Offline editing system
First Claim
1. An offline editing system, including:
- a random access storage means for storing unedited video takes; and
a computer connected to the storage means, wherein the computer is programmed with;
a means for controlling the storage means in response to user-entered commands; and
a user interface for providing global access to multiple, randomly accessible video post production application software modules, including a single camera editing software module and a multiple camera editing software module, at any time during an offline editing operation.
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Abstract
A post production offline editing system including a processor programmed to display an initial menu prompting a user to select a multiple camera editing mode (in which the user selects edits while simultaneously viewing scenes from two or more sources), a single camera editing mode, a display edit information mode, or a scene take management mode. Preferably in the single camera edit mode, the user may select a splice (or transition) between two edits by selecting a sequence of items from sequentially displayed transition menus. For example, a first pulldown transition menu prompts the user to select a general transition type such as a "dissolve" or "wipe," and a second pulldown transition menu then prompts the user to select one of several versions of the selected general transition type. In the multiple camera editing mode, the user may select either a set-up mode or an execute mode. In the edit list management mode, the user may select a variety of modes, including a rehearse mode, a list management mode, and a reformat mode. In the display edit information mode, the invention preferably displays a partial edit list and a highlight icon, respectively, in first and second areas of a monitor screen. When a user selects a region of the highlight icon corresponding to a selected edit, the system highlights the selected edit from the displayed list and displays information about the selected edit in a third area of the monitor screen.
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25 Claims
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1. An offline editing system, including:
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a random access storage means for storing unedited video takes; and a computer connected to the storage means, wherein the computer is programmed with; a means for controlling the storage means in response to user-entered commands; and a user interface for providing global access to multiple, randomly accessible video post production application software modules, including a single camera editing software module and a multiple camera editing software module, at any time during an offline editing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An offline editing system, including:
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a random access storage means for storing unedited video takes; and a computer connected to the storage means, wherein the computer is programmed to include a means for controlling the storage means in response to user-entered commands, and a user interface for providing global access to multiple, randomly accessible video post production application software modules at any time during an offline editing operation, wherein the application software modules include an information display software modulea nd an edit list management software module. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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