Video editing method and device for editing a video project

A video editing device for editing a video project, the project including a plurality of video clips and a plurality of transition effects allocated between adjacent video clips, the video editing device comprising:

• means for providing a timeline having a plurality of time units and a plurality of tracks along the timeline;
• means for inserting the video clips and the transition effects of the video project into the corresponding tracks;
• means for cutting the timeline into a plurality of segments according to a starting time and an ending time of the video clips and the transition effects, so that each of the segments corresponds to a distinguishable combination of the video clips and the transition effects, the time units representing variable lengths of time with respect to each other so as to only scale down at least one first segment which corresponds to a long video clip such that a beginning and an end of the long video clip are visible at the same time while viewing other ones of the video clips and the transition effects, wherein each segment occupies at least one of the time units for editing so that at least one second segment including a short
• transition effects remains visible at a same time as other ones of the segments,
• wherein the length of the time units having equal time intervals can be varied by the user;
• and for each of the segments, with a limited number of thumbnails derived from the corresponding video clips, or with an icon indicating the corresponding transition effect.