Patent ID: 6489969
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A media composition system for editing source material comprising:digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video source material; storage for storing digitized source material digitized by the digitizing apparatus; computing apparatus for manipulating the stored source material, wherein the computing apparatus is programmed to define, in response to user editing commands, a plurality of edited sequences that each include clips from source material elements stored within the storage, and wherein the computing apparatus includes means for automatically consolidating the source material elements corresponding to the clips included in one of the sequences in a consolidated storage portion within the storage in response to user selection of the one of the sequences, and wherein the computing apparatus is also programmed to define, in response to further user editing commands, different edited sequences that include different clips from the source material elements in the consolidated storage portion and consolidated by the means for consolidating; and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus for displaying control information and the manipulated source material.