Abstract: To address needs of journalists and other editors, an audiovisual editing system associates segments of audiovisual materials with segments of related text. The editing system permits an editor to edit both the audiovisual materials of the segments and to edit the related text. The data structure representing the story includes a list of media segments and a list a text segments and a correspondence among the segments. Each media segment has a type, such as script, SOT and voice, and includes a list of video clips. These data structures enable the editing system to provide a simple and intuitive interface for editing a story, and can be transformed in a straightforward manner into a conventional, multitrack sequence used to represent an audiovisual composition. The editing system automatically defines parameters, such as designating the correct audio tracks, which minimize the chance for errors and speeds the workflow. Automatic ducking of these tracks also can be provided.

Abstract: An audiovisual editing system associates segments of audiovisual materials with related text. The editing system permits an editor to edit the references to the audiovisual materials of a segment and to edit the related text. An estimated time for reading the related text aloud by the newscaster is determined. This estimated time for reading the related text of the segment may be compared to the actual duration of the audiovisual material of the segment. The difference in the duration of the audiovisual material and the duration of the related text may be displayed to the editor. Also, any position in the text for a segment may be mapped to a corresponding position in time in the audiovisual material for the segment, and this position may be indicated to the editor. Additionally, in response to edits of the related text of a segment, a corresponding editing operation can be automatically performed on the reference to the audiovisual information of the segment.