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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2011
Randy Ubillos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ken Matsuda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Giovanni Agnoli, San Mateo, CA (US);
Colleen Pendergast, Livermore, CA (US);
Dave Cerf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Itrat U. Khan, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Fleischhauer, San Jose, CA (US);
Anne Swenson, San Jose, CA (US);
Mike Stern, San Francisco, CA (US);
Randy Ubillos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ken Matsuda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Giovanni Agnoli, San Mateo, CA (US);
Colleen Pendergast, Livermore, CA (US);
Dave Cerf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Itrat U. Khan, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Fleischhauer, San Jose, CA (US);
Anne Swenson, San Jose, CA (US);
Mike Stern, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A media-editing application of some embodiments allows a user of the application to group media clips displayed in the timeline into a single clip representation. A composite display area of the media-editing application often displays numerous clips at various instances in time and at various levels in the compositing hierarchy. To reduce the number of media clips in the timeline, the media-editing application of some embodiments allows the user to select several media clips and combine them into a one media clip representation. In this manner, the media-editing application reduces the congestion in the timeline. These single clip representations are referred to as 'compound clips.' Compound clips can be viewed as containers that can include several media clips of the same type in some embodiments, or that can include several media clips of several different types in other embodiments.