JP2000132701A - Device and method for editing image and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability when a mask image is edited. SOLUTION: When a mask image 41 is edited, an original image 42 outside the area of the mask image is displayed so that it can be identified from the mask image. Even about a part overlapping on other images in particular, the layout of the mask image is easily performed while confirming other image information by displaying the original image in a translucent manner. Because original image information outside the area of the mask image is displayed translucently, information outside the area can be confirmed and image edition operability is facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image editing apparatus and an image editing method capable of editing an image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a method of displaying a mask image created by cutting out an original image during editing is as follows. 1) During editing of the mask image, the original image and the mask image were displayed in the same manner. 2) When a portion of the original image outside the mask image and another image overlap, the overlapping portion of the other image is hidden and is not displayed.

[0003]

However, there are the following drawbacks when performing a mask image editing operation in a conventional image editing apparatus. 1) Since the mask image being edited is displayed in the same manner as the original image, it is difficult to determine the mask image. 2) When the portion outside the mask image of the original image overlaps with the other image, the overlapping portion of the other image is not displayed, so that the relationship (position, range, shape, etc.) between the mask image and the other image is difficult to understand. .

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a selecting means for selecting a part of an image displayed on a display screen, and a part of the image selected by the selecting means. And a display control means for controlling display so as to identify and display the other parts.

Preferably, an editing mode setting means for editing an image, and a part of the image selected by the selecting means and another part being identified by the selecting means during setting of the editing mode by the editing mode setting means. Display control means for controlling the display. Preferably, the editing mode setting means is a mode for performing an image masking process. Preferably, the selection range of the image by the selection means can be changed during the setting of the editing mode. Further, preferably, the display control means displays an image of another part which is not selected by the selection means in a translucent manner.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a selecting step of selecting a part of an image displayed on a display screen, and identifying a part of the selected image and another part. And a display control step of controlling display.

[0007] Preferably, an editing mode setting step for editing an image, and during the setting of the editing mode in the editing mode setting step, a part of the image selected in the selection step and another part are identified. And a display control step of controlling display. Preferably, the editing mode setting step is a mode for performing a mask process on an image. Preferably, the selection range of the image in the selection step can be changed while the editing mode is set.
Preferably, in the display control step, an image of another portion not selected by the selection unit is displayed in a translucent manner.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a program code of a selecting step of selecting a part of an image displayed on a display screen, and a part of the selected image and another part are identified and displayed. And a program code for a display control step for controlling the storage medium.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Description of Apparatus) FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the arrangement of an image editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an image display device, which displays an image being edited and a message as shown in FIG. 2 is CPU
(Central processing unit), and controls each unit of the apparatus based on various programs (image editing program, system control program, etc.) on the image editing apparatus. Reference numeral 3 denotes a RAM, which is a volatile storage area used as a work area used by each program operating on the image editing apparatus.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an external storage device, which is a non-volatile storage medium including a writable magnetic medium such as an HD or FD or a read-only storage medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. An input device 5 receives an input operation from a user such as a keyboard and a mouse. A network interface 6 controls data exchange and output with a previously connected network. 7 is an external output device,
It is a device such as a printer.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a method of displaying an image during editing of a mask image in the present embodiment.

In step S2.1 in FIG. 2, it is determined whether the image to be rendered is an image selected by the user using the input device 5 (keyboard, mouse, etc.) in FIG. If it is determined that the image is selected by the user, the process proceeds to step S2.2, and if it is not the selected image, normal image display is performed.

In step S2.2, it is determined whether or not the current mode is the mask image editing mode, and whether or not a mask image has been set in the image to be subjected to the drawing process.

If a mask image has been set in the mask image editing mode, the process proceeds to step S2.3; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S2.4. In step S2.4, the display is as shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a display example of an image including a mask image in a normal display mode other than the mask image editing mode. Reference numeral 31 in FIG. 3 is a display example of a mask image cut out into an ellipse. Reference numeral 32 denotes an image on which no mask processing has been performed. As shown in FIG. 3, in the normal mode, only the mask image is displayed.

In step S2.3 in FIG.
It is determined whether or not the area of the image on which the drawing processing is performed overlaps the area of the mask image set in the image. If they overlap, the process proceeds to step S2.5; if they do not overlap, the process proceeds to step S2.6.

