Blending image data using layers
CA 2256891 A1 · Owner: Adobe Systems Incorporated · Inventors: Carlsen, Stephen E.; Borg, Lars U.; Schiller, Stephen N.
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Methods and apparatus for blending graphics data that includes a plurality of objects. In one aspect objects are grouped into two layers; objects associated with a first layer are drawn; objects associated with a second layer are drawn; and data drawn into the first and second layers is blended. A layer stack may be used to define a hierarchy for blending layers of the image. The apparatus may be an output display device and more particularly a printing device. The object data may be transformed to an intermediate form and the intermediate form data for the first and second layer may be blended. The apparatus may include an interpreter for receiving object data associated with two layers of …
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- Filed December 21, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 21, 2018.
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