Icon label placement in a graphical user interface

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for generating a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising:

• a user interface tool for selecting a video clip for display;
• and
• a display area for:
• displaying a portion of a representation of the selected video clip, the representation having a size that corresponds to a duration of the video clip and that extends past at least one edge of the display area, and
• automatically displaying a label at a particular position in the display area, the particular position indicating a relative position of the displayed portion of the representation with respect to the entire representation.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program executable on one or more processors, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:

• generating a timeline;
• generating a display area for displaying the timeline, wherein the display area displays a first portion of the timeline when the timeline is represented at a scale that makes the timeline longer than the display area;
• rendering, on the timeline in the display area, a representation of an element that extends beyond at least one border of the display area such that only a second portion of the element is displayed in the display area;
• and
• automatically rendering a label at a particular location in the display area, the particular location indicating a position of the displayed portion of the element relative to the entire element when the label is rendered.