JPS62157462A - Planning and editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a planning and editing system for freely allocating headings and photographs to character typesetting.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in printed matter, especially in magazines, scooped photographs occupy a large proportion of the information, and written explanations are usually added to follow up the impact of the photographs.

For this reason, the photographs to be adopted are selected at the planning stage when the photographic materials are created before the text manuscript. Then, the decomposition rate of the selected photo is determined.Then, based on the materials collected by the reporter, the anchor writes a manuscript that matches the photo.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, due to the special nature of photographic materials to faithfully report facts to readers, the size and arrangement of the photographs used must be revised many times. The number of characters printed on one page naturally varies depending on the size of the typeface, etc. For this reason, anchors who write manuscripts need to quickly know the number of characters on the page, but because the number of characters changes depending on the font size and layout used, it is not possible to compile a manuscript that accurately corresponds to the number of characters. Ta. In addition, it is customary for published photos and manuscripts to have article headings printed in various shapes and letters to attract readers to the article.
There was a problem in that the final layout of the magazine could not be determined unless the article headings were also taken into consideration.

Further, even after a single layer is determined, from the standpoint of total balance, for example, changes in cropping of photographic images or changes in photographic areas are frequently performed, so improvements are being called for.

Therefore, a system shown in FIG. 6 has been proposed.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of this type of planning/editing system, and 31 is a main control section composed of, for example, a computer, which includes a typesetting display means 31d, an area display means 31b, a heading area display means 31c, and a heading area display means 31c. It has a display means 31d and a layout display means 31e. A heading memory 32 stores heading information. Reference numeral 33 is an input means for inputting layout information (paper size, print area size of 9 characters, layout of 9 characters, number of 2 columns, number of 9 characters, 1 line interval). The input means 33 includes a keyboard, a pointing device, and the like. Reference numeral 34 denotes a display section, which is composed of a high-resolution bitmap display. Reference numeral 35 denotes an image output means, which reproduces, for example, on a recording paper, the typesetting image formed and displayed on the display section 34 in response to an image output command inputted from the input means 33. 36 is an image memory that stores photographic images (binary images) taken in from a scanner (not shown). Note that bit thinning of the input image is normally performed on the display unit 34, but since the size of the output paper matches the input paper size, the main control unit 31
performs appropriate bit correction on the input image or the displayed image, and then delivers it to the image output means 35 as image data.

Next, the operation shown in FIG. 6 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating the manual operation of headline information.
Reference numeral 41 denotes a heading selection screen, which is displayed on the display section 34. The heading selection screen 41 consists of a heading menu part 41a, a layout part 41b, and the like.

Reference numerals 42a and 42b are heading manuscript areas, in which heading manuscripts 43a and 43b read out from the heading memory 32 and read out in the heading menu portion 41a are displayed. In addition,
The heading manuscript 43a is input with consideration to the heading layout, and the heading manuscript 43b is inputted in a series of characters, considering that the heading manuscript 43b will be determined after determining the arrangement of photographs, etc. Reference numeral 44 denotes a photo area in which photo images 44a and 44b read out from the one-image memory 36 and displayed in the heading menu part 41a are arranged.

The photographic images 44a and 44b are divided and displayed according to the size of the photographic area 44 and the trimming position. 45 is the editing function selection area, which allows you to move and enlarge.

Edit commands such as deletion 2 figures are made into a menu, and when picked by the input means 33, the specified photo image 44a,
44b or the index document areas 42a, 42b, the size and shape can be easily changed or corrected.

Note that the opening in the figure represents a dummy character formed by character typesetting, and is displayed in a 1-allocation format according to input layout information (number of columns, paper size, character size, etc.).

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining the layout image, and FIG.
Components that are the same as those in the figure are given the same reference numerals.

In this figure, 51 is a layout image, and photo image 4
4a, 44b and heading manuscript 43a.

43b and dummy characters.

Next, the heading layout operation will be explained.

After the typesetting of characters is formed according to the layout information, when a command is input from the input means 33 to read out the heading manuscripts 43a and 43b stored in the heading memory 32 and the photographic images 44a and 44b stored in the image memory 36, A heading selection screen 41 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display section 34. Note that the headline document areas 42a and 42b and the photo area 44 are formed at all four corners of adjacent dummy characters.

