Patent ID: 8069421

Claim:
A method comprising: displaying an expanded display region within a storyboard rendered on a display screen associated with at least one computer system, the expanded display region concurrently displaying a first image thumbnail, at least one graphical sub-element associated with the first image thumbnail and at least one element identifier, the at least one element identifier representing a selectable functionality for minimizing a size of the expanded display region; receiving a selection of the at least one element identifier; and upon receiving the selection of the at least one element identifier: (i) terminating display of the at least one graphical sub-element; (ii) terminating display of the at least one element identifier; (iii) reducing the size of the expanded display region to create a minimized display region; and (iv) displaying the first image thumbnail within the minimized display region in the storyboard; wherein displaying the expanded display region includes: displaying an indication of a transition effect between the expanded display region and a second image thumbnail, the first image thumbnail representing a first video clip, the second image thumbnail representing a second video clip; wherein displaying the first image thumbnail within the minimized display region includes: upon reducing the size of the expanded display region to display the minimized display region in the storyboard, displaying the indication of the transition effect between the minimized display region and the second image thumbnail; wherein displaying the expanded display region includes: displaying a first graphical sub-element as an area demarcated within the first image thumbnail; and displaying a second graphical sub-element as an area demarcated within a copy of the first image thumbnail, the copy of the first image thumbnail displayed within the expanded display region, the first graphical sub-element and the second sub-element each indicative of a pan-and-zoom effect whereby, upon receiving a selection to execute the pan-and-zoom effect, the area demarcated within the first image thumbnail expands followed by expansion of the area demarcated within the copy of the first image thumbnail.