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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
Dreamworks Animation L.l.c., Universal City, CA (US);
Michael Babcock, Glendale, CA (US);
Fredrik Nilsson, Glendale, CA (US);
Matthew Christopher Gong, Pasadena, CA (US);
DreamWorks Animation L.L.C., Universal City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of creating a computer-generated animation uses a graphical user interface including a two-dimensional array of cells. The array has a plurality of rows associated with computer-generated elements and a plurality of columns associated with frames of the animation. The array includes a first cell associated with a first computer-generated element and a first frame. A first view of the array is displayed in which the first cell has a first width and includes a key frame indicator that indicates that a designated value is associated with the first computer-generated element for the first frame. A second view is displayed in which the first cell has a second width and includes an element value indicator. The second width is greater than the first width, and the element value indicator represents the designated value associated with the first computer-generated element.