Method and apparatus for video editing with video clip representations displayed along a time line
First Claim
1. A method for editing a video program which includes a sequence of clips and transitions between the clips, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a time line;
(b) generating a display representing the video program clips by digitizing and thereafter simultaneously displaying a frame from each of a plurality of the digitized clips on tracks along and in a direct time relationship to the time line the width of the displayed frames representing the time duration of the clip represented by that frame, together with transition icons, the transition icons representing the transitions between the plurality of the digitized clips;
(c) editing the video program by modifying the display.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus, in which video clips (and optionally also still image and audio clips) are stored as digital data in a computer memory, selected clips are displayed in elongated tracks on a display screen, and editing operations are performed on the clips in response to manipulation of displayed cursors and icons to assemble and preview an edited video program. Preferably, the inventive apparatus is a computer system programmed to display video, still image, and audio clips, and special effect icons, in tracks along a displayed time line. The system assembles a video program from stored clips in response to arrangement of displayed clips and special effect icons in a desired sequence along the time line. The computer system is preferably programmed: to select a new in or out point for a clip by positioning a cursor at an edge of the displayed clip and dragging the edge relative to the time line, to select a special effect transition between displayed clips by positioning a transition icon in a special track in alignment with overlapping portions of the clips, to select special effect parameters by manipulating an icon in a special effects track, to filter selected video clips with a mosaic filter having user-selectable time-varying filter characteristics, and to control superimposition of an overlay clip with a main clip in response to manipulation of a level control icon displayed in alignment with the overlay clip.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for editing a video program which includes a sequence of clips and transitions between the clips, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a time line; (b) generating a display representing the video program clips by digitizing and thereafter simultaneously displaying a frame from each of a plurality of the digitized clips on tracks along and in a direct time relationship to the time line the width of the displayed frames representing the time duration of the clip represented by that frame, together with transition icons, the transition icons representing the transitions between the plurality of the digitized clips; (c) editing the video program by modifying the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for editing a video program which includes a sequence of clips which have been digitized, each represented by a frame, the width of each frame representing a time duration of the digitized clip represented by that frame, and transitions between the clips, the apparatus comprising:
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a monitor; a mass storage memory for storing the digitized clips; a processing means coupled to the monitor and the mass storage memory, wherein the processing means is programmed with; software for displaying a time line, software for generating a display representing the video program on the monitor, the display including a plurality of the frames displayed simultaneously on tracks in a direct time relationship to the time line, together with transition icons representing the transitions between the clips, and software for editing the video program by modifying the display. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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