Video material editing method and apparatus

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising:

• computer program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, upon execution by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to implement operations comprising
• acquiring video materials, a number of the acquired video materials being a particular number;
• displaying a user interface in response to receiving user input on a control element, wherein the user interface is configured to preview and implement a video split-screen splice effect on the acquired video materials;
• determining a set of split-screen templates based on the particular number, wherein each of the set of split-screen templates comprises split regions a number of which is equal to the particular number;
• generating a first video editing image based on the acquired video materials and a default split-screen template, wherein the default split-screen template is among the set of the split-screen templates;
• displaying the first video editing image in a first area of the user interface;
• displaying at least a subset of the split-screen templates in a second area of the user interface, wherein each of the displayed split-screen templates is selectable, and each of the displayed split-screen templates is configured to visually exhibit the particular number of split regions in a different layout;
• exhibiting the acquired video materials on a plurality of video editing tracks, respectively, wherein the plurality of video editing tracks are arranged in an order of the acquiring the video materials;
• receiving a selection of one of the displayed split-screen templates, wherein the selected split-screen template is different from the default split-screen template;
• generating a second video editing image based on the acquired video materials and the selected split-screen template;
• and
• switching to displaying the second video editing image from the first video image in the first area of the user interface, wherein each of the first video editing image and the second video editing image has the particular number of split regions, wherein a split region in each video editing image is configured to exhibit one of the acquired video materials, and wherein different split regions in each video editing image are configured to exhibit different video materials among the acquired video materials.

An electronic device, comprising:

• at least one memory and at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory is configured to store computer program instructions;
• the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer program instructions, and the computer program instructions, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to implements operations comprising:
• acquiring video materials, a number of the acquired video materials being a particular number;
• displaying a user interface in response to receiving user input on a control element, wherein the user interface is configured to preview and implement a video split-screen splice effect on the acquired video materials;
• determining a set of split-screen templates based on the particular number, wherein each of the set of split-screen templates comprises split regions a number of which is equal to the particular number;
• generating a first video editing image based on the acquired video materials and a default split-screen template, wherein the default split-screen template is among the set of the split-screen templates;
• displaying the first video editing image in a first area of the user interface;
• displaying at least a subset of the split-screen templates in a second area of the user interface, wherein each of the displayed split-screen templates is selectable, and each of the displayed split-screen templates is configured to visually exhibit the particular number of split regions in a different layout;
• exhibiting the acquired video materials on a plurality of video editing tracks, respectively, wherein the plurality of video editing tracks are arranged in an order of the acquiring the video materials;
• receiving a selection of one of the displayed split-screen templates, wherein the selected split-screen template is different from the default split-screen template;
• generating a second video editing image based on the acquired video materials and the selected split-screen template;
• and
• switching to displaying the second video editing image from the first video image in the first area of the user interface, wherein each of the first video editing image and the second video editing image has the particular number of split regions, wherein a split region in each video editing image is configured to exhibit one of the acquired video materials, and wherein different split regions in each video editing image are configured to exhibit different video materials among the acquired video materials.