Method and apparatus for displaying in and out points during video editing
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1. A video editing apparatus comprising:
- video storage configured to store video data for a plurality of video scenes, each of said video scenes having a duration defined by an in point and an out point thereof;
a first editor configured to edit at least one of said video scenes in a desirable order;
a reproduction device configured to reproduce from video storage a first video data corresponding to an in point of selected one of said video scenes and a second video data corresponding to an out point of the video scene preceding said selected on of said video scenes;
a display configured to simultaneously display said first video data and said second video data corresponding to an out point of the other of said two video scenes; and
a second editor configured to change at least one of the in point of said selected one of said video scenes and the out point of said video scene preceding said selected on of said video scenes, wherein said second editor comprises soft trim buttons within the selected one of said video scenes.
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In the method and apparatus of the present invention, an editing system and method is provides that is sophisticated in features but easy to use. In one embodiment, the system includes multiple input sources, such as tape and live sources, at least one output recording device, at least one monitor, and a editing controller, such as a general purpose computer, which controls the input and output device. The controller further provides an innovative graphical user interface that intersperses video from the input devices along with control functions which the user can select using a mouse, keyboard or other input device.
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1. A video editing apparatus comprising:
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video storage configured to store video data for a plurality of video scenes, each of said video scenes having a duration defined by an in point and an out point thereof; a first editor configured to edit at least one of said video scenes in a desirable order; a reproduction device configured to reproduce from video storage a first video data corresponding to an in point of selected one of said video scenes and a second video data corresponding to an out point of the video scene preceding said selected on of said video scenes; a display configured to simultaneously display said first video data and said second video data corresponding to an out point of the other of said two video scenes; and a second editor configured to change at least one of the in point of said selected one of said video scenes and the out point of said video scene preceding said selected on of said video scenes, wherein said second editor comprises soft trim buttons within the selected one of said video scenes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A video editing system comprising:
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video storage configured to store video data for a plurality of video scenes each of said video scenes having a duration defined by an in point and out point thereof; a first editor configured to edit at least one of said video scenes in a desirable order; a reproduction device configured to reproduce from said video storage a first video data corresponding to an in point of selected one of said video scenes and a second video data corresponding to an out point of the video scene preceding said selected one of said video scenes; a display configured to simultaneously displaying said first video data and said second video data corresponding to an out point of the other of said two video scenes; a playback device providing playback of moving images to said display; and a second editor configured to change at least one of the in point of said selected one of said video scenes and the out point of said video scene preceding said selected on of said video scenes, wherein said second editor comprises soft trim buttons within the selected one of said video scenes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for editing video comprising the steps of:
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storing video data for a plurality of video scenes in a video storage, each of said video scenes having a duration defined by an in point and out point thereof; editing at least one of said video scenes in a desirable order; reproducing from said video storage a first video data corresponding to an in point of selected one of said video scenes and a second video data corresponding to an out point of the video scene preceding said selected one of said video scenes; simultaneously displaying on a display said first video data and said second video data corresponding to an out point of the other of said two video scenes; and changing at least one of the in point of said selected one of said video scenes and the out point of said video scene preceding said selected on of said video scenes using an editor comprising soft trim buttons within the selected one of said video scenes. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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