Desktop digital video processing system
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1. A system for processing digital movies including:
- a general purpose computer havinga microprocessor,random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, andstorage memory operably connected to the microprocessor;
display means operably connected to the microprocessor, the display means including a plurality of view windows, each providing a display of a selected portion of a movie, each of the view windows having a different format, and wherein one of the view windows is a storyboard view wherein the window comprises a selectable portion of a two-dimensional array of sub-windows, and where each sub-window is capable of displaying a video image corresponding to a preselected portion of the movie; and
input means for selecting one of the plurality of movie view windows to play a selected portion of the movie therein.
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Abstract
A digital image processing system including a microprocessor, random access memory, storage memory, input means, display means, and suitable logic to provide existing digital image processing operations in a conventional graphical user interface, such as a windows environment, which allows the user to implement image processing operations on a selected portion of a movie without utilizing a primitive special programming language.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for processing digital movies including:
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a general purpose computer having a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, and storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means operably connected to the microprocessor, the display means including a plurality of view windows, each providing a display of a selected portion of a movie, each of the view windows having a different format, and wherein one of the view windows is a storyboard view wherein the window comprises a selectable portion of a two-dimensional array of sub-windows, and where each sub-window is capable of displaying a video image corresponding to a preselected portion of the movie; and input means for selecting one of the plurality of movie view windows to play a selected portion of the movie therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for processing digital movies including:
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a general purpose computer having; a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; and display means including a time view window which displays a selected portion of a movie in a plurality of sequential sub-windows, with each sub-window capable of displaying a selected portion of the movie, and wherein the selected portion of the movie displayed in each sub-window is a clip comprising a sequence of frames of a digital video image, and further including means for defining a new clip by selecting a plurality of sub-windows, with the first frame of the new clip being the first frame of the clip in the first selected sub-window and the last frame of the new clip being the last frame of the clip in the last selected sub-window. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A system for processing digital movies including:
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a general purpose computer having; a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means including a plurality of view windows, each of the view windows having a different format, wherein one of the view windows is a script view window comprising in substantial part an area defining a text processing area into which the text of a script corresponding to at least one portion of a selected movie can be displayed for editing, and wherein at least one other of the view windows provides a display of a selected portion of a movie; logic means for correlating the video images in one of the other view windows with the script displayed in the script view window; and input means for activating one of the other view windows, selecting a portion of a selected movie to be displayed therein, and thereafter selecting the script view window, whereby the portion of the script then displayed corresponds to the portion of the movie selected in the other view window. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A system for processing digital movies including:
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a general purpose computer having; a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, and storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; and a display including a plurality of view windows, each providing a display of a movie, each of the view windows having a different format, means for selecting a first one of the plurality of movie view windows and selecting a portion of the movie displayed in the selected window, means for selecting a second one of the movie view windows including logic means for activating the second movie view window with the portion of the movie selected in the first selected movie view window.
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16. A system for processing digital movies including:
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a general purpose computer having; a microprocessor, random access memory operably connected to the microprocessor, storage memory operably connected to the microprocessor; display means including a plurality of view windows, each of the view windows having a different format, wherein one of the view windows is a script view window comprising in substantial part an area defining a text processing area into which the text of a script corresponding to at least one portion of a selected movie can be displayed for editing, and wherein at least one other of the view windows provides a display of a selected portion of a selected movie; logic means for correlating the video images in one of the other view windows with the script displayed in the script view window; and input means for activating the script view window, selecting a portion of the script to be displayed therein, and thereafter selecting one of the other view windows, whereby the portion of the movie then displayed corresponds to the portion of the script selected in the script view window.
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