JP2011077668A - Moving picture generation device, computer program and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a wide variety of stage effects rich in change without preparing many types of video effects. <P>SOLUTION: The wide variety of stage effects are applied on photograph materials by displaying a moving picture generation screen independently having a track for arranging data of musical piece materials, a track for arranging the photograph materials, and a video effect track for performing video effects on the photograph materials, on a display along a time line and adding the video effects arranged in the video effect track to the photograph materials. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a moving image creating apparatus, a computer program, and a storage medium, and more particularly, to a technique for easily creating a moving image by performing processing such as effects on a still image.

  In recent years, some personal computers and the like are equipped with a function for editing a still image or a moving image taken by a user by himself or creating a photo album (electronic album).

  For example, in Patent Document 1, when a user designates an image stored in a hard disk or the like, a predetermined editing process (effect process) is performed on the designated image, and the image is matched with music (BGM) prepared in advance. An image editing process for creating sequentially displayed contents is disclosed. This image editing process has a feature that different contents can be created even if the same image is designated because the editing process to be performed on the image is determined at random.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a user selects a song prepared in advance and selects a photo album in which a still image to be played is stored. A technique for creating a slide show content (play list) that sequentially displays images together with music is disclosed.

JP 2001-285784 A JP 2006-86621 A

  In the prior art, still images and music are combined using only an effect track (video effect track) for arranging still image material and video effects to be added on the timeline and a BGM track for arranging music material. I was creating a slideshow.

  In the prior art, “effects” such as zoom, panning, and color change to produce a photo (still image) itself, and “transitions” to produce a chronologically adjacent still image such as crossfade and wipe. ”Are prepared, and an“ effect ”is selected and assigned to each still image, and a“ transition ”is selected and assigned between the still images so that a slide show can be produced.

However, with such a method, it is necessary to prepare various types of “effects” and “transitions” in order to be able to create a wide variety of slide shows. It was necessary. In addition, since the number of “effects” and “transitions” becomes enormous, the work of timing adjustment to synchronize video with music is very troublesome, and video effects synchronized with music can be freely and easily performed. It was impossible to edit.
In view of the above-described problems, a first object of the present invention is to realize a variety of presentation effects rich in change without preparing many types of video effects.
It is a second object of the present invention to make it possible for anyone to easily create a moving image of a video synchronized with music without performing troublesome timing adjustment for synchronizing the video with music.

The moving picture creating apparatus of the present invention is a moving picture creating apparatus that creates a moving picture using a plurality of images, along a timeline, a track for arranging music material data, a track for arranging photo material, A video creation screen having an independent video effect track for applying a video effect to the photo material is displayed on the display, and the video effect arranged on the video effect track is added to the photo material, thereby providing a variety of The present invention is characterized in that various effects can be applied to the photographic material.
Further, another feature of the moving image creating apparatus of the present invention is that a music track for arranging music material, a photo track for arranging still image material, and a video effect added to the still image material are arranged. A video creation screen display means for displaying a video creation screen provided with a plurality of video effect tracks on the display, and information input to the video creation screen is arranged in the music track, photo track, and video effect track Based on the information input by the information input means, moving picture creating means for creating a moving picture by adding a video effect to the still image material, and reproducing the moving picture created by the moving picture creating means And moving image reproducing means.

The computer program of the present invention is a computer program that causes a computer to execute a process of creating a moving image using a plurality of images, and arranges tracks for arranging music material data and photographic materials along a timeline. A video creation screen having a track and a video effect track for applying a video effect to the photographic material is displayed on the display, and the video effect arranged on the video effect track is added to the photographic material. In this manner, the computer is caused to execute processing for applying various effects to the photographic material.
Another feature of the computer program of the present invention is that a music track for arranging music material, a photo track for arranging still image material, and a video effect added to the still image material are arranged. A video creation screen display step for displaying a video creation screen provided with a plurality of video effect tracks for display on the display, and information input to the video creation screen is arranged in the music track, photo track, and video effect track An information input step, a video creation step for creating a video by adding a video effect to the still image material based on the information input in the information input step, and a playback of the video created by the video creation step The moving image reproduction process is performed by a computer.

