JP4340973B2 - Image editing apparatus and video editing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image editing apparatus and a video editing apparatus, and is suitable for application to, for example, a video editing apparatus capable of performing timeline editing.

  Conventionally, in a video editing apparatus, video editing is performed by connecting a plurality of video clips and reflecting various special effects (so-called effects, etc.) based on a user's editing operation. It is designed to create a clip.

  In particular, in recent years, video clips are digitized and stored in a hard disk drive or the like that can be randomly accessed, and the video clips are arranged along the time line representing the time axis on the display screen, special effects are set, and the like. Proposals have been made to improve the work efficiency of editing operations and the like by allowing the user to perform so-called non-linear editing processing.

In such a video editing apparatus, a plurality of tracks are provided along the time axis of a timeline representing the passage of time, and an object representing a video clip or a special effect is represented on each track using a pointing device such as a mouse. By arranging the objects, the user can easily visually check the relationship between each video clip or special effect and time (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-100128 A (second page)

  However, in the video editing apparatus having such a configuration, it is possible to display the video of each video clip before reflecting the special effect, the final video after reflecting all of the plurality of special effects, and the like so that the user can visually recognize the video. However, it was not possible to display intermediate images reflecting individual special effects, that is, intermediate images.

  For this reason, the video editing apparatus, for example, when the user wants to check the change of the image due to each special effect in the middle stage, for example, after allowing the user to cancel the other special effects once and visually confirm the desired intermediate image. Since the user is forced to perform complicated operations such as setting the other special effects again and restoring them, there is a problem that the work efficiency of the editing operation is lowered.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to propose an image editing apparatus and a video editing apparatus that can greatly improve the work efficiency of editing operations.

In order to solve such a problem, the image editing apparatus of the present invention is an image editing apparatus that performs image editing by reflecting a special effect on an image, and is a predetermined for expressing an image in a three-dimensional virtual space. An image solid column object is generated by generating a solid column object having a cross-sectional shape and pasting an image image for identifying the image on the first side surface of the solid column object and pasting the image on the second side surface And a special effect for generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect and identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object Special effect solid column object that creates a special effect solid column object by pasting an image A generation unit, the image that is closest to the stereoscopic Column objects For a given direction crossing the direction representing the time axis in the three-dimensional virtual space is represented by the special effect solid pillars objects in a range having an overlap with respect to time axis direction By reflecting the expressed special effect , the special effect post-reflection image generating means for generating the special effect post-reflection image, and the special effect post-reflection image are pasted on the second side of the special effect solid column object Display control means for displaying the effect solid pillar object and the image solid pillar object on the display means with a predetermined interval therebetween is provided.

  As a result, the image and the special effect-reflected image can be simultaneously displayed in the three-dimensional virtual space using the second side surfaces of the image solid column object and the special effect solid column object, so that the special effect is reflected. The editing operation can be performed while allowing the user to recognize the appearance of each special effect in the image by visually confirming the images before and after.

The image editing method of the present invention is an image editing method for performing image editing by reflecting a special effect on an image, and is a solid having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing an image in a three-dimensional virtual space. An image solid that generates a column object and generates an image solid column object by pasting an image image for identifying the image on the first side surface of the solid column object and pasting the image on the second side surface Column object generation step, generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect, and pasting a special effect image for identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object Special effect solid column object generation step for generating special effect solid column object by With respect to the image closest solid pillar object in the three-dimensional virtual space relates predetermined direction intersecting the direction representing the time axis is represented, special expressed by the special effect solid pillars objects in a range having an overlap with respect to time axis direction by reflecting the effects, and special effects reflected after image generation step of generating a special effect reflecting after image, the special effect solid pillar object with paste special effects reflected after the image at the second side of the special effect solid pillar object And a display control step for displaying the image solid column object on the display means in a state of being separated by a predetermined interval.

  As a result, the image and the special effect-reflected image can be simultaneously displayed in the three-dimensional virtual space using the second side surfaces of the image solid column object and the special effect solid column object, so that the special effect is reflected. The editing operation can be performed while allowing the user to recognize the appearance of each special effect in the image by visually confirming the images before and after.

