JPH06202612A - Graphic editor device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To advance operation while comparing and considering several variations when one image is generated by displaying a halfway edited image, displayed in a sample image display area, in a display area for image editing and editing the image. CONSTITUTION:An inputted key or button is detected first. When a sample shot button 10 is detected, data on an image edited in a window for image editing which is stored in a working memory are copied to a memory for temporary registration. Then a window for sample image display in which an apply button 9 and a close button 8 are incorporated is opened and the image of data in a memory for temporary registration is displayed. After the window 4 for sample image display is displayed, a return to an image editing mode is made and the image is edited in the window 3 for image editing. Namely, plural images which are edited in the past can be displayed as sample images in the sample image display window again by selecting the sample shot button.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphic editor device for editing a graphic image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a consumer information processing device, for example,
An information processing unit 100 having a configuration as shown in FIG. 5 is built in the personal computer, and the information processing unit 100 has a CPU (central processing unit) 101 and a ROM.
(Read only memory) 103, RAM (random access memory) 104, timer 105, interrupt controller 106, and DMA (direct memory access)
The controller 107 and the like are mounted. CPU1 above
01 and ROM 103, RAM 104, timer 105, interrupt controller 106, and DMA controller 1
07 transmits / receives signals via the CPU bus 102.

A keyboard controller 109, a video controller 110, a floppy disk controller 111, a hard disk controller 112, a parallel I / O (input / output) controller 113, and a serial I.
A control circuit such as an / O (input / output) controller 114 and a mouse controller 115 is also built in the information processing section 100, and the plurality of control circuits are the CPU bus 1
02, the CPU 101 is connected to the CPU bus 102.
The transmission and reception of signals between the respective control circuits are controlled via.

Each of the above control circuits includes an I / F (interface) unit 108 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from external equipment. Therefore, the keyboard 1 which is an externally connected device
16, an information processing device dedicated monitor 117, a floppy disk unit 118, a hard disk unit 119,
By connecting the printer 120, the modem 121, and the mouse 122 to the plurality of control circuits using dedicated signal cables, it is possible to control the operation of the external device.

When a general graphic editor is used on the above-described information processing apparatus, by writing or deleting one dot at a time on the image editing screen displayed in an enlarged image. Create and edit graphic images. When the image is completed to a certain extent, the display state of the image can be confirmed by switching to the screen for displaying the enlarged image of the image editing screen in the actual size, that is, the sample image display screen. Further, by switching to the image editing screen again, it is possible to continue editing the image on the sample image displaying screen.

[0006]

On the sample image display screen of the conventional graphic editor as described above, only one image, which is the image currently being edited, can be displayed as the sample image. It is not possible to compare the sample image display of the edited image with the sample image display of the plurality of images edited in the past.

After the image being edited on the image editing screen is displayed as a sample image on the sample image displaying screen, the sample image displaying screen is switched to the image editing screen to change the image being edited. In the case of further editing, the edited image is always displayed on the sample image display screen, so that the image displayed first as the sample image cannot be displayed again as the sample image. Therefore, it is not possible to return the first edited image to the image editing screen again for editing.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and it is possible to display sample images of a plurality of images, and it is possible to edit the images displayed with the plurality of sample images again. The purpose is to provide a graphic editor device.

[0009]

In a graphic editor device according to the present invention, a display section having an image editing display area for editing an image and a sample image display area for displaying a plurality of screens of an edited image being edited. A program memory that stores a graphic editor that is software, a working memory that stores image data of an image displayed in the image editing display area, and a temporary registration memory for temporarily registering the edited image that is being edited. And a storage unit for main-registering the image after editing, and displays the edited image being edited displayed on the sample image display area on the image editing display area. The above-mentioned problem is solved by editing the above.

However, in the sample image display area for displaying a plurality of screens, the sample image display of a plurality of images at once and the sample image display of one image are switched to display a plurality of sample images. There are cases. Therefore, the present invention is characterized by having a close button for closing the sample image display area in the display section for switching the display of one sample image.