Here, when the input means 33 selects movement in the editing function selection area 45, selects the movement destination, that is, the photo area 44 of the layout section 41b, and picks the photo image 44a of the heading menu part 41a, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, a photographic image 44a is allocated to a predetermined position. Photo image 44
The same applies to b.

Next, the heading manuscript 4 read out in the heading menu part 41a
The allocation operation of 3a and 43b will be explained.

The heading manuscripts 43a and 43b are created by a document creation device (word processor), for example, and stored in the heading memory 32 constituted by an external storage device (floppy disk), and these are the heading manuscripts inputted from the input means 33. In response to a read command, the heading menu part 41a is read out (see FIG. 7). Of these, the heading manuscript 33a
is a manuscript that has been entered with the layout in mind,
Spaces (blank spaces) between lines of text are also given. Furthermore, in order to lay out the heading manuscript 43b at the time of layout, the manuscript is grouped in columns (a state in which character manuscripts are input continuously).

Therefore, when allocating the heading manuscript 43a, simply input the heading manuscript area 4 to which it will be moved into the input means 33.
2a, the heading document 43a of the heading menu part 41a, and the movement command of the editing function selection area 45, the layout is done as shown in FIG.

When allocating the heading manuscript 43b, first pick the heading manuscript area 42b to be moved using the input means 33, and select the heading manuscript 43 of the heading menu part 41a.
b, and then the movement command of the editing function selection area 45, and once it has been allocated to the heading manuscript area 42b, a blank is inserted according to the command input from the input means 33, and as shown in FIG. Either arrange the heading manuscript 43b shown in , or change its layout according to the command (movement, blank insertion) input from the input means 33 on the heading menu part 41a, and change it to the same layout as the heading manuscript 43a. Assign by procedure.

This makes it possible to allocate the heading manuscripts 43a, 43b at desired positions, and to match the balance of character typesetting, photo layout, etc., the heading manuscripts 43a, 43b
In addition, the layout of the photographic images 44a, 44b can be determined according to the layout of the heading originals 43a, 43b, and the best layout can be visually checked on the screen.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in order to arrange the photographic images 44a and 44b in the laid out photographic area 44, the photographic images 44a and 44b are displayed at a magnification determined according to the size of the photographic area 44.
For this reason, it is not possible to fix the photo area 44 and close up only the photo image, or fix the photo area 44 and change the cropping of the photo image, which makes it difficult to design the photo image. There were problems such as not being able to handle modification of elements.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a planning and editing system that can freely modify the design of laid-out photographic images.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The planning/editing system according to the present invention is provided with image modification means for modifying the design of photo image information displayed on the display section in accordance with input design modification data. .

[Effect]

In this invention, when the design modification data is input, the image modification means edits the design of the photographic image displayed on the display section and displays it.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a planning and editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, and the same components as in FIG. 6 are given the same reference numerals.

In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an image correction means, which changes the photo area 44 of the display unit 34 according to layout correction data (trimming change data, rotation, scaling change data, frame size change data) input from the input means 33. The displayed photographic images 44a and 44b are corrected and displayed. Reference numeral 1a denotes a variable magnification display means which trims the photographic image information displayed on the display section 34 in a similar manner based on the color separation frame selected by the input means 33, and displays the trimmed photographic image information in the selected color separation frame. Change the magnification and display it. Reference numeral 1b denotes a magnification variable means, and the one-image enlarging means 1a sequentially varies the display magnification of the set photographic image information step by step to asymptotically approach the target magnification.

The operation in FIG. 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 (a) to (d).

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the design correction input operation according to the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 7 are given the same reference numerals.

2 is design modification data, and when a picture designation 2a, a frame designation 2b, a scaling designation 2C, a rotation designation 2d, a scaling designation 2e, etc. are selected and designated from the input means 33, the respective modes are set, and thereafter the input means 33 The photographic images 44a and 44b that are picked are corrected respectively.

FIGS. 3(a) to 3(d) are schematic diagrams for explaining the design correction operation according to the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 8 are given the same reference numerals.

8(a) is a cropping correction screen, 5a and 5b are cropping correction photographic images, and the photographic image 44 shown in FIG.
The trimmings of a and 44b have been changed.

