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20090058806 | Processing cursor movements in a graphical user interface of a multimedia application - A method for processing a selected item in a GUI of a multimedia application is provided. The method includes receiving a hot key input that specifies a function that is to be applied to the selected item and displaying a set of control guidelines associated with the hot key input. The set of control guidelines indicates cursor movement inputs needed to specify particular aspects of the function. A method for transforming a received cursor movement in a first coordinate system to a transformed cursor movement in a second coordinate system is provided. The received cursor movement specifies a particular manner (e.g., aspect and extent) of a function to be applied to an item in a workspace of a multimedia application. The first coordinate system displays a particular view of the workspace. | 03-05-2009 |
20100278424 | Automatically Extending a Boundary for an Image to Fully Divide the Image - Some embodiments provide a method for editing an image. For a displayed image, the method draws a partial boundary based on movement of a cursor over the image. The partial boundary does not fully divide the image into a region of interest and a second region. Upon completion of the cursor movement, the method automatically extends at least one end of the boundary in order to divide the image into the region of interest and the second region. The method applies edits (e.g., color correction) to only the region of interest of the image. In some embodiments, automatically extending at least one end of the boundary involves (i) extending one or both of the ends to points at which the boundary ends intersect borders of the image and (ii) connecting the boundary from the intersection points along the borders of the image. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278504 | Tool for Grouping Media Clips for a Media Editing Application - For a media-editing application that creates composite presentations, a novel grouping tool for grouping several media clips in the composite presentation by drawing a boundary about the media clips is described. The media editing application includes a composite display area for displaying media clips that are part of the composite presentation. The composite display area includes a timeline and one or more tracks that span the timeline for holding one or more media clips. The grouping tool provides a drawing tool that allows a user to draw a boundary in the composite display area. The drawing tool includes a moveable drawing element that moves about the media clips in the composite display area in order to draw the boundary. | 11-04-2010 |
20100281371 | Navigation Tool for Video Presentations - Some embodiments provide a method that provides a first display area for displaying a video presentation. The video presentation includes several video clips, each of which includes a particular sequence of consecutive video pictures. The method provides a navigation tool for navigating the video presentation. The navigation tool includes a display of a representative video picture from each video clip in the video presentation. The entire navigation tool is for display at one time in a second display area. In some embodiments the representative video picture for a particular video clip is the first video picture, a particular number of video pictures from the start of the video clip, etc. Some embodiments also provide a third display area for displaying thumbnail images representing a subset of the video clips in the video presentation. | 11-04-2010 |
20100281372 | Tool for Navigating a Composite Presentation - A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation and (2) a navigation tool including several selectable navigation markers associated with several navigable locations in the composite presentation. The selection of a navigation marker causes the composite display area to present the navigable location in the composite presentation that is associated with the selected navigation marker. | 11-04-2010 |
20100306702 | Radial Menus - Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel techniques for manipulating radial menus in graphical user interfaces of an application. In some embodiments, radial menus include multiple selectable items arranged about an internal location (e.g., a center of the radial menu). The novel radial menu techniques of some embodiments include (i) non-uniform spacing of menu items, (ii) the use of shading or highlighting within a region associated with an item to indicate the present selectability of the item, and (iii) the use of radial gestures for opening sub-menus and the subsequent display of the sub-menu. | 12-02-2010 |
20120019550 | Keying an Image in Three Dimensions - Some embodiments provide a method for editing an image that includes several pixels having pixel values in a color space. The method identifies (i) a shape in a plane of two dimensions of the color space and (ii) a range in a third dimension of the color space over which the first shape is propagated to form a first volume in the color space. Pixels whose pixel values are in the first volume of the color space are fully selected. The method displays a deformable curve along the third dimension that represents the manner in which the shape is propagated over the range of the color space. | 01-26-2012 |
20120019551 | Keying an Image - Some embodiments provide a method that provides an image display area that displays an image having a set of pixels that have pixel values in a color space. The method provides a first GUI item that activates a first sampling tool for selecting a first section of the image. The first section includes a first set of pixels for defining a first portion of the color space enclosing the pixel values of the first set. An image pixel whose pixel values are in the first portion is fully selected. The method provides a second GUI item that activates a second sampling tool for selecting a second section of the image displayed in the image display area. The second section includes a second set of pixels for defining a second portion of the color space enclosing the first portion and excluding the pixel values of the first set of pixels. | 01-26-2012 |
