Photo and video collage effects

• US 7,644,364 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2005
• Issued: 01/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Matsel, Michael F., Mercer, Ian, Oakley, Randolph Bruce, Burch, Warren L., Patten, Michael J., Randall, Russell Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): WONG, WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US11/250,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20070089152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,544 Days
• Field of Search: 715719-726, 715835-838, 715/826, 715/788, 715/867
• US Class Current: 715/726
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• 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 media editing application for creating and displaying video effect clips. A detection component detects video files stored in a memory of a computer. A user interface displays the detected video files and various video effects that can be applied to video files. The user interface is responsive to a user selecting one or more of the detected video files to apply a selected video effect to the selected video files to create the video effect clip. The user interface is further responsive to user input to display the video effect clip.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer executable components executed by a computing device, said computer executable components comprising:

a detection component detecting video files stored in a memory;

a user interface (UI) component displaying a plurality of user selectable video effects and the video files that are detected by the detection component, said plurality of user selectable video effects including a first video effect that defines first display positions for simultaneously displaying a first set of three or more of the video files and a second video effect that defines second display positions for simultaneously displaying a second set of three or more of the video files, wherein said first display positions and said second display positions are different; and

a generation component creating a video effect clip, wherein said creating includes applying the first video effect to a first set of three or more of the video files, in response to a user selecting said first video effect and said three or more of the video files of the first set, to create a first incorporated video effect that simultaneously displays the three or more of the video files of the first set according to the defined first display positions, and wherein said creating includes applying the second video effect to a second set of three or more of the video files, in response to a user selecting said second video effect and said three or more of the video files of the second set, to create a second incorporated video effect that displays the three or more of the video files of the second set according to the defined second display positions,

wherein the UI component displays the video files detected by the detection component via a properties menu and displays the plurality of user selectable video effects via a video effects menu,

wherein the generation component is responsive to user input selecting the first video effect from the video effects menu, adding the first video effect to a storyboard window, and selecting the three or more of the video files of the first set from the properties menu to apply the first video effect to the selected three or more of the video files of the first set to create the first incorporated video effect, and

wherein the UI component displays the created video effect clip having the first incorporated video effect and the second incorporated video effect via a graphical display.

2. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the UI component displays a video effect icon corresponding to the first incorporated video effect, and wherein said video effect icon is responsive to user input to display the first incorporated effect applied to the three or more of the video files of the first set and to display the properties menu.

3. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein UI component further displays:

a background control responsive to user input specifying a desired background to apply the desired background to the first incorporated video effect, wherein said specifying a desired background includes specifying a color, no color, or a video file to display in a background of the first incorporated video effect; and

a border control responsive to user input specifying a desired border to apply the desired border to the first incorporated video effect, wherein said specifying a desired border includes specifying a desired border color, a desired border size, or both to apply to the first incorporated video effect.

4. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the UI component displays an add control responsive to user input to add each of the selected three or more of the video files of the first set to the first incorporated video effect, and wherein the detection component assigns one of the defined first display positions to each of the selected three or more of the video files of the first set based on an order that each of the selected three or more video files of the first set is added to the first incorporated video effect.

5. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 4, wherein the UI component displays an import control responsive to user input to add an additional video file from a remote memory to a list of video files detected by the detection component, wherein the UI component displays the add control responsive to user input to select the additional video file to add the selected additional video file to the first incorporated video effect, and wherein the UI component assigns one of the defined first display positions to the additional video file based on an order in which the additional video file is added to the first incorporated video effect.

6. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 4, wherein the UI component displays a position control responsive to user input for re-assigning the assigned first display positions of the selected three or more of the video files of the first set, and wherein the UI component displays each of the selected three or more selected of the video files of the first set in the first incorporated video effect according to the re-assigned display position of said each of the selected three or more of the video files of the first set.

7. A computerized method for displaying a plurality of video files, said computerized method comprising:

detecting video files stored in a memory;

displaying a plurality of video effects and the detected video files via a graphical display;

selecting, in response to user input, a video effect from the plurality of video effects in a video effects menu, said selected video effect defining display properties for simultaneously displaying three or more video files and moving the three or more video files while said three or more video files are being simultaneously displayed, wherein said selecting includes adding the video effect from the video effects menu to a storyboard window;

receiving, in response to user input, three or more video files selected by the user from the detected video files via a properties menu;

applying the display properties defined by the selected video effect to the selected three or more video files for creating a video effect clip; and

displaying the video effect clip via the graphical display, wherein said displaying includes simultaneously displaying the selected three or more video files and moving the selected three or more video files while the selected three or more video files are being simultaneously displayed.

8. The computerized method of claim 7 further including assigning an initial display position to each of the selected three or more video files for simultaneously displaying the selected three or more video files, wherein said displaying the video effect clip includes displaying each of the selected three or more video files in the video effect clip according to the assigned initial display position of each of the selected three or more video files.

9. The computerized method of claim 8, wherein the initial display position is assigned based on metadata included in each of the selected three or more video files, or based on an order in which each of the selected three or more video files is detected.

10. The computerized method of claim 8 further including selectively re-assigning display positions for each of the selected three or more video files in response to user input, wherein said displaying the video effect clip includes displaying each of the selected three or more video files in the video effect clip according to the re-assigned display position of each of the selected three or more video files.

11. The computerized method of claim 8 further including generating a list of detected video files, wherein each of the detected video files in the generated list are organized according to an initial display position assigned to said each of the detected video files, and wherein said displaying the detected video files includes displaying the generated list of detected video files via the graphical display.

12. The computerized method of claim 11 further including selectively importing additional video files from a remote memory to add to the generated list of detected video files, wherein each of the additional video files are assigned a display position, and wherein each of the additional video files in the generated list are organized according to the assigned display position of each of the additional video files.

13. The computerized method of claim 7 further including:

displaying a background control responsive to user input specifying a desired background to apply the desired background to the video effect clip, wherein said specifying a desired background includes specifying a color, no color, or a video file to display in a background of the video effect clip; and

displaying a border control responsive to user input specifying a desired border to apply the desired border to the video effect clip, wherein said specifying a desired border includes specifying a desired border color, a desired border size, or both to apply to the video effect clip.

14. A system for creating a video clip, said video clip displaying a plurality of animated video files, said system comprising:

a processor executing instructions stored on one or more computer-readable storage media to perform the following operations;

detecting video files stored in a memory;

displaying a list of the detected video files via a graphical display;

displaying a plurality of video effects via the graphical display;

selecting, in response to user input, a video effect from the plurality of video effects in a video effects menu, said selected video effect defining display properties for animating three or more video files, wherein said selecting includes adding the video effect from the video effects menu to a storyboard window;

receiving, in response to input by a user, three or more video files selected by the user from the detected video files via a properties menu;

applying the display properties defined by the selected video effect to the selected three or more video files to create a video effect clip that simultaneously displays the selected three or more video files and moves the selected three or more video files while said selected three or more video files are being simultaneously displayed; and

an interface displaying the video effect clip created by the processor.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise assigning a display position to each of the selected three or more video files, wherein the interface displays each of the selected three or more video files in the video effect clip as a function of the assigned display position of each of the selected three or more video files.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

importing additional video files from a remote memory to add to the list of the detected video files; and

assigning a display position to each of the additional video files based on an order in which the additional video file is added to the list of the detected video files.