8B is a rotation correction screen, and 6a and 6b are rotated photographic images, which are obtained by rotating the photographic images 44a and 44b shown in FIG. 8.

Figure (C) is the scaling correction screen, 7a, 7b
is a scaling corrected image, which is the photographic image 44 shown in FIG.
The scaling of a and 44b is changed.

8(d) is the frame normal screen, 8a and 8b are frame corrected photographic images, and the photographic area 44 shown in FIG. 8 is the photographic area 9.
It has been changed to a, 9b.

First, when performing trimming correction, when the design specification 2a of the design correction data 2 shown in FIG. 2 is picked from the input means 33, the layout image 51 shown in FIG. Waiting, for example, when a photographic image 44a is picked, the original picture of the photographic image 44a picked from the image memory 36 is once displayed on the display section 34, and when the diagonal coordinates of a new trimming position are inputted from the input means 33, The image correction means 2 generates cropped corrected photographic images 5a, 5b according to the new trimming position and displays them in the photographic area 44. Here, when a single image output command is issued from the input means 33, the corrected layout image 51 is outputted from the image output means.

When performing rotation correction, when the rotation designation 2d of the design correction data 2 shown in FIG. 2 is activated using the input means 33,
The layout image 51 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, and the input means 3
3, wait for the image to be big, for example, photo image 44a,
44b is picked, and further rotation information, for example, angle data (900 degrees counterclockwise) is input from the input means 33, the image modification means 1 rotates the photographic images 44a and 44b by 90 degrees counterclockwise. Rotated photographic images 6a and 6b are generated and displayed in the photographic area 44. Here, when an image output command is issued from the input means 33, the corrected layout image 51 is outputted from the image output means.

When performing scaling correction, when the scaling designation 2C of the design correction data 2 shown in FIG. 2 is picked from the input means 33, the layout image 51 shown in FIG. is input, the image correction means 1 edits the photographic images 44a and 44b.
A scaled corrected image with 85% is displayed in the photo area 44. Here, when an image output command is issued from the input means 33, the corrected layout image 51 is outputted from the image output means.

When correcting the frame, when the scaling designation 2C of the design correction data 2 shown in FIG. 2 is activated using the input means 33, the layout image 51 shown in FIG. 44 is picked, the image modification means 1 changes the frame position to the next picked position to form new photographic areas 9a and 9b, and also adjusts the photographic image according to the changed photographic areas 9a and 9b. Frame corrected photo images 8a, 8 with corrections to 44a, 44b
b is allocated and displayed in the photo areas 9a and 9b.Here, when an image output command is issued from the input means 33, the corrected layout image 51 is outputted from the image output means.

In the above embodiment, the correction operation of the photographic images 44a and 44b has been described, but it goes without saying that the heading information stored in the heading memory 32 can also be corrected in the same way.

Next, the photographic image correction operation according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the operation of enlarging and correcting a photographic image according to the present invention, in which numeral 11 is a layout screen, and
4 will be displayed. 12 is a heading area which is read out from the heading memory 32.

t2a is indicated by one dummy character, 13 is a square plate frame, and photo images 13a and 13b read from the image memory 36
This shows the state in which .

Reference numerals 14 to 17 are square plate frames, and each of the corner plate frames 14 to 16 has trimming frames 14b to 14b having similar shapes to the respective corner plate frames 14 to 16.
16b shows a state in which the trimmed images 14a to 16a are enlarged to fill the frame, and the square plate frame 17
2 shows a state in which a trimmed image 17a cut out by a trimming frame 16b which is dissimilar to the square plate frame 17 is displayed enlarged to fill the frame. Note that the trimming frame 14b
The image to be cropped is the photographic image 13b.

First, when the trimming frame 14 is selected by the input means 33 and, for example, point P1 of the photographic image 13b displayed on the corner plate frame 13 is picked, the variable magnification display means 1a displays an image similar to the square plate frame 14. trimming is started, and a trimmed image 14a obtained by enlarging the photographic image 13b obtained by trimming the area determined by the end point E1 traced by the input means 33 to fit the square board frame 14 is displayed.

