Media-Editing Application with Novel Editing Tools

The method of claim wherein the media-editing application further comprises sets of instructions for:

• receiving a user input to trim a first media clip displayed in the compositing lane of the composite display area;
• in response to receiving the user input, trimming a beginning of the first media clip displayed in the compositing lane;
• and
• in response to trimming the beginning of the first media clip, moving a second media clip that is displayed before the first media clip in the compositing lane towards the first media clip as the first media clip is being trimmed.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for creating a media presentation from a plurality of media clips, the media-editing application comprising sets of instructions for:

• displaying a composite display area for placing media clips to specify the composite media presentation, the composite display area including a plurality of lanes;
• displaying a set of media clips in the composite display area by placing each media clip in the set of media clips with correlated additional media content in an individual lane of the composite display area, wherein the media clips and correlated additional media content are from individual source files;
• receiving a selection of one media clip from the set of media clips in the composite display area, wherein the selected media clip includes different types of media content and each type of media content includes a set of tracks;
• receiving a single user input to display the set of tracks in different lanes of the composite display area;
• and
• in response to receiving the single user input, replacing the set of media clips in the plurality of lanes with a set of tracks of the selected media clip in different lanes of the plurality of lanes for individual editing of each track of the selected media clip.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for creating a media presentation from a plurality of media clips, the media-editing application comprising sets of instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause:
• displaying a composite display area for placing media clips to specify the composite media presentation, the composite display area including a plurality of lanes;
• displaying a set of media clips in the composite display area by placing each media clip in the set of media. clips with correlated additional media content in an individual lane of the composite display area, wherein the media clips and correlated additional media content are from individual source files;
• receiving a selection of one media clip from the set of media clips in the composite display area, wherein the selected media clip includes different types of media content and each type of media content includes a set of tracks;
• receiving a single user input to display the set of tracks in different lanes of the composite display area;
• and
• in response to receiving the single user input, replacing the set of media clips in the plurality of lanes with a set of tracks of the selected media clip in different lanes of the plurality of lanes for individual editing of each track of the selected media clip.