According to the present invention, by combining independent video effect tracks, it is possible to create a huge pattern of video effects, so a wide variety of effects can be produced without preparing many types of video effects. The effect can be realized.
In addition, according to another feature of the present invention, anyone can easily create a movie synchronized with music by a simple operation without being aware of music synchronization timing at all.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a moving image creation apparatus that executes an image creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a moving image preparation procedure. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which performs animation creation and animation editing. It is a figure which shows an example in the state as which "music tab" was selected. It is a figure which shows an example in the state where the "photo tab" was selected. It is a figure which shows an example in the state where the "switching tab" was selected. It is a figure which shows an example in the state in which the "focus tab" was selected. It is a figure which shows an example in the state in which "Camera tab" was selected. It is a figure which shows an example in the state where the "lighting tab" was selected. It is a figure which shows an example in the state where the "background tab" was selected. It is a figure which shows an example in the state where the "text tab" was selected. It is a figure which shows an example in the state where the "screen tab" was selected. It is a figure explaining the specific example of animation creation. It is a figure explaining a mode that a video effect is given to a still picture and a animation is generated.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a moving image creating apparatus that executes the moving image creating method of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, a series of processing executed by a moving image generating program (computer program) performed in the moving image generating apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is controlled and executed by a computer system including CPUs 101 and 102 and a RAM 103. .

  In the moving image creating apparatus 100, a central processing unit (CPU) 101, a read only memory (ROM) 102, and a random access memory (RAM) 103 are connected to each other via a bus 104.

  An input / output interface 105 is further connected to the bus 104. The input / output interface 105 includes an input unit 106, an output unit 107, a storage unit 108 including a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, a communication unit 109 including a network interface, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory. A drive 110 for driving the removable media 111 is connected.

  In addition, a keyboard 112, a mouse 113, a microphone 114, and the like are connected to the input unit 106. In addition, a display 115, a speaker 116, and the like are connected to the output unit 107.

  In the moving image creating apparatus 100 configured as described above, the CPU 101 loads, for example, the moving image creating program stored in the storage unit 108 to the RAM 103 via the input / output interface 105 and the bus 104 and executes the program. Thus, the moving image creation process is performed.

  In the moving image creating apparatus 100 of this embodiment, the moving image creating program executed by the CPU 101 is, for example, a magnetic disk (including a flexible disk), an optical disk (CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)). Etc.), recorded on a removable medium 111 which is a package medium composed of a magneto-optical disk or a semiconductor memory, or provided via a wired or wireless transmission medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital satellite broadcasting. .

  Specifically, the removable medium 111 can be installed in the storage unit 108 via the input / output interface 105 by attaching the removable medium 111 to the drive 110. In addition, a moving image creation program transmitted via a wired or wireless transmission medium can be received by the communication unit 109 and installed in the storage unit 108. In addition, the moving image creation program can be installed in the ROM 102 or the storage unit 108 in advance.

  Note that the movie creation program executed by the movie creation device 100 may be a movie creation program that is processed in time series according to the order described in this specification, or in parallel or called. It may be a moving image creation program in which processing is performed at a necessary timing.

  When the above-described moving image creation processing is executed by software, a series of processing may be realized by a single application moving image creation program, or may be realized by a plurality of functionally divided application programs.

Next, an example of the moving image creation processing procedure of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the process is started, a moving image creation screen display process for displaying the moving image creation screen on the display 115 is performed in step S21. As shown in FIG. 3, the movie creation screen used in the movie creation method of the present embodiment has a music track for arranging music material, a photo track for arranging photo material (still image material), and a still image. A plurality of effect tracks (video effect tracks) for arranging video effects to be added to the image material are provided, and these tracks can be operated independently.

  Further, the video effect track is composed of “section track” and “instant track”. The video effect processing by the video object arranged on the “section track” is continued until the next video object position arranged on the timeline. On the other hand, the video effect processing by the video object arranged on the “instant track” is performed only for a short time before and after the arrangement timing.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, a switching track, a frame track, a focus track, a camera track, a lighting track, a background track, a text track, an illustration track, a screen track, and the like are provided as effect tracks. . Each video track is further provided with a section video track and an instantaneous video track. Furthermore, a plurality of video styles are prepared corresponding to each video track, and a video object having a plurality of patterns is prepared for each style, and a video effect level can be set for each video object.

