Media clip auditioning used to evaluate uncommitted media content

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit creates a composite media presentation, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

• providing a composite display area for displaying a set of graphical representations that represent a set of committed media clips that are committed to be a part of a composite presentation;
• providing an audition tool for creating an audition set associated with a particular location in the composite display area, the audition set comprising a plurality of media clips associated with the particular location, wherein only one media clip of the audition set is active in the composite presentation and inactive media clips are candidates for inclusion in the composite presentation at the particular location;
• providing a range selector for selecting, in the composite display area, a portion of the composite presentation that includes the particular location associated with the audition set;
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• providing a preview display area for automatically playing back the media clips within the selected portion of the composite presentation in a loop such that the selected portion is played back a number of times based on a number of different media clips in the audition set, each playback using a different one of the media clips in the audition set.

A method for providing a media-editing application for creating composite media presentations, the method comprising:

• providing a composite display area for displaying a set of graphical representations that represent a set of committed media clips that are committed to be a part of a composite presentation;
• providing an audition tool for creating an audition set associated with a particular location in the composite display area, the audition set comprising a plurality of media clips associated with the particular location, wherein only one media clip of the audition set is active in the composite presentation and inactive media clips are candidates for inclusion in the composite presentation at the particular location;
• providing a range selector for selecting, in the composite display area, a portion of the composite presentation that includes the particular location associated with the audition set;
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• providing a preview display area for automatically playing back the media clips within the selected portion of the composite presentation in a loop such that the selected portion is played back a number of times based on a number of different media clips in the audition set, each playback using a different one of the media clips in the audition set.