Furthermore, in the image editing program of the present invention, a three-dimensional solid image having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing an image in a three-dimensional virtual space is provided for an image editing apparatus that performs image editing by reflecting special effects on the image. An image solid that generates a column object and generates an image solid column object by pasting an image image for identifying the image on the first side surface of the solid column object and pasting the image on the second side surface Column object generation step, generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect, and pasting a special effect image for identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object A special effect solid column object that generates a special effect solid column object And-up, with respect to the image closest solid pillars objects For a given direction crossing the direction representing the time axis in the three-dimensional virtual space is represented by the special effect solid pillars objects in a range having an overlap with respect to time axis direction by reflecting the special effect expressed, and special effects reflected after image generation step of generating a special effect reflecting image after the special with paste special effects reflected after the image at the second side of the special effect solid pillar object The display control step of displaying the effect solid column object and the image solid column object on the display means in a state of being separated by a predetermined interval is executed.

  As a result, the image and the special effect-reflected image can be simultaneously displayed in the three-dimensional virtual space using the second side surfaces of the image solid column object and the special effect solid column object, so that the special effect is reflected. The editing operation can be performed while allowing the user to recognize the appearance of each special effect in the image by visually confirming the images before and after.

Furthermore, the video editing apparatus of the present invention is a video editing apparatus that performs video editing by reflecting special effects on video images of video clips arranged on a timeline representing the passage of time. A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing a video clip in the space is generated, a video image for identifying the video clip is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object, and the second side surface A video solid column object generating means for generating a video solid column object by pasting a thumbnail of the video clip on the video clip, and generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing a special effect. To identify the special effect in the first aspect And special effects solid pillar object generation means for generating a special effect solid pillars object by pasting Distinguished effect image, video image closest solid pillars objects For a given direction crossing the timeline in the three-dimensional virtual space is expressed to, the by reflecting a special effect expressed by the special effect solid pillars objects, and special effects reflected after image generating means for generating special effects reflected image after a range having an overlap with respect to a direction along the time line, Display control means for pasting a thumbnail of the video after reflecting the special effect on the second side surface of the special effect solid pillar object, and displaying the special effect solid pillar object and the video solid pillar object on the display means with a predetermined interval therebetween; It was made to provide.

  As a result, the video image and the video after reflecting the special effect can be simultaneously displayed in the three-dimensional virtual space by using the second side surfaces of the video solid column object and the special effect solid column object, so that the special effect is reflected. It is possible to proceed with the editing work while allowing the user to recognize the appearance of each special effect in the video by visually confirming the video before and after the image.

The video editing method of the present invention is a video editing method for performing video editing by reflecting special effects on video images of video clips arranged on a timeline representing the passage of time. A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing a video clip in the space is generated, a video image for identifying the video clip is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object, and the second side surface A video solid column object generating step for generating a video solid column object by pasting a thumbnail of the video clip on the video clip, and generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing a special effect. To identify the special effect in the first aspect And special effects solid pillar object generation step of generating a special effect solid pillars objects by attaching special effects image, video image closest solid pillars objects For a given direction crossing the timeline in the three-dimensional virtual space is expressed On the other hand , by reflecting the special effect expressed by the special effect solid column object in a range having an overlap with respect to the direction along the timeline , a special effect post-reflection image generation step for generating a special effect reflection image, A display control step of pasting a thumbnail of the video after reflecting the special effect on the second side surface of the special effect solid column object and displaying the special effect solid column object and the video solid column object on the display unit in a state of being spaced apart from each other; It was made to provide.

  As a result, the video image and the video after reflecting the special effect can be simultaneously displayed in the three-dimensional virtual space by using the second side surfaces of the video solid column object and the special effect solid column object, so that the special effect is reflected. It is possible to proceed with the editing work while allowing the user to recognize the appearance of each special effect in the video by visually confirming the video before and after the image.

Furthermore, in the video editing program of the present invention, a three-dimensional virtual image is recorded on a video editing apparatus that performs video editing by reflecting a special effect on the video image of the video clip arranged on the timeline representing the passage of time. A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing a video clip in the space is generated, a video image for identifying the video clip is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object, and the second side surface A video solid column object generating step for generating a video solid column object by pasting a thumbnail of the video clip on the video clip, and generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing a special effect. Identify the special effects in the first aspect And special effects solid pillar object generation step of generating a special effect solid pillars objects by attaching a special effect image because, nearest solid pillar object representation relates predetermined direction intersecting with the time line in the three-dimensional virtual space to contrast video image, by reflecting a special effect expressed by the special effect solid pillars objects in a range having an overlap with respect to a direction along the time line, special effect reflecting after image generation for generating special effects reflect the image after Step and a display for pasting a thumbnail of the video after reflecting the special effect on the second side of the special effect solid column object and displaying the special effect solid column object and the video solid column object on the display means at a predetermined interval Control steps .

