Claims
- 1. The method of creating an electronic hidden image file which can be displayed as an image on a computer monitor, comprising:(a) forming a first line of text; (b) replicating said first line of text to form an image which is sufficiently large that said image of replicated lines of text can be used to form a concealing image; (c) forming a first mask from said concealing image, such that said replicated lines of text are transparent while the areas around said replicated lines of text have a first color; (d) replicating said first mask in a second color different from said first color to produce a second mask; (e) forming a layer having a hidden image in said first color; (f) combining said first mask as a first layer, said hidden image as a second layer, and said second mask as a third layer, with said first layer being below said second layer and said third layer being above said second layer.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of offsetting the text in adjacent lines in order to minimize flowing “white spaces”, prior to said step of forming a first mask.
- 3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of offsetting said first layer from said third layer prior to said step of combining.
- 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of forming a wavy path which forms a text baseline, prior to said step of forming a first line of text.
- 5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of filtering said first mask prior to said step of combining.
- 6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of filtering said second mask prior to said step of combining.
- 7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of placing said third layer in multiply mode prior to said step of combining.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein said first and second layer are formed in a color selected from the group consisting of cyan, yellow, and magenta and said third layer is formed in a color selected from the group consisting of cyan, yellow, and magenta.
- 9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of flattening the image after said step of combining.
- 10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of changing the mode of said image from cyan, yellow, magenta, black (CYMK) to red, green, blue (RGB) whereby said flattened image can be saved in a file which is an image file.
- 11. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of reversing the input and output of the RGB channels prior to saving said image file.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS AND PATENTS
The present application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/634,111, filed Aug. 8, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,406,062 entitled HIDDEN IMAGE GAME PIECE, which was a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/437,254, filed Nov. 10, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,296,900, issued Oct. 2, 2001, entitled HIDDEN IMAGE GAME PIECE, filed Nov. 10, 1999, which was a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/081,795, filed May 20, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,984,367, issued Nov. 16, 1999, entitled HIDDEN IMAGE GAME PIECE. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/634,111, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,406,062 was also a continuing prosecution application of provisional application Ser. No. 60/148,226, filed Aug. 9, 1999 entitled ORIGINAL NET DECODER. The present application further claims priority from PCT application Ser. No. PCT/US99/26464, filed Nov. 10, 1999.
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