Apple Inc.

Glenn Reid

Tim Wasko

Aaron Disario

Daniel B Waylonis

James Brasure

Priscilla Shih

To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of the present invention first acquires images from a number of different image sources. Images acquired in the same image importing session are marked as coming from the same conceptual film roll. Next, a user is empowered to organize and manipulate the acquired images. The images may be organized by tagging the images with informative keywords and grouping images together into conceptual photo albums. Furthermore, the images may be manipulated by rotating, cropping, and removing red-eye. Finally, the system of the present invention provides simple intuitive image publish systems. A selected group of images may be published in a photobook, published onto the World Wide Web, or published as individual image prints with minimal computer knowledge on the part of the user.

Image publication

To improve the art of graphical user interfaces, the present invention introduces a system that displays iconic resource representations having a salient dimension in a manner that provides the user with an indication of where the user is within that resource. The system of the present invention achieves this goal with the use of a novel system of icon label placement for that resource icon. Specifically, the system of the present invention uses the position of a label on an iconic resource representation that extends beyond at least one edge of a window to convey a proportional position within than iconic resource representation. Thus, a user is given an understanding of the current proportional location within an iconic resource representation from where the graphical interface system renders the label on the iconic resource representation.

Icon label placement in a graphical user interface

Method and apparatus for image acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication

An integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of the present invention first acquires images from a number of different image sources. Images acquired in the same image importing session are marked as coming from the same conceptual film roll. Next, a user is empowered to organize and manipulate the acquired images. The images may be organized by tagging the images with informative keywords and grouping images together into conceptual photo albums. Furthermore, the images may be manipulated by rotating, cropping, and removing red-eye. Finally, the system of the present invention provides simple intuitive image publish systems. A selected group of images may be published in a photobook, published onto the World Wide Web, or published as individual image prints with minimal computer knowledge on the part of the user.

Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for controlling the volume of an audio track. This method represents the volume of an audio track with a graph. This graph is defined along two axes, with one axis representing time and the other representing the volume level. A user can adjust the graph at different instances in time in order to change the volume level in the audio track at these instances. Different embodiments use different types of graphs to represent volume. For instance, some embodiments use a deformable line bar.

Method and apparatus for controlling volume

Digital image albums

A method of creating a graphical user interface having control(s) to direct any task through a computer system is provided. One application of the user interface is for manipulating a time based stream of information to create a presentation. The methods use a layered graphic file that is accessed by an application program to generate the user interface. Each layer of the graphic file contains a control object to an element of the user interface. The control objects are capable of being revised in order to make alterations to the user interface. Other aspects of the present invention relating to the graphical user interface are also described.

Layered graphical user interface

A method of manipulating a time based stream of information to create a presentation is provided in which a processing system is employed. The methods include the rendering of a requested modification, such as adding of an edit feature, to the information in forming the presentation. A simulation of the modification is displayed for the user to observe during the rendering process. A proxy of the information having the changes is generated and shown on a display screen. Other aspects of the present invention relating to the processing system displaying edit information for a time based stream of information for use in authoring a presentation are also described.

Edit display during rendering operations

Method and apparatus for image acquisition, organization, manipulation and publication

The method of collecting a time based stream of information to generate a presentation is provided for in which a processing system is employed. In one exemplary method, the processing system communicates with an information source that contains a time based stream of information. This communication may be through an automatic detection procedure that may trigger a capture mode and the gathering of the time based stream of information. A user interface may present controls for toggling between capture mode and edit mode within a single window of the user interface. A capture output, which is often a substantially true representation of the quality of information being acquired, may be provided on a portion of the display, e.g. viewing portion, during the capture mode. An edit output that represents the edited version of clips may be provided on the same viewing portion of the display during the edit mode. The use of an interrupt procedure allows for controls to be enabled during capture such that the user may perform various tasks while the system is loading the time based stream of information. Other aspect of the present invention relating to the processing system for collecting a time based stream of information for use in authoring a presentation are also described.

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Glenn Reid