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Tom “The Man” Warren found a few interesting tidbits (http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-patents-reveal-new-windows-8-tablet-gestures/) at the US Patent Office in patents filed by Microsoft.
More specifically, the patents reveal Microsoft’s Windows 8 tablet pen and touch gestures. These gestures hint at photo editing abilities using touch/pen inputs.
The patents that were filed reveal the company’s plans for picture releated gestures. The gestures allow for dual use of both fingers and pens..
Here is a rundown of the gestures:
■ Cut gesture – this allows for objects to be cut simply by cutting across them by using the gesture.
■ Punch-Out gesture – this gesture allows tablet users to manipulate an object and punch a section out of it.
■ Rip gesture – this allows for objects to be separated into two different objects using two fingers and pulling in two different directions.
■ Edge gesture – this allows for a tablet user to create a straight line from objects. Just think of a ruler.
■ Stamp gesture – users can create rubber stamps of existing objects and reuse them as a copied item.
■ Brush gesture – just like in Photoshop, this gesture allows you to remove a portion of an object and makes a copy of it.
■ Copy gesture – allows for images and data to be copied simply by tapping on the object to select it and then dragging it with a stylus or pen to the left of the object.
■ Staple gesture – allows tablet users to group objects together into stacks.
I have to say that this is pretty interesting as the dual pen/finger concept looks pretty incredible.
Check out this promotional video shows some similar gestures used on Microsoft Surface…
Manual Deskterity: An Exploration of Simultaneous Pen + Touch Direct Input (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sTgLYH8qWs#)