Image editing apparatus, image editing method and program

A method of an information processing apparatus for generating an edited work including a subset of a plurality of scenes in an image material, the method comprising:

• storing the image material including the plurality of scenes;
• automatically selecting, without user input and by a processor of the information processing apparatus, for an n-th scene of the edited work, a plurality of first candidate scenes from the plurality of scenes based on at least one feature of a preceding (n−1-th) scene of the edited work and features of the plurality of scenes;
• and
• generating by the processor of the information processing apparatus, a graphical user interface including a scene selection area and a preview area to be displayed concurrently on a display, wherein
• the scene selection area includes one or more first candidate images corresponding to at least one of the automatically selected plurality of first candidate scenes, and
• the preview area displays a video preview of the preceding (n−1-th) scene.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by a processor, perform a method for generating an edited work including a subset of a plurality of scenes in an image material, the method comprising:

• storing the image material including the plurality of scenes;
• automatically selecting, without user input and for an n-th scene of the edited work, a plurality of first candidate scenes from the plurality of scenes based on at least one feature of a preceding (n−1-th) scene of the edited work and features of the plurality of scenes;
• and
• generating a graphical user interface including a scene selection area and a preview area to be displayed concurrently on a display, wherein
• the scene selection area includes one or more first candidate images corresponding to at least one of the automatically selected plurality of first candidate scenes, and
• the preview area displays a video preview of the preceding (n−1-th) scene.