Adobe, Inc.

David Cloudesley Holloway

Paul A George

Robert S Sargent

Methods and apparatus provide for a Virtual Environment that receives content associated with a first user and stores the content for presentation to a second user. When the second user accesses the virtual community, the Virtual Environment transmits the content for display of the content to the second user. The Virtual Environment receives data (e.g. ratings, feedback) associated with the content from the second user(s). The Virtual Environment processes the received data from the second user in order to determine an amount of reward for the first user. The Virtual Environment allows the first user to use the amount of reward (e.g. virtual money) towards obtaining one or more features that allow the first user to modifying the content.

User ratings allowing access to features for modifying content

Input is received that selects an animation aspect associated with an object within an animation. The animation involves the object and an original frame of reference through which the animation is displayed, and the selected animation aspect is one that changes over time with respect to the original frame of reference. The animation is displayed through a new frame of reference defined by holding the selected animation aspect constant over time. During the animation display through the new frame of reference, input is received that manipulates the object to create a new animation aspect associated with the object. The new animation aspect associated with the object is recorded in the animation.

Animating objects using relative motion

A system provides processes image data by obtaining a first image in a first data format such as a raster image. The system applies a tracing algorithm to the first image to produce a trace image of the first image. The trace image is maintained in a second data format such as a vector data format. The system displays, in an overlapping format, each of the first image in the first data format and the trace image in the second data format to allow the used to compare the differences between the two image formats. The system also provides a live trace feature that automatically applies changes to the first image in the first data format to the trace image.

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David Cloudesley Holloway