Patent ID: 8359537

Claim:
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, said application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), said GUI comprising: a composite display area for displaying a plurality of graphical representations of a plurality of media clips that are part of a plurality of sections of a composite media presentation that the application creates by compositing the plurality of media clips; a navigation tool comprising a plurality of selectable navigation markers associated with the plurality of sections of the composite media presentation; and a media display area for displaying a plurality of selectable elements corresponding to a plurality of media clips that are available for placement in the composite media presentation, wherein (i) selection of a particular element and placing the particular element over a particular navigation marker causes the composite display area to shift the represented composite media presentation in the composite display area to the section that is associated with the particular navigation marker in order to provide a visual indication of any media clips that are part of the section and (ii) release of the selection of the particular element over the particular navigation marker causes the addition of the media clip corresponding to the particular element to the section associated with the particular navigation marker.