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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Larry T. Hatfield, Kirkland, WA (US);
Scott H. Douglas, Essex, VT (US);
Nicholas W. Rohring, Bothell, WA (US);
Matthew J. Kotler, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steven P. Geffner, Bothell, WA (US);
David Wayne Waltman, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Auston Warner Zahrt, Kirkland, WA (US);
Zhao-Hong Mai, Temple City, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Technologies are described herein for altering the appearance of a digital image using a shape. A mask edit mode of operation is provided in which an application program displays a mask shape superimposed on a digital image. The application program also provides user interface controls for altering the size, position, and rotation of the digital image independently of the mask shape, and user interface controls for altering the size, position, and rotation of the mask shape independently of the digital image. When a cropping request is received, the portion of the digital image within the mask shape is mapped onto the mask shape, thereby creating a mask-cropped shape, and a normal editing mode is entered. In the normal editing mode a set of user interface controls is provided for modifying the size, position, and rotation of the mask-cropped shape.