Editing apparatus and control method thereof, and program and recording medium
A plurality of video materials specified from video materials is managed as one group. Information associated with each video material belonging to the group is displayed on a graphical user interface according to a first operation. According to a second operation, a process to add video material or delete video material specified from the video materials belonging to the group is performed. The contents of a special effect set for the video material specified from the video materials belonging to the group are managed in correspondence with only the video material.
1. An editing apparatus comprising:
management means for managing as one group a plurality of video materials specified from the video materials, the plurality of video materials forming a group clip having a plurality of video clips, wherein each of the video clips within the group clip include video and corresponding audio tracks associated with one of a plurality of cameras, the group clip created based on setting from a group clip creator dialog window:
a clip alignment associated with displaying a plurality of clip bars for each of the plurality of video clips within the group clip,
a number of the audio tracks provided within the group clip time line,
a start margin for establishing a duration between a beginning and a first clip of the plurality of video clips within the group clip, and
a time code corresponding to the group clip; and
display control means for displaying information on each of the video materials belonging to the group clip as a graphical user interface according to a first operation,
wherein
the management means executes a process to add new video material to the group clip or delete video material belonging to the group clip according to a second operation.
2. The editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the management means manages contents of a special effect set for the video material specified from the video materials belonging to the group in correspondence with the video material.
3. The editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the graphical user interface has a time line; and
the display control means puts and displays information on each of the video materials belonging to the group on the time line.
4. The editing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the display control means displays videos of a plurality of the video materials belonging to the group in a split-screen display mode, together with the time line.
5. The editing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display control means displays a window of a changeable size where videos of a plurality of the video materials belonging to the group are displayed in a split-screen display mode, differently from a window displaying the time line.
6. The editing apparatus according to claim 4 , comprising input means provided with a numeric key pad for entering various commands, wherein
the display control means displays a played video of the video material specified from the video materials belonging to the group, and when one key from the numeric keypad is pressed, switches the played video to a played video of the video material being displayed at a display position which is the same as a position corresponding to the key pressed from the numeric keypad, from a plurality of the video materials of which videos are displayed in the split-screen display mode.
7. The editing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the display control means switches a display pattern of tracks corresponding to the video materials on the time line to another display pattern according to third operation.
8. An editing method, comprising:
a first step of managing as one group a plurality of video materials specified from the video materials, the plurality of video materials forming a group clip having a plurality of video clips, wherein each of the video clips within the group clip include video and corresponding audio tracks associated with one of a plurality of cameras, the group clip created based on setting from a group clip creator dialog window:
a clip alignment associated with displaying a plurality of clip bars for each of the plurality of video clips within the group clip,
a number of the audio tracks provided within the group clip time line,
a start margin for establishing a duration between a beginning and a first clip of the plurality of video clips within the group clip, and
a time code corresponding to the group clip;
a second step of displaying information on each of the video materials belonging to the group clip as a graphical user interface according to first operation; and
a third step of executing a process to add new video material to the group clip or delete the video material belonging to the group clip, according to second operation.
9. The editing method according to claim 8 , comprising a fourth step of managing contents of a special effect set for the video material specified from the video materials belonging to the group in correspondence with the video material.
10. A non-transitory recording medium recording a program causing a computer to execute:
a first step of managing as one group a plurality of video materials specified from the video materials, the plurality of video materials forming a group clip having a plurality of video clips, wherein each of the video clips within the group clip include video and corresponding audio tracks associated with one of a plurality of cameras, the group clip created based on setting from a group clip creator dialog window:
a clip alignment associated with displaying a plurality of clip bars for each of the plurality of video clips within the group clip,
a number of the audio tracks provided within the group clip time line,
a start margin for establishing a duration between a beginning and a first clip of the plurality of video clips within the group clip, and
a time code corresponding to the group clip;
a second step of displaying information on each of the video materials belonging to the group clip as a graphical user interface according to first operation; and
a third step of executing a process to add new video material to the group clip or delete the video material belonging to the group clip, according to second operation.
11. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 10 , further comprising a fourth step of managing contents of a special effect set for the video material specified from the video materials belonging to the group in correspondence with the video material.
12. An editing apparatus comprising:
a managing unit managing as one group a plurality of video materials specified from the video materials, the plurality of video materials forming a group clip having a plurality of video clips, wherein each of the video clips within the group clip include video and corresponding audio tracks associated with one of a plurality of cameras, the group clip created based on setting from a group clip creator dialog window:
a clip alignment associated with displaying a plurality of clip bars for each of the plurality of video clips within the group clip,
a number of the audio tracks provided within the group clip time line,
a start margin for establishing a duration between a beginning and a first clip of the plurality of video clips within the group clip, and
a time code corresponding to the group clip; and
a display controller displaying information on each of the video materials belonging to the group clip as a graphical user interface according to first operation, wherein
the managing unit executes a process to add new video material to the group clip or delete the video material belonging to the group clip according to second operation.
13. The editing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the managing unit manages contents of a special effect set for the video material specified from the video materials belonging to the group in correspondence with the video material.