Further, the image data main-registered in the recording means is read out and transferred to the working memory,
It is characterized in that it is displayed in the image editing display area.

[0012]

In the present invention, a plurality of sample images can be displayed, and the plurality of sample image-displayed images can be edited again.

[0013]

1 is a diagram of a first embodiment schematically showing a screen of a graphic editor device according to the present invention. In the display screen 2 of the CRT monitor 1 which is the display unit of the graphic editor device, one image editing window 3 for editing an image opened in the image editing display area, and a sample image display of the edited image. Four sample image display windows 4, 5, 6, 7 opened on the sample image display area, and sample shots for displaying the sample image after the images edited on the image editing window 3 are temporarily registered. Buttons 10 and command buttons 11 for performing other functions of the graphic editor device are displayed. In addition, in each of the sample image display windows 4, 5, 6, and 7, a close button 8 for closing the sample image display window and the sample image-displayed image are displayed in the image editing window 3. And the Apply button 9 of.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the graphic editor device. In the graphic editor device 20, a CPU 21, a ROM 23, a RAM 24,
Keyboard controller 28, video controller 2
9, a mouse controller 30, a floppy disk controller 31, a hard disk controller 32, and other control circuits are provided.

In the RAM 24, a program memory 25 for operating a graphic editor program, a working memory 26 for storing data of an image edited on the image editing window, and the Apply button are selected. A temporary registration memory 27 for temporarily registering image data displayed on the sample image display window is provided. The temporary registration memory 27 can store the data of the sample image for a plurality of screens.

Each of the control circuits has an I / F section 33, and when a picture is edited through a dedicated signal cable, a display position is designated to add / delete or select each of the above buttons. Keyboard 34 and mouse 36 for display, monitor 3 which is a display unit such as the CRT monitor
5. External devices such as a floppy disk 37 and a hard disk 38, which store the image data on the image editing window as a main registration, are connected.

The operation of the graphic editor device is as follows.
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the reference numerals shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be used in the following description. In step S1, the input key or button is detected. When the sample shot button 10 is detected (step S2), the process proceeds to step S3, and the image editing window 3 in the working memory 26 is displayed.
The data of the image edited above is stored in the temporary registration memory 27.
In step S4, the sample image display window 4 incorporating the apply button 9 and the close button 8 is opened to display the image of the data in the temporary registration memory 27. After the sample image display window 4 is displayed, step S14
Then, the process returns to the image edit mode by going to and the image can be edited on the image editing window 3.

When the close button 8 is selected (step S5), the sample image display window 4 including the close button 8 is closed in step S6, and the process returns to the image edit mode in step S14. When the apply button 9 is selected (step S7), the process proceeds to step S8, and the temporary registration memory of the image displayed on the sample image display window 4 including the apply button 9 is stored. The data temporarily registered in 27 is copied to the working memory 26, and the image editing window 3 is created based on the image data copied in the working memory 26 in step S9.
After displaying the image on the upper side, the process returns to the image editing mode for editing the image on the image editing window 3 in step S14.

When the key for main registration of the edited image is selected on the image editing window 3 (step S10), the data of the image in the working memory 26 is main registered in step S11. In order to do so, the data is copied to the floppy disk 37 or the hard disk 38, and the process returns to the image edit mode in step S14. If another operation key or the command button 11 is selected (step S12), an operation corresponding to the operation of the selected operation key, the command button 11 or the like is performed in step S13, and the image edit mode is executed in step S14. Return to.

The image edited on the image editing window 3 shown in FIG. 1 by the operation of the graphic editor device as described above is selected by selecting the sample shot button 10 to display the data of the edited image. The stored image data in the working memory is copied to the temporary registration memory, a sample image display window incorporating an apply button 9 and a close button 8 is opened on the sample image display area, and the temporary registration is performed. An image is displayed on the sample image display window based on the image data in the image memory.

Further, for example, when the image on the sample image display window 5 is a desired image and the desired image is to be edited on the image editing window 3, the Apply button in the sample image display window 5 is used. By selecting 9, the data of the desired image in the temporary registration memory is copied into the working memory, and then the desired image is displayed on the image editing window 3 based on the data in the working memory. Since the image is displayed in an arbitrary size, the desired image can be edited again.

