Media system with integrated clip views

• US 7,877,690 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2006
• Issued: 01/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Margulis, Vlad
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore; William L
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US11/533,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20080077866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,588 Days
• Field of Search: 715/723, 725/41
• US Class Current: 715/723
• 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

Techniques are provided for presenting time data for audio and video clips. Operations for a data processing apparatus include obtaining video data, including multiple video clips, and presenting the video data in a user interface. The user interface can include a video display element to play video, a clip selection element to receive video clip selections, and a timeline element to present both chronological and durational information about the video clips on a defined time scale. The operations can include receiving a selection of one of the video clips through the clip selection element, and adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on the one of the video clips selected. A view of a video clip can be replaced by the selected video clip, and the timeline element can be updated to present corresponding durational information within the defined time scale.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor to process video;

a memory to store the video;

a graphical user interface configured to play and edit the video, the graphical user interface comprising;

a video segment user interface element configured to play a video segment, wherein the video segment comprises a plurality of selectable video clips;

a video clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of the plurality of selectable video clips; and

a timeline configured to present timing data associated with the video segment; and

a time scaler configured to remove a representation of the timing data associated with the video segment or timing data for a displayed video clip in the timeline, and scale a representation of timing data associated with a selected video clip,

wherein the graphical user interface is configured to present the representation of the timing data associated with the selected video clip within a defined time scale in the timeline, and

wherein the system is configured to animate the removal of the representation of the timing data associated with the video segment or timing data for the displayed video clip in the timeline, and animate the scaling of the representation of timing data associated with the selected video clip.

2. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the chronological representation comprises thumbnail representations of the plurality of selectable video clips.

3. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the timeline is further configured to present chronological and durational information about the plurality of selectable video clips on the defined time scale.

4. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the system is configured to select a most recently-played video clip for the selected video clip.

5. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to concurrently present the selected video clip presented in the video segment user interface element and a chronological representation of at least one of the plurality of selectable video clips that is chronologically adjacent to the selected video clip.

6. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a control panel for video playback, wherein the control panel comprises controls for playing, stopping, pausing, fast forwarding, rewinding, and skipping video.

7. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a media bin panel comprising video data for playing in the video segment user interface element, wherein the video data in the media bin panel comprises still images, moving images, video clips, and video segments.

8. The system in accordance with claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a properties panel to present properties for media selected from the media bin panel, wherein the properties panel comprises image controls, motion controls, opacity property controls, and volume controls.

9. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the system is configured to:

detect when the animation of the removal and scaling has been completed; and

upon detecting that the animation of the removal and scaling has been completed, present the representation of the timing data associated with the selected video clip within the defined time scale in the timeline at a location that is underneath the selected video clip.

10. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the time scaler is further configured to scale a representation of the timing data associated with a selected video clip when a video segment ceases playing in the video segment user interface element.

11. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

obtaining video data comprising a plurality of video clips;

presenting the video data in a user interface comprising a video display element configured to play video from the video data, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the video clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information about a first video clip on a defined time scale;

receiving a selection for a second video clip from one of the video clips through the clip selection element;

adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on durational information of the second video clip; and

presenting the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second video clip in the timeline element, wherein an animation is used in the timeline element for presenting the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second video clip in the timeline element.

12. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, the operations further comprising:

determining a duration of the first video clip and a duration of the second video clip; and

comparing the duration of the first video clip and the duration of the second video clip,

wherein if the duration of the first video clip is less than the duration of the second video clip, the animation illustrates a stretching of the durational information of the first video clip to the durational information of the second video clip to illustrate that the duration of the second video clip is longer than the duration of the first video clip, and

wherein if the duration of the first video clip is greater than the duration of the second video clip, the animation illustrates a compression of the durational information of the first video clip to the durational information of the second video clip to illustrate that the duration of the second video clip is shorter than the duration of the first video clip.

13. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, wherein the selection of one of the video clips comprises:

detecting when video data in the user interface stops playing; and

selecting a most recently-played video clip for the adjusting of the defined time scale.

14. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, wherein the selection of the second video clip comprises a selection from a video clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of video clips in the video data.

15. A method for presenting video data comprising:

obtaining video data comprising plurality of video clips;

presenting the video data for a first video clip in a user interface comprising a video display element configured to play video from the video data, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the plurality of video clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information for the first video clip or a video segment on a defined time scale;

receiving a selection for a second video clip from one of the plurality of video clips through the clip selection element;

adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on durational information of the second video clip; and

presenting the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second video clip in the timeline element, wherein an animation is used in the timeline element for presenting the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second video clip in the timeline element.

16. The method in accordance with claim 15, further comprising presenting

determining a duration of the first video clip and a duration of the second video clip;

and

comparing the duration of the first video clip and the duration of the second video clip,

wherein if the duration of the first video clip is less than the duration of the second video clip, the animation illustrates a stretching of the durational information of the first video clip to the durational information of the second video clip to illustrate that the duration of the second video clip is longer than the duration of the first video clip, and

wherein if the duration of the first video clip is greater than the duration of the second video clip, the animation illustrates a compression of the durational information of the first video clip to the durational information of the second video clip to illustrate that the duration of the second video clip is shorter than the duration of the first video clip.