  A plurality of tabs corresponding to these tracks are provided, and a desired material can be selected by clicking on the tab corresponding to the input track. In the example of FIG. 3, “Frame tab” is selected, and “Rectangle”, “Handwriting style”, “Frame”, “Glass”, “Stamp”, etc. are displayed on the selection screen in a selectable manner. ing. The “image effect” of the frame is data for displaying a photograph in a shape such as a square shape or a heart shape.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a state where the “music tab” is selected. In this example, “part 1” to “part 3” are displayed, and “part 3” is selected.
FIG. 5 shows an example of a state in which the “photo tab” is selected, and photos such as “photo A”, “photo B”, “photo C”, “photo D”,. .

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a state where the “switching tab” is selected. The “video effect” of switching is data for determining how to switch and display each photo while moving it. In this example, video effects such as “twist”, “reverse”, and “inside cube” are displayed in a selectable window in the style name. In addition, “Normal”, “Left turn”, “Right turn” and the like are displayed in the window of the pattern name so as to be selectable. Furthermore, a slider for freely selecting the effect level from small to large is displayed.

  For example, if the effect level is a video object having a pattern of “turn left”, the effect level may be turned slowly as the value of the effect level is small, and may be turned quickly as the value of the effect level is small. You may make it turn at a large angle, so that it turns. In other words, the effect level is prepared for adjusting the level of adjustment for expressing subtle differences in video even for video objects having the same pattern. The present invention is not limited to the above example, and any video adjustment can be used as long as it adjusts the difference in the video expression for the video effect having the same pattern. This applies not only to the effect level for “switching” in this section, but also to the effect levels for the next and subsequent sections.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a state where the “focus tab” is selected. The focus video effect is for applying an effect such as focusing on a photograph to be displayed. In this example, video effects such as “zoom”, “panning”, “jump”, and “unstable” are displayed in a style name window in a selectable manner. In the pattern name window, “horizontal direction”, “vertical direction”, “oblique direction”, and the like are displayed so as to be selectable. Furthermore, a slider for freely selecting the effect level from small to large is displayed.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a state where the “camera tab” is selected. In this example, “Zoom”, “Panning”, “Unstable”, “Beat zoom”, “Beat panning”, and the like are displayed in the style name window. Further, “Zoom In (Constant Speed)”, “Zoom In (Acceleration)”, “Zoom In (Deceleration)”, “Zoom Out (Constant Speed)”, etc. are displayed in the pattern name window. Furthermore, a slider for freely selecting the effect level from small to large is displayed.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a state where the “lighting tab” is selected. In this example, “panning”, “rotation”, “torch”, “beat zoom”, “beat panning”, and the like are displayed in the style name window. In addition, “clockwise (normal)”, “counterclockwise (normal)”, “clockwise (reverse)”, “counterclockwise (reverse)”, and the like are displayed in a pattern name window. Furthermore, a slider for freely selecting the effect level from small to large is displayed. A button for selecting a color is also displayed.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of a state where the “background tab” is selected. The video effect of “background” is data for allowing the background of the displayed photo to be arbitrarily selected. In this example, “color”, “noise”, “move”, “unstable”, “star”, and the like are displayed in the window of the style name. In the pattern name window, “vertical direction only”, “horizontal direction only”, “omni direction”, and the like are displayed in a selectable manner. In addition, there is a window for selecting the photo to be used, and the “focus photo” is selected from the selection items of “focus photo”, “previous photo”, “next photo”, and “random”. It is displayed. Furthermore, a slider for freely selecting the effect level from small to large is displayed.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a state where the “text tab” is selected. “Text” is effect data for text to be displayed overlaid on the photo being displayed. In this example, “None”, “Normal”, “Zoom”, “Stretch”, “Spin”, and the like are displayed in the window of the style name. In addition, “all characters”, “one character”, “all characters”, and the like are displayed in a pattern name window so as to be selectable. Furthermore, a slider for freely selecting the effect level from small to large is displayed. When the “edit” button is clicked, a window for setting a text string, font type, color, text display position, and the like is opened.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of a state where the “screen tab” is selected. “Screen” is a video effect for the entire movie, and is data that darkens or blurs the entire screen. In this example, “normal”, “fade in”, “fade out”, “bright”, “color”, and the like are displayed in the style name window. In addition, “Fixed” is displayed in the window of the pattern name so that it can be selected. Furthermore, a slider for freely selecting the effect level from small to large is displayed.