In step S2.5, the image to be drawn is drawn by a normal display method. Step S2.
In step 5, an area that overlaps with the area of the mask image set in the image, out of the area of the image to be rendered, is rendered by a normal display method.

In step S2.6, as shown in FIG. 4, the area of the image to be rendered which does not overlap the area of the mask image set in the image is translucently highlighted. draw.

FIG. 4 shows a display example of a mask image in the mask editing mode. That is, this is a display example in the case where the processing after step 22.3 in FIG. 2 is performed.

In particular, the difference from FIG. 3 is that the information of the original image before being masked together with the mask image 41 is displayed translucently as shown at 42.

Reference numeral 43 denotes an image for which no mask is specified. In particular, when overlapping with the translucent image information 42, the content of the translucent image 42 is displayed so as to be understood. Reference numeral 44 denotes a mask shape. The user can select an arbitrary shape from these and mask the image.

In this embodiment, a translucent example is shown as highlighting, but a display method such as changing a color tone or hatching may be used.

Also, in this embodiment, the case of static display in the mask image editing has been described. However, a deforming operation of the mask image is performed so that the dynamic display in the case where the region of the mask image changes dynamically. In this case, the same processing is performed.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the information outside the area of the mask image is displayed translucently, so that the information outside the area can be confirmed, and the operability of the deformation operation of the mask image area is improved.

In the present embodiment, the object to be masked has been described with respect to image data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to all types of graphic data and text data.

(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiment, the case where the program is stored in the ROM has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be realized using an arbitrary storage medium. Further, it may be realized by a circuit that performs the same operation.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. A recording medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus executes the program code stored in the recording medium. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by executing the reading. in this case,
The program code itself read from the recording medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the recording medium on which the program code is recorded constitutes the present invention.

As a recording medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, C
DR, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM
Etc. can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS and the like running on the computer are actually executed based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that a part or all of the above-described processing is performed, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the recording medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs a part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the original image information outside the area of the mask image is displayed translucently, the information outside the area can be confirmed and the editing operability of the image can be easily performed.

Also, since the original image information outside the mask image area is displayed translucently, the mask image area can be deformed while confirming the entire original image, and the operability of editing the mask image is greatly improved. .

Further, since the original image is displayed translucently even in a portion where the original image overlaps with another image, the layout of the mask image can be easily performed while checking other image information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an image display processing procedure during editing of a mask image.

FIG. 3 is a display example of an image including a mask image in a normal display mode other than the mask image editing mode.

FIG. 4 is a display example of a mask image in a mask editing mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 image display device 2 CPU 3 RAM 4 external storage device 5 input device 6 network interface 7 external output device

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A selection means for selecting a part of an image displayed on a display screen, and a display control for controlling a part of the image selected by the selection means and another part to be displayed. Means for editing an image. 2. An editing mode setting means for editing an image, and a part of an image selected by the selection means and another part are displayed while the editing mode is being set by the editing mode setting means. Display control means for controlling
The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. An image editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said editing mode setting means is a mode for performing an image masking process. 4. The image editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the selection range of the image by the selection unit can be changed while the editing mode is set. 5. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control means displays an image of another part which is not selected by said selection means in a translucent manner. 6. A selection step of selecting a part of an image displayed on a display screen, a display control step of controlling a part of the selected image and another part to be displayed and identified,
An image editing method comprising: 7. An editing mode setting step for editing an image, and while the editing mode is being set by the editing mode setting step, a part of the image selected by the selection step and another part are displayed in a distinguished manner. A display control step of controlling to perform
7. The image editing method according to claim 6, comprising: 8. The image editing method according to claim 7, wherein the editing mode setting step is a mode for performing an image masking process. 9. The image editing method according to claim 7, wherein the selection range of the image in the selection step can be changed while the editing mode is set. 10. The image editing method according to claim 6, wherein in the display control step, an image of another portion not selected by the selection unit is displayed in a semi-transparent manner. 11. A program code for a selecting step of selecting a part of an image displayed on a display screen, and a display control for controlling a part of the selected image and another part to be displayed. And a program code for a process.