Patent ID: 9099161
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F,G06T,G11B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. For a media-editing application stored on a device, a method for creating a media project that combines a plurality of media clips, the method comprising: providing a first display area for compositing a plurality of video clips during an editing process in order to generate a media project, wherein each video clip in the plurality of video clips comprises a data structure with references to an original video file along with first and second transcoded versions of the original video file that are stored on the device, the first and second transcoded versions having first and second resolutions respectively, wherein the media-editing application operates in a resolution mode that is at least one of a first resolution mode and a second resolution mode; providing a second display area for displaying a preview of the media project being generated in the first display area; during the editing process to generate the media project, receiving a first set of edits to the media project while the media-editing application is in the first resolution mode, wherein the media-editing application in the first resolution mode uses the reference in the video clip to the first transcoded version of the original video file while playing back the media project in the second display area; receiving a selection of a user interface tool to modify the resolution mode of the media-editing application; and upon receiving the selection, seamlessly switching the resolution mode of the media-editing application from the first resolution mode to the second resolution mode, wherein the media-editing application in the second resolution mode uses the reference in the video clip to the second transcoded version of the original video file while playing back the media project in the second display area.