In the present embodiment, an example in which a plurality of effect tracks are provided in the frame track to the text track is shown (two rows in the example of FIG. 3).
That is, in the upper part of the frame track, “Rectangle, Round Large” at “Time 0:02”, “Frame, Real” at “Time 0:14”, “Rectangle, Round Large” at “Time 0:28”, “User effect, rotation type” “video effect” is arranged at “time 0:30”. In the lower row, “image effect” of “handwriting style, rectangle” is arranged at “time 0:33”.

  In the upper part of the focus track, “normal, rectangular” at “time 0:02” and “image effect” of “jump” at “time 0:25” are arranged. In the upper part of the background track, “color” at “time 0:02”, “noise, period change” at “time 0:17”, “color, selected color” at “time 0:30” "Effect" is arranged. In the lower row, “noise, cycle change” at “time 0:21” and “video effect” of “noise, cycle change” at “time 0:37” are arranged.

  The moving image creation process is executed by the user operating the mouse 113 on the “moving image creation screen” as described above. That is, in step S22, it is determined whether or not the music selection has been completed by the user. If the result of this determination is that music selection has not been completed, a standby state is entered. As a result of the determination in step S22, if the music selection is completed, the process proceeds to step S23. In the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 4, since “No. 3” is selected, the process proceeds from step S22 to step S23.

In step S23, it is determined whether or not photo selection has been completed. If the result of this determination is that photo selection has not been completed, a standby state is entered. If the result of determination in step S23 is that photo selection has been completed and a photo has been placed on the photo track, the process proceeds to step S24.
In step S24, in order to perform a predetermined editing process (effect process) on the image arranged in the photo track in step S23, each of the switching track to the screen track has been described with reference to FIGS. It waits for the “image effect” to be input. When “video effect” is input to each effect track, the process proceeds to step S25. Each process of S22-S24 mentioned above becomes an information input process.

  In step S25, in each process of step S22 to step S24, a moving image creation process is performed based on information input on the moving image creation screen. In the moving image creation process in the present embodiment, a process according to the “video effect” is individually executed for each image arranged on the photo track. This makes it possible to perform multiple video processings on a single “still image”, and a variety of video images that have undergone video effects processing, as in the past, without being prepared in large quantities. It can be generated from a moving image with various effects. When the moving image creation process ends, the process proceeds to step S26.

  In step S26, the moving image created in S25 is played back. During the period in which the moving image reproduction process is performed, the process proceeds to step S27 at a predetermined timing set in advance, and it is determined whether or not the user (operator) performs an interruption operation of the moving image reproduction process. As a result of this determination, if the user performs an interruption operation, the process returns to step S22 even when the moving image is being reproduced, and a screen on which the moving image created by the moving image creating process of steps S22 to S24 can be edited is displayed. Control is performed. Thereby, it is possible to perform an editing process in which a desired effect is added or changed in steps S22 to S24. Then, based on the editing result, a moving image creation process is performed in step S25 (in this case, the moving image editing process is performed). Thereby, editing work can be freely performed while confirming the moving image creation result. If the result of determination in step S27 is that no interruption operation has been performed by the user, processing proceeds to step S28.

  In step S28, it is determined whether or not the moving image playback process has ended. If the result of this determination is that the moving image playback process has not ended, processing returns to step S22. In this case, since no interruption operation is performed by the user, Steps S22 to S25 are “through”, and the moving image reproduction process of Step S26 continues. If the result of determination in step S28 is that the moving image playback process has ended, the end process is entered.

  In the present embodiment, by creating a moving image as described above, it is possible to generate a moving image with a variety of presentation effects without preparing a large amount of moving image material that has undergone video effect processing. be able to.

Next, a specific example of moving image creation will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14.
As shown in FIG. 13, in this example, “video effect” of “origami” is arranged at “time 0:02” in the switching track. In addition, “rectangular, large round” “video effect” is arranged at “time 0:02” in the frame track. In addition, “normal, fixed” “video effect” is arranged at “time 0:02” in the focus track. In the camera track, “normal, fixed” “video effect” is arranged at “time 0:02”. In the background track, “color effect” of “color” is arranged at “time 0:02”.

  Each photo arranged on the photo track is displayed on the display 115 by fading in, displaying all, and fading out as shown by a trapezoid in FIG. More specifically, Photo 1 starts to fade in at “time 0:02”. Then, the fade-in is finished slightly before “time 0:03”, and all displays are made. Thereafter, the fade-out starts near “time 0:05”, and the fade-out ends near the center of “time 0:05” to “time 0:06”.