20120036480 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL SLIDER CONTROL - Some embodiments provide a computer program that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling an application. The GUI includes a contiguous two-dimensional sliding region for defining several values. The GUI also includes several sliders for moving within the sliding region. Each slider selects one or more values from the several values based on a position of the slider within the sliding region. The selected values are parameters for controlling one or more operations of the application. | 02-09-2012 |
20120069025 | DISPLAYING INTERCONNECTS HAVING AN APPEARANCE INDICATING DATA CHARACTERISTICS - A method for determining a depth ordering between two planes in a 3D workspace of an application is provided. The method includes projecting vectors from a reference position through points of interest on the planes, determining corresponding points on the other plane, determining a number of points of interest on a first plane having a depth lower than its corresponding point and a number of points of interest on a second plane having a depth lower than its corresponding point, and setting the depth ordering based on these numbers. A method for displaying interconnects between nodes of a tree displayed in an application is provided. A node represents a multimedia item or a function and an interconnect represents data passed between two nodes. The method includes displaying an interconnect in the tree having an appearance indicating at least one characteristic of the data being passed between two nodes. | 03-22-2012 |
20130124992 | Tool for Navigating a Composite Presentation - A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation and (2) a navigation tool including several selectable navigation markers associated with several navigable locations in the composite presentation. The selection of a navigation marker causes the composite display area to present the navigable location in the composite presentation that is associated with the selected navigation marker. | 05-16-2013 |
20130201202 | MEDIA EDITING WITH OVERLAID COLOR ADJUSTMENT TOOLS - A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The computer program displays the image on a display device. The computer program receives several inputs on the displayed image. The several inputs include a selection of a point on the displayed image and a vector input. The computer program identifies a pixel of the image that corresponds to the selected point. Based on the color values of the identified pixel and the vector input, the program determines a color space transform for mapping a set of color values defined within the color space to a different set of color values. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201203 | INTUITIVE MEDIA EDITING - A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for displaying color values of at least one particular color channel of an image includes several pixels is described. The computer program retrieves a color value for each pixel in the plurality of pixels of the image. The computer program displays a graphical presentation of a distribution of color values of the image along the particular color channel. The graphical presentation includes ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130201206 | EDITING MEDIA USING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF MEDIA - A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The computer program displays a graphical representation of the color values of the image. The computer program receives a set of inputs on the graphical representation. In response to the received set of inputs, the computer program determines a color space transform for mapping a set of color values defined within the color space to a different set of color values. The computer program modifies the image by using the color space transform to change the color values of the image. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201207 | EDITING MEDIA USING COMPOSITE BUMPS - A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for adjusting color values of an image represented in a color space is described. The image includes a set of pixels. Each pixel includes a set of color values. The computer program displays a composite bump on a tonal adjustment graph that is defined along a particular color component of the color space. The composite bump is generated by blending several bumps on the tonal adjustment graph. In response to receiving an input on a location on the tonal adjustment graph, the computer program creates a new bump based on the input and blending the new bump with the composite bump to create a modified composite bump. The computer program adjusts the color values of the image based on the modified composite bump. | 08-08-2013 |
20130239057 | UNIFIED SLIDER CONTROL FOR MODIFYING MULTIPLE IMAGE PROPERTIES - Some embodiments provide a novel user interface (UI) tool that is a unified slider control, which includes multiple sliders that slide along a region. The region is a straight line in some embodiments, while it is an angular arc in other embodiments. In some embodiments, the unified slider control is used in a media editing application to allow a user to modify several different properties of the image by moving several different sliders along the region. Each slider is associated with a property of the image. A position of the slider in the region corresponds to a value of the property associated with the slider. | 09-12-2013 |
20130346897 | Two-Dimensional Slider Control - Some embodiments provide a computer program that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling an application. The GUI includes a contiguous two-dimensional sliding region for defining several values. The GUI also includes several sliders for moving within the sliding region. Each slider selects one or more values from the several values based on a position of the slider within the sliding region. The selected values are parameters for controlling one or more operations of the application. | 12-26-2013 |
