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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2001
Roland L. Fernandez, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher A. Evans, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory L. Raiz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aaron B. Tinling, Seattle, WA (US);
Louis Amadio, Issaquah, WA (US);
Roland L. Fernandez, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher A. Evans, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory L. Raiz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aaron B. Tinling, Seattle, WA (US);
Louis Amadio, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Several systems and associated methodologies are provided for rendering a themed image while mitigating pixelation and/or the disproportionate appearance thereof when the image is sized and/or scaled. The systems include at least one sizing module adapted to size components of a themed UI element. The systems also include at least one alignment module adapted to align at least one second component of a UI element within a first component of a UI element. The sizing modules are adapted to size the components with nine grid methodologies or based upon the ratio of the DPI of the context that the UI element is being rendered to the DPI that at least one of the components was designed under.