  For Photo 2, the fade-in starts near “time 0:05” when Photo 1 starts to fade out. Then, the fade-in is completed at the time when the photograph 1 has finished the fade-out, and all the images are displayed. Therefore, during the period from the start of fade-out of photo 1 to the end of fade-out, photo 1 and photo 2 are displayed on display 115 so as to overlap.

  By arranging the “video effects” as described above on each effect track, the photos arranged on the photo track are processed as shown in FIGS. 14 (1) to (8) to create a moving image. . That is, as shown in FIG. 14A, the photograph 1 fades in due to the switching effect “origami”.

  FIGS. 14 (2) to (6) show that the faded-in photo 1 is subjected to the “folding paper” switching effect, so that the small folded photo 1 gradually opens and the entire photo 1 is displayed. Is shown. In this way, a moving image is generated by displaying a state in which the folded photograph 1 gradually opens along the timeline.

  As a method of generating a moving image in the present invention, a photographic image texture is pasted and animated on polygon data having three-dimensional coordinates, and image processing such as lighting effect and color tone change is performed thereon, and camerawork-like coordinate conversion is performed. It is possible to apply well-known techniques such as generating an image projected onto two-dimensional coordinates above.

  FIG. 14 (7) shows a state in which the photograph 1 fades out and the photograph 2 fades in. FIG. 14 (8) shows a state in which the photograph 2 is gradually opened by applying the “folding paper” switching effect to the photograph 2 that has been faded in.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, each effect has a plurality of “style” data and a plurality of “pattern” data. Therefore, the effect that can be given to the photograph is “style” × “ The number of “patterns” can be obtained. Therefore, it is possible to realize a vast variety of production effects without possessing many types of video effects.

(Second Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, music synchronization information (music synchronization information) corresponding to the music material is included. This synchronization information is feature detection information such as beat timing and sound pressure level obtained by a well-known method for frequency analysis of music, but the user himself taps while listening to the whole music or a part of the music. It may be information obtained by manual input. The music synchronization information is information shown in the vertical direction at the timing of the music synchronization information corresponding to the music pasted on the music track, separately from the timing of the time information of the movie in FIGS. is there.

  As in this embodiment, by having the music synchronization information, the object that is input later to the other tracks by the music material arranged on the music track on the timeline and the corresponding synchronization information is the music The mark corresponding to the synchronization time can be automatically arranged and displayed on the moving image creation screen based on the music synchronization information corresponding to.

  In addition, a mode for turning on / off the synchronization grid is provided, and when the grid is on, it is automatically arranged at the nearest synchronization timing, and when the grid is off, it can be automatically arranged at the timing designated by the pointing device or the like. This also applies to editing, such as changing the fade-in and fade-out times of the photo material on the timeline after placement and changing the switching timing time of the video object.

  When the grid is on, the grid position is displayed so that it can be identified on the timeline. The above-mentioned video effects such as “frame”, “focus”, “camera”, “lighting”, “background”, “text”, “screen” use video materials such as photographs (still images), text, illustrations, etc. Then, by performing video processing in real time based on the synchronization information, a movie synchronized with the music can be created and reproduced.

It is not only the timing at which the video is synchronized with the music but at the time of switching from one video style to the next.
For example, in the video effect styles such as “Focus” and “Lighting”, there is a video style called “beat panning”. If a video object belonging to this style is placed on the video track, the music is synchronized. Image processing such as panning in accordance with the beat position corresponding to the information is performed.

  In addition, some video effect styles such as “frame”, “text”, and “camera” have a “beat zoom” video style. Video processing that zooms in time with is performed.

Not limited to this, the video styles corresponding to each video track include those related to video processing synchronized with the synchronization information. When video objects of these video styles are arranged, the next video style Video processing such as periodic or instantaneous video expression is performed until the time.
Further, although not in the present embodiment, a video track “illustration” may be prepared, and video processing corresponding to the selected video style may be performed on the selected illustration material.

  If an input operation for the selected video object is performed while the movie data being edited is being reproduced during movie editing, the movie data is automatically arranged at a position corresponding to the movie playback pointer according to the grid mode.

(Other embodiments of the present invention)
A program code of software for realizing the functions of the embodiment is provided to an apparatus connected to the various devices or a computer in the system so that each program code is operated to realize the functions of the embodiment. What is implemented by operating the various devices according to a computer program supplied and stored in a computer (CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus is also included in the scope of the present invention.

