MANIPULATING DESKTOP BACKGROUNDS
Apparatus, methods and systems for manipulating desktop images are described. A method is provided that includes identifying a trigger event; displaying an interface including an image associated with a background of a display environment, the image being displayed in substantially an entire display space of the display environment; receiving user input to either change or transform the image; and updating the background with the changed or transformed image.
1 . A method comprising:
Identifying a trigger event;
Displaying an interface including an image associated with a background of a display environment, the image being displayed in substantially an entire display space of the display environment;
Receiving user input to either change or transform the image; and
Updating the background with the changed or transformed image.
2 . The method of claim 1 where receiving input to transform the image includes input selected from the operations to scale, pan and rotate.
3 . The method of claim 1 where receiving input to transform the image includes input to apply an image operation to the image selected from the group of red-eye reduction, image tinting, captioning, blur, sepia-coloration, mosaic, and filtering.
4 . The method of claim 1 where the display environment is a desktop.
5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying one or more tools for selection by a user to allow for manipulation of the image.
6 . The method of claim 5 where the tools are selected from the group comprising a selection tool and a transformation tool.
7 . The method of claim 5 where the tools are overlaid on the image.
8 . The method of claim 5 where the tools are displayed in a border area of the display environment.
9 . The method of claim 1 further comprising responsive to receipt to change the image, selecting a one or more new images and displaying the one or more new images in substantially the entire display space.
10 . The method of claim 9 further comprising receiving input to transform each one or more new images independently.
11 . The method of claim 1 further comprising responsive to the receipt of transformation input transforming the image and displaying the transformed image in substantially the entire display space.
12 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
dismissing the interface; and
displaying the changed or transformed image displayed in the interface as the background.
13 . The method of claim 1 where input to transform includes input to identify a portion of the image to be displayed in the background and the method further comprising presenting the portion in the background when the interface is dismissed.
14 . The method of claim 13 where the input is a zoom input.
15 . The method of claim 1 where displaying an interface includes a visual transition to introduce the interface.
16 . The method of claim 12 where dismissing the interface includes a visual transition to dismiss the interface.
17 . An apparatus comprising;
an interface for displaying an desktop image at a substantially a size and at an aspect ratio associated with an output device, the interface including:
a selection tool for selecting an image for display; and
a transformation tool for transforming the image prior to display.
18 . A computer program product comprising instructions including instructions to cause a computing device to:
identify a trigger event;
display an interface including an image associated with a background of a display environment, the image being displayed in substantially an entire display space of the display environment;
receive user input to either change or transform the image; and
update the background with the changed or transformed image.