Patent ID: 7882258
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a video clip, comprising: receiving still image files by a first module; creating a copy of a still image from the still image files with reduced dimensions by the first module; creating a new still image from a selected area of the still image; storing the new still image and the copy of the still image with a unified file name; automatically ordering the stored images by a pre-defined destination utilizing pre-defined commands; creating an audio file by at least one of a second module and a third module; creating a timeline, by the first module, related to the ordered images and the created audio; and rendering the timeline into a video clip by a fourth module, wherein the timeline includes: a length of the audio file, a length of the video clip, the ordered images, a display time of each of the ordered images, transition identifiers, transition lengths, panning and zooming coordinates, an identifier of the audio file created by the second module or the third module, and a volume envelope associated with the created audio file.