Preview display for multi-camera media clips

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9437247-B2
Application number	US-201213361931-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2012
Priority date	Nov 14, 2011
Publication date	Sep 6, 2016
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a graphical user interface (GUI) of a media-editing application. The GUI includes a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation. The set of media clips includes a particular media clip which includes several different groups of ordered clips that are selectable for use in the composite presentation. The GUI includes a preview display area for simultaneously displaying video images from several of the different groups corresponding to a time in the composite presentation. The displayed video images in the preview display area are selectable to determine which of the groups is for use in the composite presentation.

First claim

We claim:

1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, the media-editing application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising:
a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation, the set of media clips comprising a particular multi-camera media clip which includes a plurality of different groups of ordered clips comprising a plurality of different content types;
a preview display area comprising a plurality of preview display panes for simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images from a plurality of the different groups corresponding to a particular duration in the composite presentation; and
a plurality of selectable content type user interface (UI) items for selecting the type of content of each selected group of ordered clips for use in the composite presentation,
wherein a first content type of a first group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the first group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the first content type,
wherein a second content type of a second group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the second group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the second content type.

2. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein each of the different groups of ordered clips comprises a set of clips captured by a particular camera.

3. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the different groups of ordered clips are synchronized within the particular multi-camera media clip.

4. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the particular multi-camera media clip is an instance of a reference clip, wherein the different groups of ordered clips are editable within the reference clip.

5. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the particular multi-camera media clip automatically reflects modifications to the reference clip.

6. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the selection of a particular of preview display pane associated with a particular group of ordered clips causes the particular multi-camera media clip to be divided into two media clips, one of which uses the particular group of ordered clips in the composite presentation.

7. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the preview display area is a first preview display area and the GUI further comprises a separate second preview display area for displaying a larger display of the video images from a selected group.

8. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first and second groups of ordered clips are the same group.

9. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of different content types comprise (i) audio, (ii) video, and (iii) both audio and video together.

10. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the first and second groups of ordered clips are different groups such that the composite presentation uses audio from the first group at the same time video is used from the second different group.

11. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, the media-editing application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising:
a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation, the set of media clips comprising a particular multi-camera media clip which includes a plurality of different groups of ordered clips comprising a plurality of different content types;
a multi-camera display area comprising a plurality of preview display panes for simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images from a plurality of different groups corresponding to a particular duration in the composite presentation;
selectable sets of group indicators for switching between sets of groups shown in the preview display panes when a number of groups of ordered clips in the multi-camera media clip is greater than a number of preview display panes; and
a plurality of selectable content type user interface (UI) items for selecting the type of content of each selected group of ordered clips for use in the composite presentation, wherein a first content type of a first group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the first group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the first content type,
wherein a second content type of a second group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the second group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the second content type.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of type indicators comprises different colors for different content types.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12 , wherein a particular one of the GUI items is highlighted in a particular color when the particular GUI item is selected.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein a particular preview display pane, that displays video images from a group identified as the particular group for use in the composite presentation for the type of content for which the particular GUI item is selected, is highlighted using the same particular color irrespective of whether the particular GUI item is selected.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the different content types comprise (i) audio, (ii) video, and (iii) both audio and video together.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the multi-camera display area comprises a set of options for modifying the number of preview display panes in the multi-camera display area.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11 , wherein a number of the selectable sets of group indicators is based on the number of groups and the number of preview display panes in the multi-camera display area.

18. A method for providing a media-editing application, the method comprising:
providing a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation, the set of media clips comprising a particular multi-camera media clip which includes a plurality of different groups of ordered clips comprising a plurality of different content types;
providing a multi-camera display area comprising a plurality of preview display panes for simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images from the different groups corresponding to a particular duration in the composite presentation;
providing a plurality of selectable content type user interface (UI) items for selecting the type of content of each selected group of ordered clips for use in the composite presentation, wherein a first content type of a first group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the first group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the first content type,
wherein a second content type of a second group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration

Assignees

• Pendergast Colleen
• Meaney Brian
• Eaton Ii Mark Alan
• Poole Shaun M
• Stern Mike
• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Pendergast Colleen
• Meaney Brian
• Eaton Ii Mark Alan
• Poole Shaun M
• Stern Mike

Classifications

• H04N21/21805

  enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras · CPC title

• H04N5/262

  Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects {; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects} · CPC title

• G11B27/28 Primary

  by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording {(G11B27/22 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H04N21/8549

  Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer {(retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739)} · CPC title

• G11B27/10 Primary

  Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel · CPC title