  As a result, the video image and the video after reflecting the special effect can be simultaneously displayed in the three-dimensional virtual space by using the second side surfaces of the video solid column object and the special effect solid column object, so that the special effect is reflected. It is possible to proceed with the editing work while allowing the user to recognize the appearance of each special effect in the video by visually confirming the video before and after the image.

  According to the present invention, the image and the special effect-reflected image can be simultaneously displayed in the three-dimensional virtual space by using the second side surfaces of the image solid column object and the special effect solid column object, respectively. An image editing apparatus that can visually check the images before and after reflecting the image and allow the user to recognize the appearance of each special effect in the image while proceeding with the editing operation, thus greatly improving the efficiency of the editing operation, An image editing method and an image editing program can be realized.

  Further, according to the present invention, the video image and the special effect-reflected image can be simultaneously displayed in the three-dimensional virtual space using the respective second side surfaces of the video solid column object and the special effect solid column object. Video editing that allows visual confirmation of the video before and after the special effect is reflected at the same time and allows the user to recognize the appearance of each special effect in the video while proceeding with the editing work, thus greatly improving the efficiency of the editing operation. An apparatus, a video editing method, and a video editing program can be realized.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Circuit Configuration of Video Editing Device In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a circuit configuration of a video editing device according to the present invention as a whole, and the control unit 10 performs overall control.

  The control unit 10 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 therein, and develops and executes a basic program read from a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12 by the CPU 11 in a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13. A video editing program, various application programs, etc. read from the hard disk drive 16 and acquired through the hard disk drive interface 15 and the bus 14 can be similarly loaded into the RAM 13 and executed.

  The input interface 17 is connected to a keyboard 18 and a mouse 19 for receiving a user operation. The input interface 17 acquires an operation signal sent from the keyboard 18 and the mouse 19 in response to the user operation, and this is transmitted via the bus 14. Is sent to the control unit 10.

  The hard disk drive 16 can store video clips, audio files, and the like in addition to the video editing program and various application programs. The hard disk drive 16 reads out the video clips and the like based on the control from the control unit 10 to read out the hard disk drive interface. The video clip or the like transmitted from the control unit 10 is acquired via the hard disk drive interface 15 and stored therein.

  The network interface 20 is connected to the bus 14 and connected to another device such as a video server (not shown) via a network cable, and is sent from the other device based on the control of the control unit 10. Data such as a video clip is subjected to predetermined data conversion processing and then transferred to the control unit 10 via the bus 14, and predetermined data is added to the data such as a video clip supplied from the control unit 10 via the bus 14. After performing the conversion process, it is transferred to the other device.

  The display control unit 21 includes a drawing unit 22 and a VRAM (Video Random Access Memory) 23. The drawing unit 22 acquires a drawing command from the control unit 10 via the bus 14 and generates display data on the VRAM 23 as needed based on the drawing command. The VRAM 23 sends display data to the external display monitor 100 at a predetermined refresh rate. In response to this, the display monitor 100 displays a display screen based on the display data.

(2) Configuration of Editing Operation Screen (2-1) Overall Configuration By the way, the video editing apparatus 1 executes a video editing program stored in the hard disk drive 16 based on a user operation, thereby allowing the user to perform a video editing operation. Is made to do.

  After starting the video editing program, the video editing apparatus 1 displays an editing operation screen D as shown in FIG. 2 on the display monitor 100 based on the video editing program. The editing operation screen D is mainly composed of a video material window WV, a special effect window WE, a preview window WP, and a three-dimensional timeline window WT.

  In the video material window WV, icons IV1 to IV4 corresponding to a plurality of video clips stored in the hard disk drive 16 (FIG. 1) are displayed.

  In the special effect window WE, icons IE1 to IE4 representing special effects used for video editing such as transitions (special effects when switching between two videos) and effects (special effects applied to one video) are displayed. Yes.

  In addition to the edited video clip, the preview window WP can reproduce (preview) various videos such as each video clip as a material and a sample video of a special effect. The preview window WP is also provided with various operation buttons (not shown) such as playback, stop, and fast forward, a time seek bar (not shown) for designating the playback time using a slider, and the like.

