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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Gavin S. P. Miller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Byungmoon Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Grayson Squier Lang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gavin S. P. Miller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Byungmoon Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Grayson Squier Lang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering an artwork comprising a plurality of surfaces, wherein the plurality of surfaces comprises a plurality of semi-transparent surfaces unsorted in depth. An identifier of the nearest semi-transparent surface may be determined and stored in a stencil count of a stencil buffer. The depth of the second nearest semi-transparent surface may be determined using a stencil test based on the stencil count to bypass the nearest semi-transparent surface. The second nearest semi-transparent surface may be rendered to an image buffer, and the nearest semi-transparent surface may be rendered to the image buffer.