Media editing application for auditioning different types of media clips

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9564173-B2
Application number	US-89291410-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2010
Priority date	Apr 30, 2009
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a program that creates a composite media presentation from several media clips. The program creates an audition set for a particular location in a composite display area for placing media clips to specify a description of the composite media presentation. The program adds to the audition set several different types of media clips that are candidates for placement in the composite display area at the particular location. The program iteratively selects a different media clip in the audition set as the only committed media clip in the audition set to include in the composite media presentation.

First claim

We claim:

1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit creates a composite media presentation from a plurality of media clips, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
creating an audition set as a set of two or more media clips associated with a particular location in a composite display area, the composite display area for receiving placement of media clips to specify a description of the composite media presentation;
adding to the audition set at least one of a plurality of different types of media clips, including at least one composite media clip that comprises a plurality of concatenated media clips placed on a single track, to associate the media clips of the audition set with the particular location as candidates for placement in the composite display area at the particular location, wherein only one of the media clips is the only committed media clip for the audition set; and
modifying the audition set, in response to input, such that a different one of the media clips is the only committed media clip in the audition set to include in the composite media presentation.

2. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the program further comprises sets of instructions for:
receiving placement of a plurality of committed media clips in the composite display area to specify the description of the composite media presentation along with the committed media clip in the audition set; and
rendering only the committed media clips in the composite display area to produce the composite media presentation.

3. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the set of instructions for creating further comprises a set of instructions for creating a plurality of audition sets for different locations in the composite display area.

4. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the creating, adding, and modifying are in response to inputs received from a user.

5. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the media clips specify the description of the composite media presentation through graphical representations of the media clips.

6. A method for creating a composite media presentation using a media editing application, the method comprising:
creating an audition set as a set of two or more media clips associated with a particular location in a composite display area for placing media clips to specify a description of the composite media presentation;
adding to the audition set at least one of a plurality of different types of media clips, including at least one composite media clip that comprises a sequence of at least two audio clips, to associate the media clips of the audition set with the particular location as candidates for placement in the composite display area at the particular location, wherein one of the media clips is the only committed media clip for the audition set; and
modifying the audition set, in response to input, such that a different one of the media clips is the only committed media clip in the audition set to include in the composite media presentation.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising deleting the audition set.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein deleting the audition set comprises iteratively removing the media clips from the audition set.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein deleting the audition set comprises automatically removing the media clips in the audition set that are not committed media clips and automatically deleting the audition set.

10. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit implements a graphical user interface (GUI) for a media editing application, said GUI comprising:
a preview display area for displaying a composite media presentation that the media editing application creates by compositing a first plurality of media clips;
a composite display area for displaying a set of graphical representations that represents a set of committed media clips that are committed to be part of the composite media presentation; and
an auditioning tool for (1) creating an audition set comprising a second plurality of media clips that are candidates for inclusion at one location in the composite media presentation, the second plurality of media clips comprising a plurality of different types of media clips including at least one composite media clip that comprises a sequence of at least two different video clips, and (2) allowing iterative selection of a different media clip from the second plurality of media clips for inclusion in the composite media presentation as a committed media clip.

11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the composite media clip comprises a plurality of concatenated media clips placed on a single track.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the composite media clip comprises a plurality of successive video clips placed on a plurality of different tracks.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the sequence of at least two different video clips further comprises an audio clip.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of concatenated media clips comprises an audio clip and a video clip.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the sequence of at least two different video clips further comprises a still image.

16. A method of creating a composite media presentation using a media editing application, the method comprising:
providing a preview display area for displaying the composite media presentation that the media editing application creates by compositing a first plurality of media clips;
providing a composite display area for displaying a set of graphical representations that represents a set of committed media clips that are committed to be part of the composite media presentation; and
providing an auditioning tool for (1) creating an audition set comprising a second plurality of media clips that are candidates for inclusion at one location in the composite media presentation, the second plurality of media clips comprising a plurality of different types of media clips including at least one composite media clip that comprises a sequence of at least two different still images, and (2) allowing iterative selection of a different media clip from the second plurality of media clips for inclusion in the composite media presentation as a committed media clip.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the auditioning tool is further for adding a media clip to the audition set as a candidate for the one location in the composite presentation.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the auditioning tool is further for removing a media clip from the audition set.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising providing a selection display area for displaying the media clips in the audition set.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the selection of a different media clip from the audition set is selected through the selection display area.

21. A device comprising:
at least one processing unit for executing sets of instructions; and
a machine readable storage medium that stores a media editing application, the media editing application comprising:
a set of instructions for providing a preview display area for displaying a composite presentation that the media editing application

Assignees

• Swenson Anne
• Agnoli Giovanni
• Rodriguez Enrique
• Lyons Charles
• Meaney Brian
• Cerf Dave
• Stern Mike
• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Swenson Anne
• Agnoli Giovanni
• Rodriguez Enrique
• Lyons Charles
• Meaney Brian
• Cerf Dave
• Stern Mike

Classifications

• G11B27/034 Primary

  on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) · CPC title

• G11B27/34

  Indicating arrangements  {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)} · CPC title