Abstract: An improved interactive image processing system (200,300) is provided which is capable of simultaneous processing of at least two different digitized composite color images to provide a displayable resultant composite color image. Each of the digitized composite color images have separate digitized red, blue and green image components and have an associated image information content. The system (200,300) includes separate image storage planes (246,346,70',72',74',70",72",74",70"',72'", 74"',370,372,374,370',372',374',370",372",374) for retrievably storing each of the digitized red, blue and green image components or other image data as well as graphic planes (78',378) for storing graphic control data for processing of the images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to video production systems and methods and particularly to such systems and methods in which the video characteristics of the video frames may be interactively controlled during video production.