Further, the image data stored in the floppy disk or the hard disk as the main registration,
Image editing window 3 by copying to working memory
By displaying the image on the top and selecting the sample shot button 10, a plurality of images edited in the past can be displayed again in the sample image display window.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a second embodiment of the screen of the graphic editor device according to the present invention.
In the display screen 41 of the CRT monitor 40 which is the display unit of the graphic editor device, the image opened in the image edit display area is edited in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
One image editing window 42, one sample image display window 43 opened on the sample image display area for displaying the edited image as a sample image, and the image edited on the image editing window 42 is temporarily registered. After that, a sample shot button 46 for displaying a sample image and a command button 47 for executing other functions of the graphic editor device are displayed. Further, the sample image display window 43 is provided with a close button 44 for closing the sample image display window and an apply button 45 for returning the sample image-displayed image to the image editing window 42. .

For the image edited on the image editing window 42, by selecting the sample shot button 46, the image data in the working memory storing the data of the edited image is temporarily registered. Copied to memory, Apply button 45 and Close button 4
The sample image display window 43 incorporating 4 is opened, and an image is displayed on the sample image display window 43 based on the image data in the temporary registration memory.

If the user wishes to edit the image on the desired sample image display window 43 on the image editing window 42, the close button 44 is selected and
The displayed sample image display window 43 is closed, and then the key or the command button 47 is operated. By this operation, the sample image display window 43 for displaying the data of the desired image among the image data temporarily registered in the temporary registration memory is opened.

Further, for example, the function of the close button 44 can be changed by closing the sample image display window 43, and then closing the sample image display window 43 in the image data stored in the temporary registration memory. The sample image display window 43 for displaying the image data next to the image data is set to open, and the close button 44 is selected a plurality of times to open and close the sample image display window 43 a plurality of times. It is also possible to open the sample image display window 43 on which the desired image is displayed.

After the above-mentioned operation, the apply button 45 in the opened sample image display window 43.
By selecting, the data of the desired image in the temporary registration memory is copied into the working memory, and the desired image is displayed on the image editing window 42 in an arbitrary size. Thereby, the desired image can be edited again.

Furthermore, the image data stored in the floppy disk or hard disk as the main registration is
Image editing window 4 by copying to working memory
By displaying the image on the screen 2 and selecting the sample shot button 46, a plurality of images edited in the past can be displayed.
The sample image can be displayed again in the sample image display window 43.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that the present invention is applied within the scope of the claims described above.

[0030]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the graphic editor device of the present invention, it is possible to display a plurality of sample images as sample images, and to create one image, several images can be displayed. You can proceed while comparing and examining variations. Also, since the image displayed in the sample image can be edited again,
Re-editing is smooth and easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a first embodiment schematically showing a screen of a graphic editor device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a graphic editor device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the graphic editor device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a second embodiment schematically showing a screen of the graphic editor device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram in a general information processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 40 ... CRT monitor 2, 41 ... display screen 3, 42 ... image editing windows 4, 5 , 6, 7, 43 ... Window for displaying sample image 8, 44 ... Close button 9, 45 ... Apply button 10, 46 ... ........ Sample shot button 11, 47 ...

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display unit having an image editing display area for editing an image and a sample image display area for displaying an image being edited for a plurality of screens, a program memory for storing a graphic editor as software, and the image. A working memory that stores the image data of the image displayed in the display area for creation, a memory unit that has a temporary registration memory for temporarily registering the edited image that is being edited, and the image after editing is main-registered And a storage means for storing the edited image, which is being edited and is displayed in the sample image display area, and is displayed in the image editing display area for editing. 2. The graphic editor device according to claim 1, further comprising a close button for closing the sample image display area in the display section. 3. The graphic editor device according to claim 1, wherein the image data main-registered in said recording means is read out, transferred to said working memory, and displayed in said image editing display area.