Multimedia editing and composition system having temporal display
AssigneeEidos Corporation
InventorsSimon Protheroe, Symon Hammacott
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Abstract
A video editing system in which source clips are added to a composed video sequence by addition to a curved time line which displays the entire temporal arrangement of the program elements. Editing is carried out in a region of high temporal resolution for maximum accuracy.
Claims18
A system for editing together media segments using data processing means, in which a visual representation of a time line is provided and a plurality of elements representative of the media segments are arranged on the time line,
- and in which the time line comprises a primary region in which the displayed linear extent per unit time is a maximum, and secondary regions to either side of the primary region in which the displayed linear extent per unit time is less than in the primary region, and wherein an element in a secondary region can be moved into the primary region.
A system for displaying the temporal relationship of data elements in a media editing system, in which
- there is provided a visual display representing the temporal position of a plurality of data elements of a temporal sequence, and
- wherein the data elements are displayed with a higher temporal resolution in a central portion of the display than at the start and end points of the display, so that a selected part of the temporal sequence may be displayed in high temporal resolution in said central portion.
A system for editing together a plurality of media segments using data processing means, in which a visually represented time line is displayed to a user on a display device, the time line comprising a plurality of visually displayed, distinct elements each of which represents a corresponding plurality of one of the media segments, the elements arranged in series along the time line with the displayed linear extent of each of the plurality of elements dependent on the time duration of the corresponding media segment it represents, wherein:
- a) the visual representation of the time line comprises a primary region and secondary regions to either side of the primary region in a linear direction;
- b) the displayed linear extent of an element is also dependent on whether the element is displayed in the primary region or a secondary region, the displayed linear extent per unit time being a maximum value in the primary region and less than the maximum value in the secondary regions;
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- c) wherein an element in a secondary region can be moved along the time line into the primary region such that the displayed linear extent of the element is greater in the primary region than in the secondary region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.