Media Clip Auditioning Used to Evaluate Uncommitted Media Content

• US 20100281375A1
• Filed: 04/30/2009
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Swenson, Anne, Holland, Jerremy, Lyons, Charles, Langmacher, Tom, Schulz, Egan, Niles, Gregory, Pendergast, Colleen, Meaney, Brian, Cerf, Dave, Stikich, Michaelle
• Granted Patent: US 8,555,169 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• 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 computer readable medium (CRM) storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a display area for displaying a composite presentation that the application creates by compositing a plurality of media clips, (2) a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation, (3) an audition display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation at a particular location, and (4) an audition tool for creating an audition set for a particular location in the composite display area, where the audition set is a user modifiable set of clips, each of which is for individual placement at the particular location for inclusion in the composite presentation.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations, said application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), said GUI comprising:

a) a display area for displaying a composite presentation that the application creates by compositing a plurality of media clips;

b) a composite display area for displaying a set of graphical representations that represent a set of committed media clips that are committed to be a part of the composite presentation; and

c) an audition tool for creating an audition set for a particular location in the composite display area,

wherein the audition set is a user modifiable set of clips, each of which is for individual placement at the particular location for inclusion in the composite presentation.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the audition tool comprises an audition selection item for invoking an audition session.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the audition selection item is further for ending an audition session.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the audition selection item is further for defining a particular media clip as a candidate for placement at a particular location in the composite display area before adding the particular media clip to the audition display area.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein the particular media clip is selected from the media library using a cursor-control device to select and drag the media clip to the audition display area.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the audition tool is further for placing at least one clip in a particular audition set for the particular location, when a user (1) invokes the audition tool using the audition selection item, (2) selects the particular location in the composite display area, and (3) selects at least one clip from a media library to add to the particular audition set.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the audition tool comprises an audition display area for managing and displaying the audition set.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the audition tool is further for placing at least one clip in a particular audition set for the particular location, when a user (1) invokes the audition tool using an audition selection item, (2) selects the particular location in the composite display area, and (3) selects at least one clip from a media library to add to the particular audition set by moving the at least one clip to the audition display area.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the audition tool is further for creating, at the particular location in the composite display area, a graphical indication that identifies the particular location as a location in the composite display area that has the set of candidate media clips that are candidates for placement at that location.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the graphical indication comprises a graphical representation that is superimposed over a particular graphical representation from the set of graphical representations that represent the set of committed media clips.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the graphical indication has a first visible appearance and a graphical representation from the set of graphical representations that represent the set of committed media clips has a second visible appearance.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first and second visible appearances are first and second colors.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first and second visible appearances are first and second sizes.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein a particular committed media clip is associated with a particular graphical representation that identifies the particular location as a location in the composite area that has the set of candidate media clips that are candidates for placement at that location.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein at least one candidate media clip in the set of candidate media clips that are candidates for placement at that location is exchanged with the particular committed media clip.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein each candidate media clip in the set of candidate media clips that are candidates for placement at that location is sequentially exchanged with the particular committed clip.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 1, said GUI further comprising an audition commit item for removing a particular media clip from the set of candidate media clips that are candidates for placement at a particular location in the composite display area and adding the particular media clip to the set of committed media clips that are committed to be a part of the composite presentation.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the display area displays the composite presentation to include a particular candidate media clip that is graphically displayed in the audition display area as a clip that is a candidate for placement at a particular location in the composite display area.

19. An automated method of creating media presentations using a media editing application, said method comprising:

providing a display area for displaying a composite presentation that the application creates by compositing a plurality of media clips;

providing a composite display area for displaying a set of graphical representations that represent a set of committed media clips that are committed to be a part of the composite presentation;

providing an audition tool for creating an audition set for a particular location in the composite display area,

wherein the audition set is a user modifiable set of clips, each of which is for individual placement at the particular location for inclusion in the composite presentation.

20. The automated method of claim 19, wherein the audition tool is further for creating, at the particular location in the composite display area, a graphical indication that identifies the particular location as a location in the composite display area that has the set of candidate media clips that are candidates for placement at that location.

21. The automated method of claim 20, wherein the graphical indication comprises a graphical representation from the set of graphical representations that represent the set of committed media clips.

22. The automated method of claim 20, wherein the graphical indication comprises a graphical representation that is placed next to a particular graphical representation from the set of graphical representations that represent the set of committed media clips.

23. The automated method of claim 20, wherein the graphical indication comprises a marker around at least a section of a particular graphical representation from the set of graphical representations that represent the set of committed media clips.

24. The automated method of claim 20, wherein each graphical representation from the set of graphical representations that represent the set of committed media clips is a rectangle.

25. The automated method of claim 19, wherein the composite display area comprises a plurality of different locations representing a plurality of different points in the composite display presentation.

26. The automated method of claim 25, wherein the composite display area further comprises a timeline for organizing the set of graphical representations that represent a set of committed media clips, wherein different locations correspond to different points along the timeline.

27. The automated method of claim 20, wherein the plurality of media clips comprises at least one audio clip and at least one video clip.

28. The automated method of claim 20, wherein each graphical representation from the set of graphical representations that represent the set of candidate media clips represents a group of candidate media clips.

29. A device comprising:

at least one processor for executing sets of instructions; and

a memory that stores a computer program for presenting computer-generated characters, the computer program comprising;

sets of instructions for providing a display area for displaying a composite presentation that the application creates by compositing a plurality of media clips;

sets of instructions for providing a composite display area for displaying a set of graphical representations that represent a set of committed media clips that are committed to be a part of the composite presentation; and

sets of instructions for providing an audition tool for creating an audition set for a particular location in the composite display area,

wherein the audition set is a user modifiable set of clips, each of which is for individual placement at the particular location for inclusion in the composite presentation.

30. The device of claim 29, wherein the audition tool comprises an audition selection item for invoking an audition session.