Apple Inc.

Discreet Logic Inc.

Martin Boyd

Stephen Sheeler

Gregory Evan Niles

Marc Hawlitzeck

Some embodiments provide a three dimensional (3D) media-editing application for dynamically presenting different views of a 3D project that includes one or more objects disbursed throughout a 3D space. A dynamic display provides the dynamic views upon the occurrence of specified triggering events. In some embodiments, the dynamic display appears within the 3D media-editing application throughout the duration of the triggering event and is removed upon completion of the triggering event. The dynamic display of some embodiments shows edits to the 3D project from a predicted angle or viewing perspective that best conveys the objects of the 3D project in conjunction with the actions of the triggering event without duplicating views presented in one or more static workspace windows of the 3D media-editing application.

Dynamic viewing of a three dimensional space

A library can store different types of multimedia objects, including effects (for example, behaviors, filters, fonts, and particle effects) and content (for example, audio clips, video clips, and still images). The library can store both pre-defined objects and objects that have been created by a user. The library is extensible, so that it can store objects of unknown type.

Extensible library for storing objects of different types

An automatically readable medium encoded with a time-based media file which comprises a factory object which uniquely identifies the instantiation of an object of a particular type. The factory object can be one of the following: a scene object; a behavior object; or a filter object. The scene object can include at least one of the following: global setting for the scene; or the last settings used to render to a resulting time-based media file. The scene object can ultimately contain a reference to media used by the object. A scene object can include a reference to another scene object.

Multimedia file format

Image data representing a moving image by a sequence of image frames each containing an array of pixels. A distinctive characteristic of an image frame is identified and image data is modified in response to process iterations. For each iteration, a tracking parameter is generated ( ) and the rendering of said object is controlled ( ) in response to the tracking parameter. An output image is displayed in response to the application of the controlled object so that tracking and display operations are performed on a frame-by-frame basis to facilitate creative manipulation of control parameters and tracking locations.

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Martin Boyd