20140082557 | RADIAL MENUS - Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel techniques for manipulating radial menus in graphical user interfaces of an application. In some embodiments, radial menus include multiple selectable items arranged about an internal location (e.g., a center of the radial menu). The novel radial menu techniques of some embodiments include (i) non-uniform spacing of menu items, (ii) the use of shading or highlighting within a region associated with an item to indicate the present selectability of the item, and (iii) the use of radial gestures for opening sub-menus and the subsequent display of the sub-menu. | 03-20-2014 |
20150103093 | System and Method for Displaying Image Data on a Vectorscope - An image organizing and editing application receives and edits the colors of a target image in relation to the colors of a reference image. The application displays vectorscope representations of the colors of a target image and the colors of a reference image. The application receives adjustments to the vectorscope representation of the target image and adjusts the colors of the target image according to the received adjustments to the representation. | 04-16-2015 |
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20080210350 | AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL MEMBER MADE OF AN AL-CU-MG ALLOY - The invention relates to a work-hardened product, particularly a rolled, extruded or forged product, made of an alloy with the following composition (% by weight):
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20080236708 | Process For Manufacturing Structural Components By Machining Plates - The present invention includes a process for manufacturing metal sheets or plates and a machined metal part as well as machined products, structural components and their uses in various applications. Manufacture of a metal sheet or plate by a process of the present invention comprises casting of a rolling ingot, optionally followed by homogenisation, one or more hot or cold rolling operations, optionally separated by one or more re-heating operations, to obtain a sheet, or plate and optionally one or more sheet or plate cutting or finishing operations. The sheet is pre-machined on one or both sides so as to obtain a pre-machined stock, and subjected to solution heat treatment, quenching treatment, and optionally, one or more of the following steps: controlled stretching, aging treatment, and/or cutting. | 10-02-2008 |
20110030856 | Casting process for aluminum alloys - The invention relates to a wrought product such as an extruded, rolled and/or forged aluminum alloy-based product, comprising, in weight %: Cu: 3.0-3.9; Li: 0.8-1.3; Mg: 0.6-1.0; Zr: 0.05-0.18; Ag: 0.0-0.5; Mn: 0.0-0.5; Fe+Si≦0.20; Zn≦0.15; at least one element from among: Ti: 0.01-0.15; Sc: 0.05-0.3; Cr: 0.05-0.3; Hf: 0.05-0.5; other elements ≦0.05 each and ≦0.15 total, remainder aluminum. The invention also relates to the process for producing said product. The products according to the invention are particularly useful in the production of thick aluminum products intended for producing structural elements in the aeronautical industry. | 02-10-2011 |
20110209801 | Aluminum-Copper-Lithium Alloy With Improved Mechanical Strength and Toughness - The invention relates to a wrought product such as an extruded, rolled and/or forged aluminum alloy-based product comprising, in weight %: Cu: 3.0-3.9; Li: 0.8-1.3; Mg; 0.6-1.0; Zr: 0.05-0.18; Ag: 0.0-0.05; Mn: 0.0-0.5; Fe+Si≦0.20; Zn≦0.15; at least one element from among: Ti: 0.01-0.15; Sc: 0.05-0.3; Cr: 0.05-0.3; Hf: 0.05-0.5; other elements ≦0.05 each and ≦0.15 total, remainders aluminum. The invention also relates to the process for producing said product. The products according to the invention are particularly useful in the production of thick aluminum products intended for producing structural elements in the aeronautical industry. | 09-01-2011 |
20120152415 | ALUMINUM COPPER LITHIUM ALLOY WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE UNDER COMPRESSION AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS - The invention relates to a manufacturing process for flat-rolled products made of an alloy containing aluminum, including the steps of production, casting, homogenization, rolling at temperature greater than 400° C., solution heat treating, quenching, stretching between 2 and 3.5% and aging. The invention also relates to flat-rolled products obtained by this process, which offer a favorable compromise of properties between mechanical resistance under compression and stretching and fracture toughness. The products according to the invention are useful in particular for the manufacture of upper wing skins. | 06-21-2012 |
20130269840 | ALUMINUM-COPPER-LITHIUM ALLOY WITH IMPROVED IMPACT RESISTANCE - The invention relates to an extruded product made of an alloy containing aluminum comprising 4.2 wt % to 4.8 wt % of Cu, 0.9 wt % to 1.1 wt % of Li, 0.15 wt % to 0.25 wt % of Ag, 0.2 wt % to 0.6 wt % of Mg, 0.07 wt % to 0.15 wt % of Zr, 0.2 wt % to 0.6 wt % of Mn, 0.01 wt % to 0.15 wt % of Ti, a quantity of Zn less than 0.2 wt %, a quantity of Fe and Si less than or equal to 0.1 wt % each, and unavoidable impurities with a content less than or equal to 0.05 wt % each and 0.15 wt % in total. The profiles according to the invention are particularly useful as fuselage stiffeners or stringers, circumferential frames, wing stiffeners, floor beams or profiles, or seat tracks, notably owing to their improved properties in relation to those of known products, in particular in terms of energy absorption during an impact, static mechanical strength and corrosion resistance properties and their low density. | 10-17-2013 |
20140283958 | High Fracture Toughness Aluminum-Copper-Lithium Sheet or Light-Gauge Plates Suitable for Fuselage Panels - An aluminum alloy comprising 2.1 to 2.8 wt. % Cu, 1.1 to 1.7 wt. % Li, 0.1 to 0.8 wt. % Ag, 0.2 to 0.6 wt. % Mg, 0.2 to 0.6 wt. % Mn, a content of Fe and Si less or equal to 0.1 wt. % each, and a content of unavoidable impurities less than or equal to 0.05 wt. % each and 0.15 wt. % total, and the alloy being substantially zirconium free. | 09-25-2014 |