Patent ID: 7546544

Claim:
A computerized method for creating and editing a multimedia item comprising: providing a plurality of menu themes to a user, said plurality of menu themes comprising at least two menu themes, each of said two menu themes comprising a display section for displaying at least one image and a special effect for applying to said at least one image, wherein the special effect of one menu theme is different from the special effect of the other menu theme, and wherein the display section comprises an area for dragging and dropping said at least one image; receiving a selection of a menu theme for the multimedia item, said selection being one of said two menu themes; allowing a user to select the at least one image to display in the display section of the selected menu theme by dropping said at least one image in said area for dragging and dropping said at least one image; and displaying the at least one image in the selected menu theme's display section with said special effect applied to the at least one image.