Continuous freeze-frame video effect system and method

A computer program product for providing a digital video effect, the computer program product comprising a computer readable medium on which is stored in computer executable form instructions for, when executed on a digital video effects device, causing the digital video effects device to:

• define a plurality of adjacent regions in input video and a corresponding plurality of adjacent regions in output video;
• for each region of the plurality of adjacent regions in the input digital video, capture a plurality of sequential frames defining video within the region;
• and
• for each region of the plurality of adjacent regions in the output video, provide playback of the captured plurality of sequential frames in a substantially continuous loop, where the playback of the captured plurality of sequential frames defining video within each region is positioned in the output video adjacent the playback of the captured plurality of sequential frames defining video within an adjacent region in the output video.

A digital effects device for providing a digital video effect, comprising:

• a user interface comprising a display screen and one or more user input devices;
• and
• a processor system, comprising one or more processors and associated memory, the processor system executing instructions stored in the associated memory to:
• define a plurality of adjacent regions in input video and a corresponding plurality of adjacent regions in output video;
• for each region of the plurality of adjacent regions in the input digital video, capture a plurality of sequential frames defining video within the region;
• and
• for each region of the plurality of adjacent regions in the output video, provide playback of the captured plurality of sequential frames in a substantially continuous loop, where the playback of the captured plurality of sequential frames defining video within each region is positioned in the output video adjacent the playback of the captured plurality of sequential frames defining video within an adjacent region in the output video.