Media system with integrated clip views

• US 20080077866A1
• Filed: 09/20/2006
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Margulis, Vlad
• Granted Patent: US 7,877,690 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• 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

Techniques and systems for presenting graphical data and time data for audio and video clips. In some embodiments, a computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, is operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations that include obtaining video data including multiple video clips and presenting the video data in a user interface. The user interface can include a video display element to play video from the video data, a clip selection element to receive selections of the video clips, and a timeline element to present both chronological and durational information about the video clips on a defined time scale. The operations can include receiving a selection of one of the video clips through the clip selection element, and adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on the one of the video clips selected.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a graphical user interface configured to play and edit video, the graphical user interface comprising;

a video segment user interface element configured to play a video segment, wherein the video segment comprises a plurality of selectable video clips;

a video clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of the plurality of selectable video clips; and

a timeline configured to present timing data associated with the video segment; and

a time scaler configured to scale a representation of the timing data associated with a selected video clip to present in a defined time scale in the timeline.

2. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the chronological representation comprises thumbnail representations of the plurality of selectable video clips.

3. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the timeline is further configured to present chronological and durational information about the plurality of selectable video clips on the defined time scale.

4. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the system is configured to select a most recently-played video clip for the selected video clip.

5. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to concurrently present the selected video clip presented in the video segment user interface element and a chronological representation of at least one of the plurality of selectable video clips that is chronologically adjacent to the selected video clip.

6. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a control panel for video playback, wherein the control panel comprises controls for playing, stopping, pausing, fast forwarding, rewinding, and skipping video.

7. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a media bin panel comprising video data for playing in the video segment user interface element, wherein the video data in the media bin panel comprises still images, moving images, video clips, and video segments.

8. The system in accordance with claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a properties panel to present properties for media selected from the media bin panel, wherein the properties panel comprises image controls, motion controls, opacity property controls, and volume controls.

9. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to present animation of the scaling of the representation of the timing data associated with the selected video clip.

10. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the time scaler is further configured to scale a representation of the timing data associated with a selected video clip when a video segment ceases playing in the video segment user interface element.

11. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

obtaining video data comprising a plurality of video clips;

presenting the video data in a user interface comprising a video display element configured to play video from the video data, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the video clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information about the video clips on a defined time scale;

receiving a selection of one of the video clips through the clip selection element; and

adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on the one of the video clips selected.

12. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, the operations further comprising:

presenting animation in the timeline element to indicate the adjusting of the defined time scale.

13. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, wherein the selection of one of the video clips comprises:

detecting when video data in the user interface stops playing; and

selecting a most recently-played video clip for the adjusting of the defined time scale.

14. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, wherein the selection of one of the video clips comprises a selection from a video clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of video clips in the video data.

15. A method for presenting video data comprising:

obtaining video data comprising a plurality of video clips;

presenting the video data in a user interface comprising a video display element configured to play video from the video data, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the video clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information about the video clips on a defined time scale;

receiving a selection of one of the video clips through the clip selection element; and

adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on the one of the video clips selected.

16. The method in accordance with claim 15, further comprising presenting animation in the timeline element to indicate the adjusting of the defined time scale.

17. The method in accordance with claim 15, wherein the selection of one of the video clips comprises a selection from a video clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of video clips in the video data.

18. The method in accordance with claim 15, wherein the selection of one of the video clips comprises:

detecting when video data in the user interface stops playing; and

selecting a most recently-played video clip for the adjusting of the defined time scale.

19. The method in accordance with claim 18, further comprising:

detecting an initiation to play the video data;

presenting the video data in the video display element; and

presenting durational information for the video data in the timeline element.

20. The method in accordance with claim 15, further comprising presenting a chronological representation of the plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the one of the video clips selected.

21. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving a selection of a video clip to present in a video segment user interface element, wherein the video segment user interface element is configured to play a video segment comprising a plurality of video clips;

adjusting a representation of a time duration associated with the video clip according to a defined time scale;

presenting the representation of the time duration associated with the video clip in the timeline; and

presenting the video clip in the video segment user interface element.

22. The computer program product in accordance with claim 21, the operations further comprising:

presenting a chronological representation of a plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the video clip.

23. The computer program product in accordance with claim 22, wherein the presenting the chronological representation of the plurality of video clips comprises presenting the chronological representation of the plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the video clip when the video clip is selected for presentation in the video segment user interface element.

24. The computer program product in accordance with claim 21, the operations further comprising animating the adjusting of the representation of the time duration.

25. The computer program product in accordance with claim 24, the operations further comprising:

detecting when the video segment stops playing; and

triggering the selection of the video clip to present in the video segment user interface.

26. The computer program product in accordance with claim 25, the operations further comprising:

detecting an initiation to play the video segment;

presenting the video segment in the video segment user interface element; and

presenting a representation of the time duration of the video segment in the timeline.

27. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

obtaining audio data comprising a plurality of audio clips;

presenting the audio data in a user interface comprising an audio display element configured to present a representation of audio from the audio data to play the audio, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the audio clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information about the audio clips on a defined time scale;

receiving a selection of one of the audio clips through the clip selection element;

adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on the one of the audio clips selected; and

presenting animation in the timeline element to indicate the adjusting of the defined time scale.

28. The computer program product in accordance with claim 27, wherein the selection of one of the audio clips comprises:

detecting when audio data in the user interface stops playing; and

selecting a most recently-played audio clip for the adjusting of the defined time scale.

29. The computer program product in accordance with claim 27, wherein the selection of one of the audio clips comprises a selection from an audio clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of audio clips in the audio data.