to a third axis handle at the second corner. The operations further include causing display of the widget along with the one or more objects.

Automatically positioning objects in three-dimensional space utilizing a widget

Operations of a method include accessing a first object and a second object positioned in virtual three-dimensional (3D) space. The operations further include moving the first object from a first position to a second position, responsive to a user request. The operations include computing a ray extending from a reference point of the first object, in the second position, in a direction of a first dimension. The operations include computing a pixel distance in screen space between a first plane of a first bounding box of the first object and a second plane of a second bounding box of the second object along the ray. Additionally, the method includes snapping the first object into alignment by moving the first object an additional distance to position a face of the first bounding box into the second plane, based on the pixel distance being no greater than an error value.

Snapping objects into alignment in three-dimensional space

Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable collaborative creation, transmission, sharing, non-linear exploration, and modification of animated video messages. One embodiment includes a video camera, a processor, a network interface, and storage containing an animated message application, and a 3D character model. In addition, the animated message application configures the processor to: capture a video sequence using the video camera; detect a human face within a sequence of video frames; track changes in human facial expression of a human face detected within a sequence of video frames; map tracked changes in human facial expression to motion data, where the motion data is generated to animate the 3D character model; apply motion data to animate the 3D character model; render an animation of the 3D character model into a file as encoded video; and transmit the encoded video to a remote device via the network interface.

Systems and methods for creating and distributing modifiable animated video messages

Systems and methods for creating animations using human faces

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