System and method for representation of object animation within presentations of software application programs

摘要

A system and method for representing object animation, such as the movement of mouse pointers, within presentations based on software application programs or other information displayed by a computer system is disclosed herein. In one aspect the method is directed to representing animation of a mouse pointer object during creation of a presentation based on such displayed information. The method includes storing a first mouse pointer position relative to a first screen shot derived from the displayed information. In addition, a second mouse pointer position is also stored relative to a second screen shot derived from the displayed information. The method farther includes displaying, with respect to the first screen shot, a previous path portion to a displayed mouse pointer position and a next path portion from the displayed mouse pointer position. The previous path portion and the next path portion are representative of a mouse pointer path traversed during playback of the presentation. In a particular implementation the first and/or second mouse pointer positions may be modified during operation in an edit mode.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device containing instructions which, when executed by a computer system, create a presentation based on displayed information, the instructions comprising:
instructions for capturing a first screen shot containing a first portion of the displayed information; instructions for capturing a second screen shot containing a second portion of the displayed information; instructions for storing a first cursor pointer position associated with the first screen shot; instructions for storing a second cursor pointer position associated with the second screen shot; and instructions for displaying, superimposed on the first screen shot, a first previous path portion to a first displayed cursor pointer position and a first next path portion from the first displayed cursor pointer position in a direction towards the second cursor position, the first previous path portion and the first next path portion being representative of a first cursor path to be traversed by a cursor pointer during playback of the presentation.