  The three-dimensional timeline window WT displays a three-dimensional virtual space based on the three-dimensional timeline TL instead of the two-dimensional timeline in a general video editing apparatus. Hereinafter, the three-dimensional timeline window WT will be described.

(2-2) Configuration of 3D Timeline Window As shown in FIG. 3, the video editing apparatus 1 is adapted to a plurality of tracks TR1 to TR5 provided along the 3D timeline TL in the 3D virtual space. The substantially rectangular parallelepiped three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 are arranged, and a two-dimensional image when the three-dimensional virtual space is viewed from a predetermined angle is displayed on the three-dimensional timeline window WT.

  Note that the shapes of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 may be other shapes such as a substantially hexagonal column shape and a substantially triangular column shape in addition to the substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape.

  For convenience of explanation, an arrow a direction, an arrow b direction, and an arrow c direction that are parallel to and perpendicular to each side constituting the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 in the three-dimensional virtual space are defined. The arrows a, b, and c are not displayed in the actual three-dimensional timeline window WT.

  When the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 are displayed in the three-dimensional timeline window WT as shown in FIG. 3, the video editing apparatus 1 can recognize the arrow a direction as the “upward direction” in the three-dimensional virtual space. .

  Actually, the video editing apparatus 1 arranges the tracks TR1 to TR5 at predetermined intervals along the direction opposite to the arrow a, that is, from the upper side to the lower side in the three-dimensional virtual space. A label such as “Track 5” is displayed, and three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 are arranged in accordance with the tracks TR1 to TR5.

  Further, the video editing apparatus 1 displays a timeline TL in the three-dimensional timeline window WT along the arrow b direction, and “00:00”, “00:01”,... Are displayed along the timeline TL. In this way, the editing time (minute and second) is displayed.

  The three-dimensional objects P1, P2, and P3 as special effect three-dimensional column objects represent special effects “Terop”, “Transition-Blind”, and “Effect-Invert” as three-dimensional objects, respectively. The three-dimensional objects P4 and P5 as the column objects represent “Video2” and “Video1” as three-dimensional objects, respectively. As described above, the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 represent one video clip or one special effect in three dimensions, and are displayed in a rectangular shape on a video editing apparatus using a general two-dimensional timeline. Corresponds to the object to be processed.

  By the way, the video editing apparatus 1 has the object data table TBL shown in FIG. 4 in the RAM 13 (FIG. 1). For each object, the track number, the start time, the end time, the type of video or special effect, the name, etc. Each type of attribute data is stored.

  For example, in the video editing apparatus 1, the user operates the mouse 19, and the icon IV1 of the video material window WV (FIG. 2) is dragged and dragged to the time “00:00” position on the track TR5 in the three-dimensional timeline window WT. If it has been dropped, this is recognized as an operation by the user to “place a video clip associated with icon IV1 at time 0:00 of track TR5” and corresponds to track 5 in the object data table TBL (FIG. 4). Various attribute data such as start time and name are updated.

  The video editing apparatus 1 also drags the icon IE1 of the special effect window WE (FIG. 2) to the time “00:03” on the track TR3 in the three-dimensional timeline window WT, for example, when the user operates the mouse 19. If it is dropped, the user recognizes this as an operation of “place special effect associated with icon IE1 at time 00:03 of track TR3” and corresponds to track 3 in the object data table TBL (FIG. 4). Various attribute data such as the start time and name are updated.

  Then, the video editing apparatus 1 uses various data stored in the object data table TBL (FIG. 4) to determine the position in the direction of arrow a according to the track number, and also according to the start time and end time. After determining the length and position of the side of the direction (that is, along the three-dimensional timeline TL), each of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape is arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space, and the three-dimensional timeline The window is displayed on the window WT (FIG. 3).

  Therefore, the video editing apparatus 1 represents the start time and the end time on the three-dimensional timeline TL by the length and position along the three-dimensional timeline TL of each of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 (that is, in the arrow b direction). The user can easily recognize the start time and end time of each of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5.

  Further, the video editing apparatus 1 displays a display adjustment subwindow DC in the three-dimensional timeline window WT, and an enlarge button BZ1, a reduction button BZ2, a rotation direction button BD, and a time seek bar BT of the display adjustment subwindow DC are displayed to the user. By operating, the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 adjusted to the display angle, size, and display time range desired by the user can be displayed in the three-dimensional timeline window WT.

