Methods and systems for background uploading of media files for improved user experience in production of media-based products

A system for creating a media-based project, the system comprising:

• a user-device comprising a processor, a display, a memory, and an input means;
• a server;
• a telecommunications-link between said user-device and said server;
• and
• a plurality of computer codes embodied on said memory of said user-device, said plurality of computer codes which when executed causes said processor to execute a process to:
• select by a user at said user-device a plurality of original media files for an upload at a workspace of said user-device, wherein said user-device resizes said plurality of original media files to a plurality of resized media files, and wherein the resized media files are smaller file sizes corresponding to the larger original media files, and wherein said plurality of resized media files are provided to said user at said workspace for creating said media-based project;
• upload at first said resized media files and meta-data from said original media files from said user-device to said server, wherein at second said plurality of original media files are being uploaded to said server in a background computer process at said workspace;
• convert by said server the uploaded resized media files into a plurality of iterations of server-side resized media files, wherein an iteration of a server-side resized media file corresponds to further server-side resizes of the uploaded resized media file, while said plurality of original media files are still being uploaded in said background computer process, and wherein said user is provided by said server at said user-device said iteration of said server-side resized media files, thereby allowing said user to customize said media-based project using said server-side resized media files;
• generate by said server said media-based project by analyzing said uploaded resized media files and said meta-data, while said plurality of original media files are still being uploaded in said background computer process;
• provide to said user-device said generated media-based project along with said resized media files and said iteration of server-side resized media files, while said plurality of original media files are still being uploaded in said background computer process;
• complete an edit process of said media-based project before said upload of said plurality of original media files completes;
• and
• complete said upload of said plurality of original media files to said server in said background computer process at said workspace.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, the medium having embodied thereon a plurality of computer-executable program code, which when execute by a processor causes the processor to:

• select by a user at a user-device a plurality of original media files for an upload at a workspace of said user-device, wherein said user-device resizes said plurality of original media files to a plurality of resized media files, and wherein the resized media files are smaller file sizes corresponding to the larger original media files, and wherein said plurality of resized media files are provided to said user at said workspace for creating said media-based project;
• upload at first said resized media files and meta-data from said original media files from said user-device to a server, wherein at second said plurality of original media files are being uploaded to said server in a background computer process at said workspace;
• convert by said server the uploaded resized media files into a plurality of iterations of server-side resized media files, wherein an iteration of a server-side resized media file corresponds to further server-side resizes of the uploaded resized media file, while said plurality of original media files are still being uploaded in said background computer process, and wherein said user is provided by said server at said user-device said iteration of said server-side resized media files, thereby allowing said user to customize said media-based project using said server-side resized media files;
• generate by said server said media-based project by analyzing said uploaded resized media files and said meta-data, while said plurality of original media files are still being uploaded in said background computer process;
• provide to said user-device said generated media-based project along with said resized media files and said iteration of server-side resized media files, while said plurality of original media files are still being uploaded in said background computer process;
• complete an edit process of said media-based project before said upload of said plurality of original media files completes;
• and
• complete said upload of said plurality of original media files to said server in said background computer process at said workspace.