Patent ID: 9459771
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a media editing application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) for compositing media clips, said method comprising: providing a first display area for displaying a composite presentation that the media editing application creates by compositing a plurality of media clips, each of a set of the clips having a plurality of media clip attributes that are selectable within the GUI; providing a second display area for displaying a preview of the composite presentation; to define a plurality of key indices in a third display area, providing a plurality of tools in the second display area, the plurality of tools comprising (i) a set of interpolation presets that are individually selectable to specify a rate of a change over a duration of time in a selected attribute of a media clip in the composite presentation and (ii) a duration control tool to specify the duration of the change in the selected attribute; and providing the third display area for displaying a key-indexed graph that represents the selected attribute over the specified duration, wherein an input that is received through at least one of the tools provided in the second display area modifies the selected attribute, modifies the key-indexed graph, and causes a first key index associated with a first image of the media clip and a second key index associated with a second, different image of the media clip to be displayed on the key-indexed graph.