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Media editing with a segmented timeline

US8533598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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56References

21Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Brian Meaney · Livermore, US
Melissa Breglio · San Francisco, US
Mike Stern · San Francisco, US
Jerremy Holland · Los Altos Hills, US
Dave Cerf · San Francisco, US
Colleen Pendergast · Livermore, US
Peter A. Steinauer · San Francisco, US
Michaelle Stikich · San Francisco, US
Charles Lyons · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2009
Grant date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B27/34
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating multimedia presentations. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a composite display area for displaying a portion of a timeline to which multimedia clips are assigned to create a composite media presentation. The GUI includes a user interface tool for dividing the timeline into segments. The GUI includes an editing tool for applying an effect to each of a plurality of clips in a particular segment of the timeline. The GUI includes a user interface tool for modifying a duration of at least one segment. Different versions of the segments may be created.

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