Sharing Media Content

A method comprising:

• displaying, in a user interface of a media authoring application, a menu of user interface elements, at least some of the user interface elements each representing data that includes respective settings specifying a respective destination for media content authored in the media authoring application, the respective destination selected from a set of destinations supported by the media authoring application, and respective settings specifying a respective set of media characteristics of media content authored in the media authoring application;
• receiving an indication that a user of the user interface has invoked a first user interface element among the user interface elements of the menu, the first user interface element representing data that includes first settings specifying a first destination selected from the set of destinations supported by the media authoring application, and second settings specifying a first set of media characteristics;
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• in response to the user having invoked the first user interface element, providing media content authored in the media authoring application to the first destination specified in the first settings at the first set of media characteristics specified in the second settings.

A method comprising:

• receiving an indication that a user of a user interface of a video authoring application has invoked a user interface element representing data that includes first settings specifying a destination for video content authored in the video authoring application and second settings specifying a set of video characteristics of video content authored in the video authoring application;
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• in response to the user having invoked the user interface element, for first video content chosen by the user, the first video content having chapters each representing a portion of the first video content, providing an interface enabling the user to choose a video frame from among video frames of each chapter;
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• generating metadata designating each chosen video frame as representative of content of each chapter.

A computer readable storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause a computer system to carry out operations comprising:

• displaying, in a user interface of a media authoring application, a menu of user interface elements, at least some of the user interface elements each representing data that includes respective settings specifying a respective destination for media content authored in the media authoring application, the respective destination selected from a set of destinations supported by the media authoring application, and respective settings specifying a respective set of media characteristics of media content authored in the media authoring application;
• receiving an indication that a user of the user interface has invoked a first user interface element among the user interface elements of the menu, the first user interface element representing data that includes first settings specifying a first destination selected from the set of destinations supported by the media authoring application, and second settings specifying a first set of media characteristics;
• and
• in response to the user having invoked the first user interface element, providing media content authored in the media authoring application to the first destination specified in the first settings at the first set of media characteristics specified in the second settings.

A computer readable storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause a computer system to carry out operations comprising:

• receiving an indication that a user of a user interface of a video authoring application has invoked a user interface element representing data that includes first settings specifying a destination for video content authored in the video authoring application and second settings specifying a set of video characteristics of video content authored in the video authoring application;
• and
• in response to the user having invoked the user interface element, for first video content chosen by the user, the first video content having chapters each representing a portion of the first video content, providing an interface enabling the user to choose a video frame from among video frames of each chapter;
• and
• generating metadata designating each chosen video frame as representative of content of each chapter.