Editing system and editing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMakoto Ishii, Takeshi Kanda, Tadashi Katagiri
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Abstract
Video signals input to a hybrid recorder are output to the main unit of a computer as video signals. The hybrid recorder records the video signals in a built-in hard disk, and also replays the signals from the hard disk, the signals being output to a picture effects device as video signals. The picture effects device applies certain effects to the video signals, which are then output to the main unit as video signals. The main unit displays the image of the video signals and the image of the video signals on a monitor. Thus, editing can be performed easily and speedily, while adding effects.
Claims23
An editing system for editing source video data, said system comprising:
- a recording/replaying device for recording said source video data onto a randomly accessible recording medium, and replaying said source video data recorded onto said recording medium;
- an effects device for generating effect video data by means of applying effects specified by the editing operator to said replayed video data output from said recording/replaying device;
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- a computer which is programed by user interface means and said editing operator with editing software, said computer displaying a graphical user interface corresponding with said editing software program on a display;
- wherein said computer generates desired editing programs by re-arranging in a desired order a plurality of clip images representing a plurality of editing events and clip images having graphics representing said effects on said display, based on editing processing controlled by said editing operator;
- and wherein a final edited video program is generated by controlling said recording/replaying device and said effects device, based on said editing programs.
An editing system for editing source video data, said system comprising:
- a recording/replaying device for recording said source video data onto a randomly accessible recording medium, and replaying said source video data recorded onto said recording medium;
- an effects device for generating effect video data by means of applying effects specified by the editing operator to said replayed video data output from said recording/replaying device;
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- a computer which is programmed by user interface means and said editing operator with editing software, said computer displaying a graphical user interface corresponding with said editing software program on a display, said computer generating desired editing programs by re-arranging in a desired order a plurality of clip images representing a plurality of editing events and clip images representing said effects on said display, based on editing processing by said editing operator, wherein a final edited video program is generated by controlling said recording/replaying device and said effects device, based on said editing programs;
- wherein said computer is programmed to display the following windows on said display:
- a video display window for displaying video data replayed from said recording/replaying device as a dynamic image;
- a program display window for displaying a plurality of clip images representing said plurality of editing events and a plurality of clip images representing said plurality of effects, and also generating said editing program by means of re-arranging said clip images in a desired order;
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- an effects set-up window for setting effects parameter values relating to said effects;
- wherein, in the event of inserting effects set in said effects set-up window between editing events displayed on said program display window, said computer is programmed to point to the insertion position of said effects by changing the form of a pointing device displayed on said display.
An editing method for editing source video data, said method comprising the steps of:
- recording said source video data on to a randomly accessible recording medium, and replaying said source video data recorded onto said recording medium;
- generating effect video data by means of applying effects specified by an editing operator to said replayed video data;
- controlling said recording and replaying with the use of a computer to perform editing operations for generating a final video program by editing said source video data;
- generating, via said computer, desired editing programs by re-arranging in a desired order a plurality of clip images representing a plurality of editing events and clip images having graphics representing said effects on said display, based on editing processing controlled by an editing operator;
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- generating a final edited video program by controlling said recording, replaying and effects generating based on said editing programs.
An editing device for editing source video data recorded in a recording/replaying device and source audio data corresponding to said source video data, said editing device comprising:
- means for setting a start point and stop point for performing voice-over processing to said source audio data;
- means for replaying source video data and source audio data for at least a period including the voice-over period defined by the start point and stop point of said voice-over processing;
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- control means for lowering the level of the source audio data replayed from said recording/replaying device from a certain time before the start point of said voice-over processing to a certain time after the end point of said voice-over processing, and also for controlling recording of voice-over audio data supplied as audio data subjected to voice-over processing for said source video data with said recording/replaying device.
An editing method for editing source video data recorded in a recording/replaying device and source audio data corresponding to said source video data, said editing method comprising the steps of:
- setting a start point and stop point for performing voice-over processing to said source audio data;
- replaying source video data and source audio data for at least a period including the voice-over period defined by the start point and stop point of said voice-over processing;
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- lowering the level of the source audio data replayed from said recording/replaying device from a certain time before the start point of said voice-over processing to a certain time after the end point of said voice-over processing, and also recording voice-over audio data supplied as audio data subjected to voice-over processing for said source video data with said recording/replaying device.
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