Patent ID: 7903927

Claim:
An editing apparatus comprising: management means for managing as one group a plurality of video materials specified from the video materials, the plurality of video materials forming a group clip having a plurality of video clips, wherein each of the video clips within the group clip include video and corresponding audio tracks associated with one of a plurality of cameras, the group clip created based on setting from a group clip creator dialog window: a clip alignment associated with displaying a plurality of clip bars for each of the plurality of video clips within the group clip, a number of the audio tracks provided within the group clip time line, a start margin for establishing a duration between a beginning and a first clip of the plurality of video clips within the group clip, and a time code corresponding to the group clip; and display control means for displaying information on each of the video materials belonging to the group clip as a graphical user interface according to a first operation, wherein the management means executes a process to add new video material to the group clip or delete video material belonging to the group clip according to a second operation.