REDUCING SYSTEM RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR USER INTERACTIVE AND CUSTOMIZABLE IMAGE PRODUCT DESIGNS

摘要

A method for assisting a user to design a photo book includes displaying layouts of a first page and a second page of the photo book at the user interface, storing a first snapshot image and a first dynamic render object in association with the first page and a second snapshot image and a second dynamic render object in association with the second page, allowing a user to select the first page for editing by at the user interface, in response to user selection of the first page, representing the first page by the first dynamic render object at the user interface, representing the second page by the second snapshot image at the user interface, and allowing the user to vary the first dynamic render object in the first page at the user interface.

主权项

1. A method for assisting a user to design an image-based product, comprising:
enabling a design of an image-based product comprising a plurality of pages to be displayed at a user interface by a computer system; storing, in the computer system, a snapshot image and one or more dynamic render objects in association with each of the plurality of pages in the design of the image-based product, wherein the one or more dynamic render objects are configured to be varied by a user; allowing a first page to be selected by a user for editing at the user interface, wherein the computer system is configured to perform the following steps in response to the user selection of the first page:
representing the first page at the user interface by the one or more dynamic render objects associated with the first page;representing the plurality of pages other than the first page by their respective snapshot images at the user interface; andallowing the user to vary the one or more dynamic render objects in the first page at the user interface; and allowing a user to stop selecting the first page at the user interface, wherein the computer system is configured to perform the following steps when the user stops selecting the first page:
storing an updated snapshot image for the first page on the computer system; andrepresenting the first page by the updated snapshot image at the user interface.