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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1996
Richard Joseph Carey, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Stanley Immel, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Paul S Strauss, Sharon, MA (US);
Robert David Story, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Platinum technology IP, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, IL (US);
Abstract
Three-dimensional scenes or movies are generated by a user of a computer system by interactively selecting a stage from among several available 3D stages, each of which has at least one predetermined feature such as a pedestal, lighting characteristics, a camera path or the like. The user may import predefined 3D objects into the selected stage and move and resize the objects as desired to compose a scene. Once composed, the scene is rendered to generate an image or a series of successive scenes is rendered to generate an animated movie.