Presenting an editing tool in a composite display area
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a media editing application which when executed by at least one processor creates media presentations, the media editing application comprising sets of instructions for:
- displaying, in a composite display area, a set of clip shapes that represent media clips of a media presentation;
when a location indicator is located over the composite display area, receiving input to display a consolidated editing tool that presents a plurality of selectable items representing all available editing operations at a particular location within the composite display area near a position of the location indicator without requiring the location indicator to exit the composite display area to activate the presentation of the editing operations, wherein the plurality of selectable items have a fixed position within the composite display area once presented;
with the location indicator, the position of which determines the location of the presented plurality of selectable items, located over one of the selectable items that represents a particular editing operation from the consolidated editing tool, receiving selection input in order to select the particular editing operation;
activating the selected editing operation in order to enable editing of the media presentation by applying the selected editing operation to at least one media clip of the media presentation; and
when the selected editing operation is activated, removing the plurality of selectable items from display within the composite display area and displaying a graphical symbol associated with the selected editing operation.
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Abstract
A computer readable medium (CRM) storing a media editing application providing a consolidated editing tool is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has a display area for displaying a composite presentation that the application creates by compositing a plurality of media clips, a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation, and a consolidated editing tool that provides several user-selectable editing operations within the composite display area. In some embodiments, the consolidated editing tool automatically presents an associated editing operation for selection and activation based on the cursor location within the composite display area.
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24 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a media editing application which when executed by at least one processor creates media presentations, the media editing application comprising sets of instructions for:
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displaying, in a composite display area, a set of clip shapes that represent media clips of a media presentation; when a location indicator is located over the composite display area, receiving input to display a consolidated editing tool that presents a plurality of selectable items representing all available editing operations at a particular location within the composite display area near a position of the location indicator without requiring the location indicator to exit the composite display area to activate the presentation of the editing operations, wherein the plurality of selectable items have a fixed position within the composite display area once presented; with the location indicator, the position of which determines the location of the presented plurality of selectable items, located over one of the selectable items that represents a particular editing operation from the consolidated editing tool, receiving selection input in order to select the particular editing operation; activating the selected editing operation in order to enable editing of the media presentation by applying the selected editing operation to at least one media clip of the media presentation; and when the selected editing operation is activated, removing the plurality of selectable items from display within the composite display area and displaying a graphical symbol associated with the selected editing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of defining a media editing application for creating media presentations, the method comprising:
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providing a composite display area for displaying a set of clip shapes that represent media clips, each clip shape having a set of regions within the clip shape that correspond to portions of the clip shape, each region associated with at least one editing operation indicator used to activate an associated editing operation, wherein a first region corresponds to a first portion of the clip shape having a fixed size and a second region corresponds to a second portion of the clip having a size that varies with a size of the clip shape in the composite display area, wherein when the clip shape has a size below a threshold such that the second portion is eliminated from the clip shape, the set of regions for the clip shape includes the first region but does not include the second region; and providing a consolidated editing tool for presenting a particular editing operation indicator for selection near a position of a location indicator in the composite display area when the location indicator is positioned over a region of the clip shape associated with the particular editing operation indicator, wherein the editing tool does not present the editing operation indicator associated with the second region when the clip shape has a size below the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a media editing program for execution by at least one processor, said media editing program for creating media presentations, the computer readable medium comprising sets of instructions for:
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displaying, in a composite display area, a set of clip shapes that represent media clips, each clip shape divided into a set of regions with boundaries between the regions not displayed within the clip shape, each region associated with a particular editing operation from a plurality of editing operations that each modifies the media clip represented by the clip shape; detecting that a location indicator is located over a first region of a particular clip shape in the composite display area; automatically presenting a first editing operation indicator for the first editing operation associated with the first region of the particular clip shape, the first editing operation indicator for activation in order to edit the media clip represented by the particular clip shape with the first editing operation; detecting a change in position of the location indicator to a position over a second, different region within the particular clip shape, the second region associated with a second, different editing operation; and removing the presented first editing operation indicator and presenting a second editing operation indicator for the second editing operation associated with the second region of the particular clip shape, the second editing operation indicator for activation in order to edit the media clip represented by the particular clip shape with the second editing operation, wherein the media editing program does not display any of the editing operation indicators when the location indicator is not located over any of the regions of the particular clip shape. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations, said application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), said GUI comprising:
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a composite display area for displaying a set of clip shapes that represent media clips, each particular clip shape having a set of zones, each particular zone corresponding to a different portion of the clip shape and associated with a particular editing operation, wherein boundaries of the zones are not displayed as part of the displayed clip shape, wherein each zone has an assigned priority within an order of priorities such that when the clip shape has a size below a threshold, the set of zones for the displayed clip shape includes a first zone with a first priority but does not include a second zone with a second priority; a consolidated editing tool for (i) identifying a zone of a particular clip shape over which a location indicator is located and (ii) presenting an indicator that indicates one editing operation associated with the identified zone as active to edit the particular clip shape, wherein the consolidated editing tool does not present the indicator associated with the second zone when the clip shape has a size below the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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