Edit Visualizer for Modifying and Evaluating Uncommitted Media Content

• US 20100281376A1
• 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: Stikich, Michaelle, Pendergast, Colleen, Meaney, Brian, Cerf, Dave
• Granted Patent: US 8,701,007 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 and a set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation, and (3) a preview tool for differentiating in the composite display area the graphical representation of any media clip that is part of the composite presentation from the graphical representation of any media clip that is a candidate for adding to 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 graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation and a set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation; and

c) a preview tool for differentiating in the composite display area the graphical representation of any media clip that is part of the composite presentation from the graphical representation of any media clip that is a candidate for adding to the composite presentation.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, said GUI further comprising a preview selection item for defining a particular media clip as a candidate for adding to the composite presentation before adding the particular media clip to the composite display area.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the particular media clip is added to the composite display area by selecting the particular media clip from a media library.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 3, 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 composite display area.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 2, said GUI further comprising a pull-down menu, wherein the particular media clip is added to the composite display area by selecting an option from the pull-down menu.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 1, said GUI further comprising a preview selection item for removing a particular media clip from the set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation and adding the particular media clip to the set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 1, said GUI further comprising a preview commit item for removing a particular media clip from the set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation and adding the particular media clip to the set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation of any media clip that is part of the composite presentation has a first visible appearance and the graphical representation of any media clip that is a candidate for adding to the composite presentation has a second visible appearance, said first visible appearance different from said second visible appearance.

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

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the display of the particular media clip in the composite presentation that is displayed in the display area supersedes the display in the composite presentation of at least one media clip that is part of the composite presentation.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media clips comprises at least one audio clip and at least one video clip.

12. 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 geometric shapes of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation and a set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation; and

providing a preview tool for differentiating in the composite display area the geometric shape of any media clip that is part of the composite presentation from the geometric shape of any media clip that is a candidate for adding to the composite presentation.

13. The automated method of claim 12, wherein the geometric shape of any media clip that is part of the composite presentation has a first visible appearance and the geometric shape of any media clip that is a candidate for adding to the composite presentation has a second visible appearance, said first visible appearance different from said second visible appearance.

14. The automated method of claim 13, wherein the first and second visible appearances are first and second colors.

15. The automated method of claim 13, wherein the first and second visible appearances are first and second shapes.

16. The automated method of claim 13, wherein the first and second visible appearances are first and second sizes.

17. The automated method of claim 16,

wherein the first visible appearance comprises a rectangle with a particular width and a particular height,

wherein the second visible appearance comprises a rectangle with the particular width and a height that is half the particular height.

18. 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 geometric shapes of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation and a set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation; and

sets of instructions for providing a preview tool for differentiating in the composite display area the geometric shape of any media clip that is part of the composite presentation from the geometric shape of any media clip that is a candidate for adding to the composite presentation.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the preview tool is further for applying at least one edit style from a set of edit styles to a particular media clip from the set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the preview tool is further for removing, from the composite display area, the geometric shapes of the set of media clips that are candidates for adding to the composite presentation.