17. The method in accordance with claim 15, wherein the selection of one of the plurality of video clips comprises a selection from a video clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of video clips in the video data.

18. The method in accordance with claim 15, wherein the selection of one of the plurality of video clips comprises:

detecting when video data in the user interface stops playing; and

selecting a most recently-played video clip for the second video clip.

19. The method in accordance with claim 18, further comprising:

detecting an initiation to play the video data;

presenting the video data in the video display element; and

presenting the durational information for the video data in the timeline element.

20. The method in accordance with claim 15, further comprising presenting a chronological representation of the plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the one of the video clips selected.

21. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

presenting a video segment or a first video clip of the video segment in a video segment user interface element, wherein the video segment comprises one of a plurality of video clips, wherein the video segment user interface element is configured to play the video segment or one of the plurality of video clips from the video segment;

presenting a first representation of a first time duration in a timeline corresponding to the video segment or the first video clip;

receiving a selection of a second video clip from the plurality of video clips to present in the video segment user interface element;

replacing the first representation of the first time duration in the timeline with a second representation of a second time duration corresponding to the second video clip, wherein the replacing comprises adjusting the first representation to the second time duration in a defined time scale in the timeline;

presenting the second representation associated with the second video clip in the timeline by animating the adjusting of the first representation to the second time duration; and

presenting the second video clip in the video segment user interface element.

22. The computer program product in accordance with claim 21, the operations further comprising:

presenting a chronological representation of a plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the video clip.

23. The computer program product in accordance with claim 22, wherein the presenting the chronological representation of the plurality of video clips comprises presenting the chronological representation of the plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the video clip when the video clip is selected for presentation in the video segment user interface element.

24. The computer program product in accordance with claim 21, wherein the animating of the adjusting of the first representation to the second time duration comprises operations for providing the animation by stretching or compressing the representations of the first or second time durations as a factor of whether the first time duration is longer or shorter than the second time duration.

25. The computer program product in accordance with claim 24, the operations further comprising:

detecting when the video segment or the first video clip stops playing; and

triggering the selection of the second video clip to present in the video segment user interface.

26. The computer program product in accordance with claim 25, the operations further comprising:

prior to receiving the selection of the second video clip,

detecting an initiation to play the video segment or the first video clip;

presenting the video segment or the first video clip in the video segment user interface element; and

presenting a representation of the first time duration of the video segment in the timeline.

27. A method comprising:

obtaining video data comprising a plurality of video clips;

presenting the video data in a user interface comprising a video display element configured to play video from the video data, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the video clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information about a first video clip on a defined time scale;

receiving a selection for a second video clip from one of the video clips through the clip selection element;

adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on durational information of the second video clip; and

presenting the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second video clip in the timeline element by animating the adjusting of the defined time scale in the timeline element.

28. The method in accordance with claim 27,

wherein the animating of the adjusting of the defined time scale comprises animating by stretching or compressing representations of time durations of the first or second video clips as a factor of whether the first video clip has a longer duration or a shorter duration than the second video clip.

29. The method in accordance with claim 27, wherein the selection of one of the video clips comprises:

detecting when video data in the user interface stops playing; and

selecting a most recently-played video clip for the adjusting of the defined time scale.

30. The method in accordance with claim 27, wherein the selection of the second video clip comprises a selection from a video clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of video clips in the video data.

31. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

obtaining video data comprising a video segment, the video segment comprising a plurality of video clips;

presenting the video data in a user interface comprising a video display element configured to play video from the video data, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the video clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information for a first video clip or the video segment on a defined time scale;

receiving a selection for a second video clip from one of the plurality of video clips through the clip selection element;

adjusting, in response to the selection, the defined time scale in the timeline element based on durational information of the second video clip; and

presenting the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second video clip in the timeline element by animating the adjusting of the defined time scale in the timeline element.

32. The computer program product in accordance with claim 31, wherein the operations for the animating of the adjusting of the defined time scale comprises operations for animating by stretching or compressing representations of time durations of the first or second video clips as a factor of whether the first video clip has a longer duration or a shorter duration than the second video clip.

33. The computer program product in accordance with claim 31, wherein the selection of one of the plurality of video clips comprises a selection from a video clip user interface element configured to present a chronological representation of video clips in the video data.

34. The computer program product in accordance with claim 31, wherein the selection for a second video clip comprises:

detecting when video data in the user interface stops playing; and

selecting a most recently-played video clip for the second video clip.

35. The computer program product in accordance with claim 34, the operations further comprising:

detecting an initiation to play the video data;

presenting the video data in the video display element; and

presenting the durational information for the video data in the timeline element.

36. The computer program product in accordance with claim 31, the operations further comprising presenting a chronological representation of the plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the one of the video clips selected.

