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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Oren Jacob, Piedmont, CA (US);
Warren Trezevant, Oakland, CA (US);
Robert Jensen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Oren Jacob, Piedmont, CA (US);
Warren Trezevant, Oakland, CA (US);
Robert Jensen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
To assist users in identifying the contributions of specific computer graphics variable or animation variable knots to the timing, rhythm, and expression of complicated animations, an animation software interface includes a snapsheet mode for visualizing and authored poses of objects. The snapsheet mode presents a series of rendered still images corresponding with the authored poses of one or more selected entities. The snapsheet mode may use one or more computer graphics variables, one or more objects, or arbitrary frames or shot time values as selected entities. The snapsheet mode associates each still image with a portion of the shot time of the overall animation corresponding with the selected entity's influence in the animation. Users may modify animation data via the snapsheet mode using each image may act as a proxy for manipulating associated authored values of one or more computer graphics variables.