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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
John Peterson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Peterson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for simulating various physical effects on 2D objects in two-dimensional (2D) drawing environments. A set of 2D physical simulation tools may be provided for editing and enhancing 2D art based on 2D physical simulations. Each 2D physical simulation tool may be associated with a particular physical simulator that may be applied to 2D objects in an image using simple and intuitive gestures applied with the respective tool. In addition, predefined materials may be specified for a 2D object to which a 2D physical simulation tool may be applied. The 2D physical simulation tools may be used to simulate physical effects in static 2D images and to generate 2D animations of the physical effects. Computing technologies may be leveraged so that the physical simulations may be executed in real-time or near-real-time as the tools are applied, thus providing immediate feedback and realistic visual effects.