Editing apparatus and editing method

1. An editing apparatus for generating and exporting an editable video file configured to be trimmed before video production, the editing apparatus comprising:

a video sequence generator configured to select a video sequence from original material data based on a reference range that identifies a clip of the original material data to be edited by a video editing application;

a supplemental range generator configured to automatically determine supplemental ranges of the original material data that consecutively precede and consecutively follow the reference range for the clip of the original material data;

a supplemental content identifier configured to automatically access supplemental material data in the original material data based on the determined supplemental ranges of the original material data; and

a video sequence file generator configured to automatically generate an editable video sequence file by combining the accessed supplemental material data and the selected video sequence, wherein the editable video sequence file is configured to be edited by the video editing application by trimming at least a portion of the supplemental material data.

2. The editing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the supplemental range generator is further configured to receive a margin quantity that identifies a time length for the supplemental material data and to automatically determine a time length of each of the supplemental ranges of the original material data based on the received margin quantity.

3. The editing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the supplemental range generator is further configured to automatically determine the supplemental range based on the margin quantity having the time length that is specified based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

4. The editing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a reference range generator configured to set the reference range that identifies a start time and time length for the clip of the original material data to be edited by the video editing application.

5. The editing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the reference range generator is further configured to automatically set the reference range for the clip of the original material data based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

6. The editing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an editing data file generator configured to automatically generate an editing data file that includes editing information relating to the selected video sequence, including position and length information about the selected video sequence, and information associating the original material data, the selected video sequence and the supplemental material data; and

a project file generator configured to generate a project file that includes the generated editable video sequence file and the editing data file.

7. The editing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the video sequence file generator is further configured to generate a single editable video sequence file when the video editing application is configured to perform nondestructive editing, and to generate a pair of editable video sequence files when the video editing application is configured to perform destructive editing.

8. The editing apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the supplemental range generator is configured to automatically determine a pair of supplemental ranges of the original material data that consecutively precede and consecutively follow, respectively, the reference range for the clip of the original material data, and

wherein the supplemental content identifier is configured to automatically access the supplemental material data in the original material data based on the determined pair of supplemental ranges of the original material data.

9. A editing system for generating an editable video file configured to be trimmed before video production, the editing system comprising:

a video editor configured to identify a video clip of original material data to be edited by a video editing application;

a video sequence file generator configured to automatically select a video sequence from the original material data based on the identified video clip of the original material data; and

an editing data file generator configured to automatically generate an editing data file that includes editing information relating to the selected video sequence and information associating the original material data, the selected video sequence and supplemental material data that precedes and follows the selected video sequence,

wherein the video sequence file generator is configured to automatically access the supplemental material data in the original material data based on a margin addition request for supplementing the selected video sequence,

wherein the video sequence file generator is configured to automatically generate an editable video file by combining the accessed supplemental material data and the selected video sequence, and

wherein the margin addition request specifies a time length for a margin quantity of accessed supplemental material data that precedes and follows the selected video sequence.

10. The editing system of claim 9 , wherein the margin addition request is specified by the editing system or a user of the editing system to identify the time length for the supplemental material data.

11. The editing system of claim 9 , wherein the video sequence file generator is further configured to:

automatically determine respective supplemental ranges of the original material data based on the margin quantity, with the determined supplemental ranges consecutively preceding and consecutively following the identified video clip, and

automatically access the supplemental material data in the original material data based on the determined supplemental ranges of the original material data.

12. The editing system of claim 9 , wherein the video sequence file generator is further configured to generate a project file that includes the generated editable video sequence file and the generated editing data file.

13. The editing system of claim 9 , wherein the editable video file is configured to be edited by the video editing application by trimming at least a portion of the supplemental material data.

14. The editing system of claim 9 , wherein the editing information relating to the selected video sequence includes position and length information about the selected video sequence.

15. The editing system of claim 9 , wherein the video sequence file generator is further configured to generate a single editable video file when the video editing application is configured to perform nondestructive editing, and to generate a pair of editable video files when the video editing application is configured to perform destructive editing.

16. An editing apparatus for generating an editable video file, the editing apparatus comprising:

a supplemental content identifier configured to automatically access supplemental material content from original material data based on a margin addition request specified by the editing apparatus or a user of the editing apparatus, wherein the accessed supplemental material content supplements an identified clip of original material data by adding at least one content margin that consecutively precedes and/or consecutively follows a selected video sequence of the identified clip; and

a video sequence file generator configured to automatically generate an editable video sequence file by combining the accessed supplemental material content and the selected video sequence, wherein the editable video sequence file is configured to be edited by a video editing application by trimming at least a portion of the at least one content margin that either consecutively precedes and/or consecutively follows the selected video sequence.

17. The editing apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the margin addition request identifies a time length for the at least one content margin.

18. The editing apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising:

an editing data file generator configured to automatically generate an editing data file that includes editing information relating to the selected video sequence and information associating the original material data, the selected video sequence and the accessed supplemental material content; and

a project file generator configured to generate a project file for the video editing application that includes the generated editable video sequence file and the editing data file.

19. The editing apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising a video sequence generator configured to automatically select the video sequence corresponding to the identified clip from the original material data based on a reference range that identifies the clip of the original material data to be edited by the video editing application.

20. The editing apparatus of claim 19 , further comprising a reference range generator configured to set the reference range that identifies a start time and time length for the identified clip to be edited by the video editing application based on a user input by a user of the editing apparatus.

21. The editing apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the video sequence file generator is configured to generate a single editable video sequence file when the video editing application is configured to perform nondestructive editing, and to generate a pair of editable video sequence files when the video editing application is configured to perform destructive editing.

22. The editing apparatus of claim 20 ,

wherein the supplemental content identifier is configured to automatically determine a pair of supplemental ranges of the original material data for respective content margins that consecutively precede and consecutively follow the set reference range for the clip of the original material data, and

wherein the video sequence file generator is configured to automatically access the supplemental material content from the original material data based on the determined pair of supplemental ranges of the original material data to automatically generate the editable video sequence.