  By the way, in the three-dimensional timeline TL, a priority order between the tracks TR is set such that an object placed on the upper track TR is given priority, and a special effect is expressed like the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3. The special effect is reflected on the video of the three-dimensional objects P2 to P4 immediately below the video (hereinafter, the video reflecting the special effect on the video of the three-dimensional object P directly below the special effect). This is called post-reflection video RV).

  Therefore, when the types of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 of the tracks TR1 to TR5 are “telop”, “transition”, “effect”, “video”, and “video”, respectively, as shown in FIG. The correspondence between the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 and the special effect reflected video RV is as shown in FIG.

  That is, the video editing apparatus 1 uses the video of the video clips of the tracks TR4 and TR5 (hereinafter referred to as material videos CV4 and CV5, respectively) to reflect the “effect” of the track TR3 in the material video CV4. The post-reflection video RV3 is generated, and the special effect-reflected video RV2 is generated by reflecting the “transition” of the track TR2 in the special effect-reflected video RV3 and the previous material video CV5. By reflecting “telop” of the track TR1 in the video RV2, the video RV1 after reflecting the special effect is generated.

  In addition, regarding the priority order between the tracks TR, the lower side may be given priority in addition to the upper side.

  Incidentally, the video editing apparatus 1 is similar to a general two-dimensional timeline, only in a time range in which three-dimensional objects P1 to P3 representing special effects overlap in the vertical direction (that is, the direction of arrow a and the opposite direction). For example, since the time range of the three-dimensional object P2 (FIG. 3) is from time 00:03 to 00:06, the special effect “Transition-Blind” is applied to the time range 00:03. Only reflected at ~ 00: 06.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6A, in which the angle and the display time range are changed from FIG. 3, the video editing apparatus 1 has a surface on the arrow a direction side in the three-dimensional object P1 (hereinafter referred to as an upper surface Pa1). The thumbnails TN13 to TN16 of the video RV1 after reflecting the special effect are pasted.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 6B, the video editing apparatus 1 displays the thumbnails TN13 to TN16 at predetermined time intervals (for example, 1 second) in the video RV1 after reflecting the special effect of the track 1 as the upper surface Pa1 in the three-dimensional object P1. This allows the user to easily grasp the correspondence between the time on the three-dimensional timeline TL of the three-dimensional object P1 and the video RV1 after reflecting the special effect.

  Similarly, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the video editing apparatus 1 similarly applies the special effect reflected video RV2, the special effect reflected video RV3, and the material video CV4 for the three-dimensional objects P2 to P5. The thumbnails TN23 to TN25, TN33 to TN37, TN43 to TN47, and TN53 to TN55 based on the material video CV5 are pasted on the upper surfaces Pa2 to Pa5, respectively.

  That is, the video editing apparatus 1 pastes the special effect-reflected videos RV1 to RV3 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3 representing special effects as thumbnails TN13 to 16, TN23 to 25, and TN33 to TN37, respectively, on the upper surfaces Pa1 to Pa3. The material images RC4 and RC5 of the three-dimensional objects P4 and P5 representing the video clip are pasted on the upper surfaces Pa4 and Pa5 as thumbnails TN43 to 47 and TN53 to TN57, respectively, and the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 are inside the three-dimensional timeline window WT. Are displayed at the same time.

  Therefore, for example, the video editing apparatus 1 directly compares the thumbnail TN43 based on the material image CV4 before applying the special effect “Effect-Invert” with the thumbnail TN33 based on the image RV3 after reflecting the special effect after the application. It is possible to make the user directly check the change of the image due to the special effect.

  Incidentally, since the video editing apparatus 1 sets the tracks TR at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction (that is, the direction of the arrow a and the opposite direction) in the three-dimensional virtual space, the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 are spaced apart. For example, the user can visually recognize the upper surface Pa2 of the three-dimensional object P2 of the track 2 where the other three-dimensional object P1 exists on the upper side.

  In addition, the video editing apparatus 1 can allow the user to adjust the angle, the interval between the tracks TR, and the like, and can temporarily prevent any arbitrary three-dimensional object P designated by the user from being displayed. The upper surface Pa2 of the uppermost three-dimensional object P2 can be more easily visually confirmed without temporarily displaying the three-dimensional object P1.

