Cimpress Schweiz Gmbh

Vistaprint Technologies Limited

Paul Shelman

Johanna Bodnyk

Siyang Zhang

Noah Portnoy

Brian D Hanechak

Systems and methods for managing graphic design using metadata relationships are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may display a visual design including a set of design elements, each of which may be contained within a corresponding container. The electronic device may receive a selection to spatially adjust a design element, and may determine a modification to the design element based an element behavior of the design element and/or a container behavior of the corresponding container. The electronic device may display, in the user interface, the design element reflecting the modification.

Technology for managing graphic design using metadata relationships

Systems and methods for facilitating product design by an electronic device are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may present a design having a set of design elements, and may detect a modification to one or more of the set of design elements. The electronic device may determine, based on a set of characteristics, how remaining design elements can be modified based on the detected modification. The electronic device may determine and present a modified design according to the modified design elements, for review by a user of the electronic device.

Technology for enabling elastic graphic design

Systems and methods for managing variations of a graphic design within a framework are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may access a desired specification for a design of a product, where the desired specification may indicate at least one desired physical property for the product. The electronic device may automatically identify a variation from a plurality of variations that matches the desired specification, and may display the identified variation for review or editing.

Method, device, and computer-readable storage medium for managing variations of a graphic design within a framework

An original design image is processed to create a modified design image for blending with an image of a product to create a combined image representing the result of printing the design image onto the product. To create a modified design image, both the alpha value and color of pixels in the original design image are modified. The modified alpha value and the modified color of a pixel are determined as a function of the amount of gray in the original color of the pixel. The modified pixel color is calculated by subtracting the level of gray in the original pixel color from each of the three original component color values and increasing any remaining color component values as a function of the modified alpha value of the pixel.

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