Editing within single timeline

A computer program product for editing a project comprising a plurality of media clips, comprising:

• a computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• computer program code, encoded on the medium, for:
• displaying an overview layer comprising a first editable representation of each of at least a subset of the plurality of media clips that comprise the project, wherein the overview layer is oriented along an axis representing time, and wherein each first editable representation has a dimension along the axis representing a temporal length of a corresponding one of the at least a subset of the plurality of media clips;
• displaying, for each of the plurality of media clips, a track comprising a second editable representation of a corresponding one of the plurality of media clips, wherein the track is oriented along the axis representing time, and wherein the second editable representation has a dimension along the axis representing a temporal length of the corresponding one of the plurality of media clips, and wherein the track and the overview layer are concurrently displayed;
• and
• wherein editing the at least one of the first and second editable representations manipulates a corresponding one of the plurality of media clips.

A system for editing a project comprising a plurality of media clips, comprising:

• an output device for displaying a timeline display, the timeline display comprising:
• an overview layer comprising a first editable representation of each of at least a subset of the plurality of media clips that comprise the project, wherein the overview layer is oriented along an axis representing time, and wherein each first editable representation has a dimension along the axis representing a temporal length of a corresponding one of the at least a subset of the plurality of media clips;
• for each of the plurality of media clips, a track comprising a second editable representation of a corresponding one of the plurality of media clips, wherein the track is oriented along the axis representing time, and wherein the second editable representation has a dimension along the axis representing a temporal length of the corresponding one of the plurality of media clips, and wherein the track and the overview layer are concurrently displayed;
• and
• wherein editing the at least one of the first and second editable representations manipulates a corresponding one of the plurality of media clips.