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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2001
Eric Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Clay Harvey Fisher, Belmont, CA (US);
Kurt Jonach, San Jose, CA (US);
Neal Jacob Manowitz, Mahwah, NJ (US);
John Tree, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Clay Harvey Fisher, Belmont, CA (US);
Kurt Jonach, San Jose, CA (US);
Neal Jacob Manowitz, Mahwah, NJ (US);
John Tree, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and system of masking comprising: positioning a masking tool over a masked portion of an image; applying an effect onto the image outside the masked portion; and dynamically moving the masking tool while applying the effect wherein the masked portion changes as the masking tool is dynamically moved.