Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Existing hardware and software platforms provide systems a nd methods for generating and editing layerswithin digital images. For example, some existing digital image editing systems generate layers within digitalimag es that are independently editable and that include different components of digi tal images. Despitethese advances, however, many conventional digital image edi ting systems continue to demonstrate anumber of deficiencies or drawbacks, part icularly in accuracy, speed, and flexibility.
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