Dual mode timeline interface
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1. A method for editing a sequence of video clips, the method comprising the steps of:
- auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from the sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to the parent video clip;
maintaining information on the relationship between the parent video clip and said related child segment;
displaying on a Graphical User Interface corresponding representations of the parent video clip, the video production, and said information; and
manually editing, dependent upon said displayed information, said child video segment.
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Abstract
A dual-mode GUI (600) is disclosed which includes a source timeline (614) and a manual editing timeline (606) within a common editing window (608). This arrangement enables the user to maintain a contextual appreciation of relationships (618) between a parent clip (616) and a related child segment (602) throughout an iterative editing process (1000). Using a dual-mode approach, after the user has performed auto-editing using an auto-edit GUI (1200), the user then activates the dual-mode GUI (600), in order to proceed with additional manual editing (1000).
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30 Claims
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1. A method for editing a sequence of video clips, the method comprising the steps of:
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auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from the sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to the parent video clip;
maintaining information on the relationship between the parent video clip and said related child segment;
displaying on a Graphical User Interface corresponding representations of the parent video clip, the video production, and said information; and
manually editing, dependent upon said displayed information, said child video segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for identifying, in a Graphical User Interface displaying (a) a source time line depicting a plurality of parent video clips the source time line being characterised by a source Edit Display List and (b) a manual time line depicting an associated video production having child elements related to at least some of said parent video clips the manual time line being characterised by a manual Edit Display List, the parent video clip which is related to a selected child segment in the video production, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting the child segment in the manual time-line;
identifying, in the manual Edit Display List, the child Edit Display List element representing the selected child segment; and
determining, from the child Edit Display List element, a reference to the related parent video clip. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method for identifying, in a Graphical User Interface displaying (a) a source time line depicting a plurality of parent video clips the source time line being characterised by a source Edit Display List and (b) a manual time line depicting an associated video production having child elements related to at least some of said parent video clips said manual time line being characterised by a manual Edit Display List, a child segment related to a selected parent video clip in the source time-line, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting the parent video clip in the source time-line;
identifying, in the source Edit Display List, the parent Edit Display List element representing the selected parent video clip; and
determining, from the parent Edit Display List element, a reference to the related child segment.
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14. A method for editing, in a Graphical User Interface displaying (a) a source time-line depicting a plurality of parent video clips the source time-line characterised by a source Edit Display List and (b) a manual time line depicting an associated video production having child elements related to at least some of said parent video clips, said manual time-line characterised by a manual Edit Display List, a child segment in the manual time-line, the method comprising the steps of:
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activating the child segment in the manual time-line;
identifying, in the manual Edit Display List, the child Edit Display List element representing the activated child segment;
determining, from the child Edit Display List element, attributes for the activated child segment; and
editing said attributes.
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15. An apparatus for editing a sequence of video clips, the apparatus comprising:
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an auto-editor for auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from the sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to the parent video clip;
means for maintaining information on the relationship between the parent video clip and said related child segment;
a Graphical User Interface for displaying corresponding representations of the parent video clip, the video production, and said information; and
a manual editor for manually editing, dependent upon said displayed information, said child video segment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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an auto-editor for auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from a sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to the parent video clip;
a Graphical User Interface;
means for displaying on the Graphical User Interface (a) a source time-line depicting said parent video clip said source time-line characterised by a source Edit Display List and (b) a manual time-line depicting said video production the manual time-line characterised by a manual Edit Display List;
means for selecting the child segment in the manual time-line;
means for identifying, in the manual Edit Display List, the child Edit Display List element representing the selected child segment; and
means for determining, from the child Edit Display List element, a reference to the related parent video clip. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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an auto-editor for auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from a sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to said parent video clip;
a Graphical User Interface;
means for displaying on the Graphical User Interface (a) a source time-line depicting said parent video clip said source time-line characterised by a source Edit Display List and (b) a manual time-line depicting said video production said manual time-line characterised by a manual Edit Display List;
means for selecting the parent video clip in the source time-line;
means for identifying, in the source Edit Display List, the parent Edit Display List element representing the selected parent video clip; and
means for determining, from the parent Edit Display List element, a reference to the related child segment.
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26. An apparatus comprising:
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an auto-editor for auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from a sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to the parent video clip;
a Graphical User Interface;
means for displaying on the Graphical User Interface (a) a source time-line depicting said parent video clip said source time-line characterised by a source Edit Display List and (b) a manual time-line depicting the video production said manual time-line characterised by a manual Edit Display List;
means for activating the child segment in the manual time-line;
means for identifying, in the manual Edit Display List, the child Edit Display List element representing the activated child segment;
means for determining, from the child Edit Display List element, attributes for the activated child segment; and
means for editing said attributes.
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27. An apparatus for editing a sequence of video clips, said apparatus comprising:
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a memory for storing a program; and
a processor for executing the program, said program comprising;
code for auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from the sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to the parent video clip;
code for maintaining information on the relationship between the parent video clip and said related child segment;
code establishing a Graphical User Interface for displaying corresponding representations of the parent video clip, the video production, and said information; and
code for manually editing, dependent upon said displayed information, said child video segment.
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28. An edited video clip when produced using an apparatus for editing a sequence of video clips, the apparatus comprising:
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an auto-editor for auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from the sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to the parent video clip;
means for maintaining information on the relationship between the parent video clip and said related child segment;
a Graphical User Interface for displaying corresponding representations of the parent video clip, the video production, and said information; and
a manual editor for manually editing, dependent upon said displayed information, said child video segment.
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29. A computer program for directing a processor to execute a procedure for editing a sequence of video clips, said program comprising:
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code for auto-editing, using an auto-editing template, a parent video clip selected from the sequence of video clips to thereby produce a video production having a child video segment related to the parent video clip;
code for maintaining information on the relationship between the parent video clip and said related child segment;
code establishing a Graphical User Interface for displaying corresponding representations of the parent video clip, the video production, and said information; and
code for manually editing, dependent upon said displayed information, said child video segment.
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30. An Edit Display List data structure referring to a parent video clip and a child video segment related to the parent video clip, said Edit Display List data structure comprising:
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a source Edit Display List including a parent Edit Display List element having a reference to said parent video clip, and a reference to a child Edit Display List element in a manual Edit Display List, said child Edit Display List element being associated with the child video segment; and
said manual Edit Display List including said child Edit Display List element having a reference to said source Edit Display List element.
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