Patent ID: 8533598

Claim:
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media editing application for creating multimedia presentations, the application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising: a composite display area for displaying at least a portion of a timeline to which multimedia clips are assigned to create a composite media presentation; a user interface tool for segmenting the timeline by (i) specifying a location along the timeline, (ii) dividing the timeline into two different segments at the specified location, and (iii) forming a movable boundary between the two segments, wherein at least one of the two segments comprises first and second clips that do not overlap in the timeline; and a user interface tool for modifying a duration of each of the two segments irrespective of boundaries of the multimedia clips assigned to the timeline by moving the segment boundary between the two segments, wherein the boundaries of the multimedia clips assigned to the timeline are left unmodified by the movement of the segment boundary.