Patent ID: 8020100

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying, within a user interface in a digital media system, a media pane, and a project pane; displaying, within the media pane, a plurality of thumbnails, each thumbnail representing a plurality of frames, wherein each frame within a thumbnail corresponds to a different location within the thumbnail; detecting a selection of a frame based on a location within one of the thumbnails; wherein the detecting comprises detecting a selection of the location within the thumbnail being displayed within the media pane; the selection of the location causing a playhead to be displayed at the selected location; wherein the playhead disappears upon selection of a location away from the thumbnail; in response to the detecting: automatically designating a group of frames, the group of flames including the selected frame and a quantity of adjacent frames corresponding to a predetermined media play duration; and in response to input, transferring the designated group of frames to the project pane.