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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2003
Magnus Nirell, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Cecil Kift, San Diego, CA (US);
Nathan Rich, San Diego, CA (US);
Jorgen S. Lien, La Jolla, CA (US);
Magnus Nirell, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Cecil Kift, San Diego, CA (US);
Nathan Rich, San Diego, CA (US);
Jorgen S. Lien, La Jolla, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for representing object animation, such as the movement of mouse pointers, within presentations based on software application programs or other information displayed by a computer system is disclosed herein. In one aspect the method is directed to representing animation of a mouse pointer object during creation of a presentation based on such displayed information. The method includes storing a first mouse pointer position relative to a first screen shot derived from the displayed information. In addition, a second mouse pointer position is also stored relative to a second screen shot derived from the displayed information. The method further includes displaying, with respect to the first screen shot, a previous path portion to a displayed mouse pointer position and a next path portion from the displayed mouse pointer position. The previous path portion and the next path portion are representative of a mouse pointer path traversed during playback of the presentation. In a particular implementation the first and/or second mouse pointer positions may be modified during operation in an edit mode.