ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,129, issued on June 17, was assigned to Corel Corp. (Ottawa).

"Methods and systems for generating graphical content through easing and paths" was invented by Michel Yavercovski (Olga, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Digital image editors provide tools to modify or manipulate a digital image. For animation, video, etc. this manipulation and/or modification must be undertaken over a portion of the digital content's duration. This can represent tens, hundreds, thousands of equivalent images (i.e. each frame) to be modified and/or manipulated. The invention provides digital tools allowing effects, e.g. a manipulation and/or modifica...