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Authoring/Editing

Over 80% of the world’s premium DVD titles are created and authored using Sonic software. Sonic is the inventor of non-timeline editing method called “Storyboards”. The Storyboard interface uses picture thumbnails that represent the video clips laid out in order of appearance without describing their duration. To piece together a video using the storyboard, users drag and drop clips into a line. Between each scene are options for transition effects. Storyboards are the primary method consumer’s use for video editing. The claims of these patents could be applicable to any company creating digital media authoring tools for video creation including CD, VCD, DVD, and next generation formats including HD-DVD and Blu-ray.

Description Patent #
Optimizing the recording on a rewritable interactive medium of revisions to an existing project on that medium 7,302,453
A non-timeline, non-linear digital multimedia composition method and system EP 0871177
Method and Device for Supporting Production of Moving-Picture CD-ROM Software EP 0741359
Method and system for scene change detection 6,995,805
Method and device for supporting production of moving picture cd-rom software CN 95191159.7
Variable encoding rate plan generation 5,812,790
Computer implemented method of generating virtual files for sharing information of physical information file 6,065,010
Non-timeline, non-linear digital multimedia composition method and system 6,204,840
Interactive Media Authoring without Access to Original Source Material TW 203815
Non-timeline, non-linear digital multimedia composition method and system CA 2,202,106
Non-timeline, non-linear digital multimedia composition method and system JP 3071755
 
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