Patent ID: 6621504
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A property editor, operable on a computer system, for displaying parameter values associated with properties of an effect tree, wherein the effect tree includes a directed acyclic graph of a plurality of individual effects wherein an output of one effect is an input to another effect, and wherein the effect tree is displayed as a graph associated with the property editor in which each of the individual effects is a node of the graph, the property editor comprising:means for enabling a user to specify effects and to link effects together to define the effect tree; an identification means for identifying the individual effects in the effects tree; a presentation means for presenting, in the property editor, a list of the individual effects in the effects tree; a selection means for receiving an indication of a selection by the user of one individual effect from the list of individual effects; display means for displaying, in the property editor, said parameter values of said selected individual effect; and means for receiving changes by the user to the displayed parameter values of the selected individual effect.