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Video editing GUI with layer view

US7073127B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 2002
Grant dateJul 4, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B27/034
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A graphical user interface for editing a video story includes a storyboard pane, a timeline pane, and a layer pane. The storyboard pane displays video clips of the video story and their transitions. The timeline pane displays tracks including a video track, a video overlay track, a text track, an effect track, and at least one audio track. The layer pane displays layers of a selected video clip from the video track. Each layer displays one layer clip. The layer clip can be a video layer clip, a text layer clip, or an audio layer clip. The layers in the layer pane show how the layer clips overlay each other (or not) in time to compose the selected video clip. A user uses the storyboard pane and the timeline pane to layout the video story, and the layer pane to layout the video clips in the video story.

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