Patent ID: 8539355

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for editing a clip of image data in an audio/video processing program comprising: (a) receiving, in the audio/video processing program, an input clip of image data; (b) performing, in the audio/video processing program, one or more operations on the clip of image data to create and output an output clip; (c) displaying, via the audio/video processing program, a schematic view of the processing performed to create the output clip, wherein schematic view comprises a process tree that comprises multiple nodes comprising an input node representing the input clip, an output node representing the output clip, and one or more operator nodes representing the one or more operations; (d) selecting, via user input, in the displayed process tree, two or more of the multiple nodes; and (e) customizing, based on the user input, a display of the displayed process tree by grouping the two or more selected nodes into a group, wherein: (1) each node in the group comprises an input socket for an input connection into the node, and an output socket for an output connection out of the node; (2) the display of the input socket and the output socket are color coded, wherein the color is defined by a nature of the socket; wherein: the group node comprises a compositing node; the color of the input socket and the output socket differs depending on whether the input socket or output socket is a front socket, a back socket, a matte socket, or a compositing socket.