  In this case, the program code of the software itself realizes the functions (each unit) of the above-described embodiment, and the program code itself and means for supplying the program code to a computer, for example, A storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. As a storage medium for recording the program code, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program code supplied by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also the OS (operating system) or other application software in which the program code is running on the computer, etc. The program code is also included in the embodiment of the present invention even when the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized in cooperation with the above.

  Further, after the program code supplied from the computer-readable storage medium is stored in the memory of the function expansion board of the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instruction of the program code. The present invention also includes the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

S21 video creation screen display process, S22 music selection process, S23 photo selection process, S24 video effect input process, S25 video creation process, S26 video playback process, S27 editing operation acceptance process, S28 end determination process

Claims (15)

A video creation device that creates a video using a plurality of images,
Displayed on the display is a video creation screen that independently has a track for arranging music material data, a track for arranging photo material, and a video effect track for applying a video effect to the photo material along the timeline. In addition, a moving picture creating apparatus characterized in that a variety of effects can be applied to the photographic material by adding a video effect arranged on the video effect track to the photographic material.   As the video effect track, any two or more of a switching track, a frame track, a focus track, a camera track, a lighting track, a background track, a text track, an illustration track, and a screen track are provided. The moving image creating apparatus according to claim 1.   3. The moving image creating apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a section video track and an instantaneous video track for each video effect track.   An object that has music synchronization information corresponding to the music material and that inputs or edits to other tracks corresponding to the position of the music material arranged on the music track on the timeline is used as the music synchronization information. The moving image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the moving image creating apparatus automatically arranges the moving image based on the moving image.   The mark corresponding to the synchronization time is displayed on the moving image creation screen based on the music synchronization information corresponding to the music arranged on the timeline. The video creation device described. Displays a movie creation screen with a plurality of music tracks for arranging music material, a photo track for arranging still image material, and a plurality of video effect tracks for arranging video effects to be added to the still image material Video creation screen display means to be displayed on
Information input means for arranging information input to the video creation screen on the music track, photo track, and video effect track;
Based on the information input by the information input means, a moving image creating means for creating a moving image by adding a video effect to the still image material;
A moving image creating apparatus comprising: a moving image reproducing unit that reproduces the moving image created by the moving image creating unit.   And a control unit configured to interrupt the moving image being reproduced by the moving image reproducing unit in accordance with an instruction from an operator and to display a screen on which the moving image created by the moving image creating unit can be edited. Item 7. The moving image creating device according to Item 6. A computer program that causes a computer to execute a process of creating a moving image using a plurality of images,
Displayed on the display is a video creation screen that independently has a track for arranging music material data, a track for arranging photo material, and a video effect track for applying a video effect to the photo material along the timeline. A computer program for causing a computer to execute various effects on the photographic material by adding a video effect arranged on the video effect track to the photographic material.   As the video effect track, any two or more of a switching track, a frame track, a focus track, a camera track, a lighting track, a background track, a text track, an illustration track, and a screen track are provided. The computer program according to claim 8.   10. The computer program according to claim 9, further comprising a section video track and an instantaneous video track for each video effect track.   An object that has music synchronization information corresponding to the music material and that inputs or edits to other tracks corresponding to the position of the music material arranged on the music track on the timeline is used as the music synchronization information. 11. The computer program according to claim 8, wherein the computer program is automatically arranged based on the computer program.   The mark corresponding to the synchronization time is displayed on the moving image creation screen based on the music synchronization information corresponding to the music arranged on the timeline. The computer program described. A movie creation screen provided with a plurality of music track for arranging music material, a photo track for arranging still image material, and a plurality of video effect tracks for arranging video effects to be added to the still image material The video creation screen display process to be displayed on the display,
An information input step for arranging information input to the video creation screen on the music track, photo track, and video effect track;
Based on the information input by the information input step, a moving image creating step of creating a moving image by adding a video effect to the still image material,
A computer program for causing a computer to execute a moving image reproduction step of reproducing the moving image generated by the moving image generation step.   A control step of interrupting the moving image being played back by the moving image playing step according to an instruction from an operator and changing the moving image created by the moving image creating step to display a screen that can be edited is provided. Item 14. The computer program according to Item 13.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the computer program according to any one of claims 8 to 14.

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