37. A method comprising:

presenting a video segment or a first video clip of the video segment in a video segment user interface element, wherein the video segment comprises one of a plurality of video clips, wherein the video segment user interface element is configured to play the video segment or one of the plurality of video clips from the video segment;

presenting a first representation of a first time duration in a timeline corresponding to the video segment or the first video clip;

receiving a selection of a second video clip from the plurality of video clips to present in the video segment user interface element;

replacing the first representation of the first time duration in the timeline with a second representation of a second time duration corresponding to the second video clip, wherein the replacing comprises adjusting the first representation to the second time duration in a defined time scale in the timeline;

presenting the second representation associated with the second video clip in the timeline by animating the adjusting of the first representation to the second time duration; and

presenting the second video clip in the video segment user interface element.

38. The method in accordance with claim 37, further comprising:

presenting a chronological representation of a plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the video clip.

39. The method in accordance with claim 38, wherein the presenting the chronological representation of the plurality of video clips comprises presenting the chronological representation of the plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the video clip when the video clip is selected for presentation in the video segment user interface element.

40. The method in accordance with claim 37, wherein the animating of the adjusting of the first representation to the second time duration comprises operations for providing the animation by stretching or compressing the representations of the first or second time durations as a factor of whether the first time duration is longer or shorter than the second time duration.

41. The method in accordance with claim 40, further comprising:

detecting when the video segment or the first video clip stops playing; and

triggering the selection of the second video clip to present in the video segment user interface.

42. The method in accordance with claim 41, further comprising:

prior to receiving the selection of the second video clip,

detecting an initiation to play the video segment or the first video clip;

presenting the video segment or the first video clip in the video segment user interface element; and

presenting a representation of the first time duration of the video segment in the timeline.

43. A system comprising:

a processor to process video;

a memory to store the video;

a graphical user interface to present video data, wherein the video data comprises a video segment comprising a plurality of video clips, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a video display element configured to play video from the video data, a clip selection element configured to receive selections of the video clips, and a timeline element configured to present both chronological and durational information for a first video clip or the video segment on a defined time scale;

wherein the clip selection element is configured to receive a selection for a second video clip from one of the plurality of video clips,

wherein the timeline element is configured to adjust, in response to the selection, the defined time scale based on durational information of the second video clip, and

wherein the graphical user interface is configured to present the adjusted defined time scale corresponding to the durational information of the second video clip in the timeline element by animating the adjusting of the defined time scale.

44. The system in accordance with claim 43, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to present animation in the timeline element to indicate the adjusting of the defined time scale by stretching or compressing representations of time durations of the first or second video clips as a factor of whether the first video clip has a longer duration or a shorter duration than the second video clip.

45. The system in accordance with claim 43, wherein the video clip user interface element is configured to present a chronological representation of video clips in the video data.

46. The system in accordance with claim 43, wherein the system is configured to detect when video data in the user interface stops playing and select a most recently-played video clip for the second video clip.

47. The system in accordance with claim 46, wherein the system is configured to detect an initiation to play the video data, present the video data in the video display element, and present the durational information for the video data in the timeline element.

48. The system in accordance with claim 43, wherein the system is configured to present a chronological representation of the plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the one of the video clips selected.

49. A system comprising:

a processor to process video;

a memory to store the video;

a graphical user interface comprising a video segment user interface element, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to;

present a video segment or a first video clip of the video segment in the video segment user interface element, wherein the video segment comprises one of a plurality of video clips, wherein the video segment user interface element is configured to play the video segment or one of the plurality of video clips from the video segment;

present a first representation of a first time duration in a timeline corresponding to the video segment or the first video clip;

receive a selection of a second video clip from the plurality of video clips to present in the video segment user interface element;

replace the first representation of the first time duration in the timeline with a second representation of a second time duration corresponding to the second video clip, wherein the replacing comprises adjusting the first representation to the second time duration in a defined time scale in the timeline;

present the second representation associated with the second video clip in the timeline by animating the adjusting of the first representation to the second time duration; and

present the second video clip in the video segment user interface element.

50. The system in accordance with claim 49, wherein the system is configured to present a chronological representation of a plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the video clip.

51. The system in accordance with claim 50, wherein the system is configured to present the chronological representation of the plurality of video clips that are chronologically adjacent to the video clip when the video clip is selected for presentation in the video segment user interface element.

52. The system in accordance with claim 49, wherein the system is configured to animate the adjusting of the first representation to the second time duration by stretching or compressing the representations of the first or second time durations as a factor of whether the first time duration is longer or shorter than the second time duration.

53. The system in accordance with claim 52, wherein the system is configured to detect when the video segment or the first video clip stops playing and trigger the selection of the second video clip to present in the video segment user interface.

54. The system in accordance with claim 53, wherein the system is configured to, prior to receiving the selection of the second video clip, detect an initiation to play the video segment or the first video clip, present the video segment or the first video clip in the video segment user interface element, and present a representation of the first time duration of the video segment in the timeline.