On the other hand, when the input means 33 picks the square plate frame 16 and, for example, picks the point P2, the variable-magnification display means 1a starts trimming the square plate frame 16 into a similar shape, and the input means 33
A trimmed image 16a obtained by enlarging the photographic image 13a obtained by trimming the area determined by the end point E2 traced by No. 3 to fit the square board frame 16 is displayed.

Further, when the input means 33 picks the square plate frame 15 and, for example, picks the point P3, the variable magnification display means 1a starts trimming the square plate frame 15 into a similar shape, and the input means 33
A trimmed image 15a obtained by enlarging the photographic image 13a obtained by trimming the area determined by the end point E3 traced by No. 3 to fit the square board frame 15 is displayed.

Further, when the input means 33 picks, for example, the point P3 and the input means 33 picks the corner plate frame 17, the display means 1a starts trimming the square plate frame 17 with a non-similar shape, and the input means Photographic image 13a obtained by trimming the area determined by the end point E3 traced by 33
A trimmed image 17a enlarged to fill the corner board frame 17 is displayed. At this time, only the corner plate frame 17 can be deleted if necessary. This makes it possible to allocate only the necessary trimmed image 17a.

Next, the photographic image magnification display operation according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the photographic image magnification display operation according to the present invention, in which 21a to 21d are square plates;
2 shows a state in which a photographic image 22a is displayed. 2
3 to 26 are variable-magnification photographic images, in which the variable-magnification ratio means 1b shown in FIG. be.

First, when the corner plate 21b is picked by the input means 33 and the corner plate 21a is selected by the input means 33, the photographic image 2
2a is selected. Here, when the variable magnification designation 2e shown in the heading menu part 41b shown in FIG. 1/2 of display magnification
(not shown to display the magnified image), then an image 2/3 times the target display magnification, that is, a variable-magnification photographic image 23 obtained by changing the magnification of the variable-magnification photographic image 22a to 200×2/3 times, is placed on the square plate 2.
0 to be displayed on the corner plate 21d. Next, an image 374 times the target display magnification, that is, a variable-magnification photographic image 24 obtained by changing the magnification of the variable-magnification photographic image 22a to 200X3/4, is displayed on the corner plate 21d.
Next, the target display magnification is n/(n-1) times (n is a positive integer) and displayed, and even in the vicinity of the target display magnification, the photographic image 22a is scaled at fine pitches, for example, photographic image 2
2a is enlarged and displayed by, for example, 202% (variable-magnification photographic image 25 shown in FIG. 5). Thereby, it is possible to display the photographic image 22a whose magnification is changed to an optimal magnification near the target display magnification. Here, when a command to reduce the display magnification is input from the input means 33, the magnification is changed from enlargement to reduction. that time.

The reduction display magnification changes at a minute pitch and reaches 200%.
When the target display magnification is corrected, a variable magnification photographic image 26 is displayed on the corner plate 21d. Note that the magnification ratio can be corrected either from enlargement to reduction or from reduction to enlargement. Further, the variable magnification ratio can be appropriately set by the user as necessary.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention is provided with an image modification means for modifying the design of the photographic image information displayed on the display section according to the design modification data inputted, so that the layout of the photographic image can be freely modified with high design quality. It has excellent advantages such as being able to make corrections, and making it possible to make detailed corrections to photographic images in a short time with simple operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a planning and editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the design correction input operation according to the present invention, and FIGS.
(d) is a schematic diagram illustrating the design correction operation according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the enlargement and correction operation of a photographic image according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the photographic image scaling display operation according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of this type of planning and editing system, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating heading information input operation, and FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating layout images. In the figure, 1 is an image modification means, 1a is a variable magnification display means, 1b is a variable magnification ratio means, 2 is design modification data, 31 is a main control section, 32 is a heading memory, 33 is an input means, 34 is a display section, 35 is an image output means, and 36 is an image memory. Figure 1 J 1M Yusei Hikiyuki Figure 3 (a) Figure 3 (b) Figure 3 (C) Figure 3 (d) Figure 6 Figure 8

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a planning and editing system that outputs a layout image by allocating photo image information stored in an image memory and heading information stored in a heading memory to a layout screen displayed on a display section, the photo image information displayed on the display section A planning/editing system is provided with an image modification means for freely modifying a design according to input design modification data.