Abstract: A graphical user interface for editing a video story includes a storyboard pane, a timeline pane, and a layer pane. The storyboard pane displays video clips of the video story and their transitions. The timeline pane displays tracks including a video track, a video overlay track, a text track, an effect track, and at least one audio track. The layer pane displays layers of a selected video clip from the video track. Each layer displays one layer clip. The layer clip can be a video layer clip, a text layer clip, or an audio layer clip. The layers in the layer pane show how the layer clips overlay each other (or not) in time to compose the selected video clip. A user uses the storyboard pane and the timeline pane to layout the video story, and the layer pane to layout the video clips in the video story.

Abstract: A graphical user interface for editing a video story includes a storyboard pane, a timeline pane, and a layer pane. The storyboard pane displays video clips of the video story and their transitions. The timeline pane displays tracks including a video track, a video overlay track, a text track, an effect track, and at least one audio track. The layer pane displays layers of a selected video clip from the video track. Each layer displays one layer clip. The layer clip can be a video layer clip, a text layer clip, or an audio layer clip. The layers in the layer pane show how the layer clips overlay each other (or not) in time to compose the selected video clip. A user uses the storyboard pane and the timeline pane to layout the video story, and the layer pane to layout the video clips in the video story.

Abstract: A method for video editing software to display a preview of a video in real-time includes (a) retrieving one or more frames to be displayed at a current time into a system RAM of a computer; (b) applying one or more effects to the one or more frames to form a new frame; (c) displaying the new frame on a monitor without saving the new frame on a storage medium of the computer; and (d) repeating the actions (a) to (c) for subsequent times. The method may include reducing the resolution of the one or more frames after retrieving the one or more frames. The displaying of the new frame on a screen may include using a multimedia programming interface, such as DirectX, to copy the new frame in the system RAM to a RAM of a display card of the computer and using the multimedia programming interface to refresh the display card to display on a monitor the new frame.

Abstract: A system and process for real-time rendering of video images. A computer processes a set of video clips, images, and stills and simultaneously displays them on a screen. At any given time, a program processes the set along with transition and special effect frames and displays them to an observer.