Patent ID: 6763175
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A video editing apparatus for performing video editing with at least one 3D rendering video effect on at least two video streams, the apparatus comprising:a graphics processor having at least two video inputs, a graphics image input and a video output, said graphics processor comprising a 3D rendering engine, a 2D graphics engine and a command interface; a video editing controller providing a video editing user interface to receive video editing control command data defining a timed sequence of video editing effects; a video effect control module responsive to said video editing control command data to output keyframe data defining parameters for a specific desired video editing effect; and a plurality of video effect filter modules, each one of said filter modules managing a separate video editing effect, said video effect filter modules providing, in response to said keyframe data, a series of video processing commands to said command interface, each one of said video processing commands defining one graphics processing step part of a whole video processing effect to generate a processed field image, at least some of said video processing commands including object specification data for 3D rendering.