Photo and video collage effects

• US 20070089152A1
• Filed: 10/14/2005
• Published: 04/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Mercer, Ian, Burch, Warren, Patten, Michael, Randall, Russell, Matsel, Michael, Oakley, Randolph
• Granted Patent: US 7,644,364 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/134
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A media editing application for creating and displaying video effect clips. A detection component detects video files stored in a memory of a computer. A user interface displays the detected video files and various video effects that can be applied to video files. The user interface is responsive to a user selecting one or more of the detected video files to apply a selected video effect to the selected video files to create the video effect clip. The user interface is further responsive to user input to display the video effect clip.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable media having computer executable components executed by a computing device for displaying a plurality of video files, said computer-readable media comprising:

a detection component for detecting video files stored in a memory;

a user interface (UT) component for displaying a plurality of video effects and detected video files; and

a generation component responsive to user input selecting a desired video effect from the plurality of video effects and selecting one or more of video files from the detected video files to which the selected video effect is applied to create a video effect clip, and wherein the UI component displays the created video effect clip via a graphical display.

2. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the UI component displays the detected video files via a properties menu and displays the plurality of video effects via a video effects menu, and wherein the generation component is responsive to user input selecting the desired video effect from the video effect menu and selecting one or more video files from the properties menu to apply the desired video effect to the selected one or more video files to create the video effect clip.

3. The computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the UI component displays a video effect icon corresponding to the created video effect clip, and wherein said video effect icon is responsive to user input to display the video effect applied to the video effect clip and to display the properties menu.

4. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein UI component further displays:

a background control responsive to user input specifying a desired background to apply the desired background to the video effect clip, wherein specifying a desired background includes specifying a color, no color, or a video file to display in a background of the video effect clip; and

a border control responsive to user input specifying a desired border to apply the desired border to the video effect clip, wherein specifying a desired border includes specifying a desired border color, a desired border size, or both to apply to the video effect clip.

5. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the detection component assigns a display position to each of the detected video files, and wherein the UI component displays each of the detected video files in a list of detected video files according to their assigned display position and displays each of the selected video files in the video effect clip according to their assigned display position.

6. The computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein the detection component assigns the display position to each of the detected video files based on the order in which the video file is detected in the memory.

7. The computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein the detection component assigns the display position to each of the detected video files based on recording time information included in metadata associated with the detected video file.

8. The computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein the UI component displays a position control responsive to user input for re-assigning display positions to selected video files in the list of detected video files, and wherein the UI component displays each of the detected video files in a list of detected video files according to their re-assigned display position and displays each of the selected video files in the video effect clip according to their re-assigned display position.

9. The computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein the UI component displays an add control responsive to user input to add the selected video file to the video effect clip, and wherein the detection component assigns the display position to each of the selected video files based on the order the selected video file is added to the video effect clip.

10. The computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the UI component displays an import control responsive to user input to add an additional video file from a remote memory to the list of detected video files, and wherein add control responsive to user input selecting the additional video file to add the selected additional video file to the video effect clip, and wherein the UI component assigns a display position to the additional video file based on the order in which the additional video file is added to the video effect clip.

11. A computerized method for displaying a plurality of video files, said computerized method comprising:

detecting video files stored in a memory;

displaying a plurality of video effects and the detected video files via a graphical display;

identifying, in response to user input, a desired video effect from the plurality of video effects;

applying the desired video effect to one or more of the detected video files, selected by a user, to create the video effect clip; and

displaying the video effect clip via the graphical display.

12. The computerized method of claim 11 further including assigning a display position to each of the detected video files, and wherein displaying the detected video files includes displaying the detected video files according to their assigned display position, and wherein displaying the video effect clip includes displaying each of the selected one or more vide files in the video effect clip according to their assigned display position.

13. The computerized method of claim 12, wherein the display position is assigned based on metadata included in each video file, or based on an order in which the video file is detected.

14. The computerized method of claim 12 further including selectively re-assigning display positions for each of the selected video files in response to user input, and wherein displaying the detected video files includes displaying the detected video files according to their re-assigned display position, and wherein displaying the video effect clip includes displaying each of the selected one or more vide files in the video effect clip according to their re-assigned display position.

15. The computerized method of claim 12 further including generating a list of detected video files, wherein each of the detected video files in the generated list are organized according to their assigned display position, and wherein displaying detected video files includes displaying the generated list of detected video files via the graphical display.

16. The computerized method of claim 15 further includes selectively importing additional video files from a remote memory to add to the generated list of detected video files, and wherein each of the additional video files are assigned a display position, and wherein each of the additional video files in the generated list are organized according to their assigned display position.

17. The computerized method of claim 11 further includes:

displaying a background control responsive to user input specifying a desired background to apply the desired background to the video effect clip, wherein specifying a desired background includes specifying a color, no color, or a video file to display in a background of the video effect clip; and

displaying a border control responsive to user input specifying a desired border to apply the desired border to the video effect clip, wherein specifying a desired border includes specifying a desired border color, a desired border size, or both to apply to the video effect clip.

18. A system for creating a video clip, said video clip displaying a plurality of animated video files, said system comprising:

a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions to;

detect video files stored in a memory;

display a list of detected video files via a graphical display;

display a plurality of video effects via the graphical display;

identifying, in response to user input, a desired video effect from the plurality of video effects and one or more desired video files from the list of detected video files; and

apply the desired video effect to the one or more desired video files to create a video effect clip; and

an interface configured to display the video effect clip.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-executable instructions to assign a display position to each of the detected video files, and wherein the interface is further configured to display each of the selected video files in the video effect clip as a function of their assigned display position.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-executable instructions to import additional video files from a remote memory to add to the list of detected video files, and wherein processor assigns a display position to each of the additional video files based on the order in which the additional video file is added to the list of detected video files.