Preview display for multi-camera media clips

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, the media-editing application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising:

• a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation, the set of media clips comprising a particular multi-camera media clip which includes a plurality of different groups of ordered clips comprising a plurality of different content types;
• a multi-camera display area comprising a plurality of preview display panes for simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images from a plurality of different groups corresponding to a particular duration in the composite presentation;
• selectable sets of group indicators for switching between sets of groups shown in the preview display panes when a number of groups of ordered clips in the multi-camera media clip is greater than a number of preview display panes;
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• a plurality of selectable content type user interface (UI) items for selecting the type of content of each selected group of ordered clips for use in the composite presentation, wherein a first content type of a first group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the first group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the first content type,
• wherein a second content type of a second group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the second group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the second content type.

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

• providing a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation, the set of media clips comprising a particular multi-camera media clip which includes a plurality of different groups of ordered clips comprising a plurality of different content types;
• providing a multi-camera display area comprising a plurality of preview display panes for simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images from the different groups corresponding to a particular duration in the composite presentation;
• providing a plurality of selectable content type user interface (UI) items for selecting the type of content of each selected group of ordered clips for use in the composite presentation, wherein a first content type of a first group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the first group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the first content type,
• wherein a second content type of a second group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the second group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the second content type.