Media-editing application with a free-form space for organizing or compositing media clips

摘要

For a media-editing application, some embodiments of the invention provide a novel two-dimensional free-form space that allows a user to both visually organize media clips and composite media clips in order to create composite presentations. To visually organize media clips in the space, some embodiments allow the user to add, remove, visually arrange and rearrange, and minimize the media clips. Also, the media clips in the space can be placed at any location within the entire space when the user is visually organizing the media clips. To composite media clips in the free-form space, some embodiments also allow the user to create sequences of media clips, reorder the media clips within sequences, stack sequences, and add or remove media clips from sequences. In some embodiments, the media clips or created sequences can be placed at any location within the entire space when the user is organizing and compositing media clips.

主权项

1. 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:
a display area for (i) organizing media clips and (ii) compositing media clips by creating an association between a set of the media clips to form a concatenated sequence of media clips that are to be played back sequentially; a timeline for organizing and compositing a media presentation; a user interface tool for adding to the timeline the concatenated sequence of media clips from the display area; and a viewing area for playing back a media clip.