  Further, the video editing apparatus 1 pastes special function images ME1 to ME3 each representing the special function as an image on a cross section Pb1 to Pb3 formed on a surface opposite to the arrow b direction in the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3 representing the special function. At the same time, video images MV4 and MV5 representing the special functions as images are pasted on the cross sections Pb4 and Pb5 in the three-dimensional objects P4 and P5 representing the video clip. Thereby, the video editing apparatus 1 can visually recognize what each of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 represents.

  Incidentally, the special function images ME1 to ME3 and the video images MV4 and MV5 are images equivalent to the icons IE1 to IE4 and the icons IV1 to IV4 displayed in the special effect window WE and the video material window WV shown in FIG. And consideration is given so that the user can easily recognize the correspondence.

  Further, the video editing apparatus 1 adds the “name” stored in the object data table TBL (FIG. 4) to the surface in the direction of the arrow c in each of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 (hereinafter referred to as the side surface Pc). It is designed to be pasted as a character string. Thereby, the video editing apparatus 1 can make a user recognize the name of each three-dimensional object P1-P5 with a character string.

  Incidentally, the video editing apparatus 1 pastes and displays other character strings such as start time and end time instead of “name” on the side faces Pc1 to Pc5 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5, and also displays thumbnails on the side faces Pc. TN may be pasted or nothing may be displayed.

  By the way, the video editing apparatus 1 is similar to the special effect window WE and the video material window WV (FIG. 2). -P5 can be directly operated.

  For example, when the cross-section Pb1 of the three-dimensional object P1 is dragged and dropped from the position “00:01” to the position “00:03” in the three-dimensional timeline window WT, the video editing apparatus 1 Recognizing this as an “instruction to change the start time in track 1” and changing the start time in track 1 stored in the object data table TBL (FIG. 4) from “00:01” to “00:03” The three-dimensional object P1 is generated again so that the cross section Pb1 is positioned at the position of the start time “00:03”, and the three-dimensional timeline window WT is displayed again.

  Similarly, when the video editing apparatus 1 receives various operations from the user for the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5, the video editing apparatus 1 changes the attribute data stored in the object data table TBL in accordance with the operations, and The objects P1 to P5 are generated again and the three-dimensional timeline window WT is displayed again.

(3) 3D Timeline Window Display Processing Next, the 3D timeline window display processing procedure when the video editing apparatus 1 displays the 3D objects P1 to P5 in the 3D timeline window WT will be described with reference to FIG. This will be described with reference to a flowchart.

  The control unit 10 of the video editing apparatus 1 starts the video editing program by the CPU 11 and displays the video material window WV, special effect window WE, and preview window WP on the editing operation screen (FIG. 2) on the display monitor 100 (FIG. 1). At this point, the three-dimensional timeline window display processing procedure RT1 is started, and the process proceeds to step SP1.

  In step SP1, the CPU 11 recognizes the display angle, size, and initial value of the display time range from the hard disk drive 16, and proceeds to the next step SP2.

  Incidentally, when the display angle, size, and display time range are changed by the user, the CPU 11 recognizes the changed value.

  In step SP2, the CPU 11 compares the various attribute data such as the track number, start time and end time stored in the object data table TBL (FIG. 4) in the RAM 13 (FIG. 1) and the display time range recognized in step SP1. Based on the drawing unit 22 (FIG. 1) of the display control unit 21, first, the three-dimensional timeline TL and the tracks TR1 to TR5 are arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space, and the three-dimensional objects P1 to P1 are aligned with the tracks TR1 to TR5. P5 is arranged, the 3D timeline TL and the 3D objects P1 to P5 are generated in the VRAM 23 as 2D images, and the process proceeds to the next step SP3.

  In step SP3, the CPU 11 reads out the material videos CV4 and CV5 of the three-dimensional objects P4 to P5 arranged in the lower hierarchy from the hard disk drive 16, and associates them with the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3 arranged in the upper hierarchy. The special effects reflected images RV1 to RV3 are generated by reflecting each of the special effects, and the like are temporarily stored in the RAM 13, and the process proceeds to the next step SP4.

  In step SP4, the CPU 11 causes the drawing unit 22 of the display control unit 21 to display the thumbnails TN13 to TN16, TN23 to TN25, and TN33 to TN37 at predetermined time intervals in the post-special effect reflected videos RV1 to RV3 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3. The thumbnails TN43 to TN47 and TN53 to TN55 at predetermined time intervals in the material images CV4 and CV5 of the three-dimensional objects P4 and P5 are pasted on the upper surfaces Pa1 to Pa3 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3 in the VRAM 23, respectively. Are pasted on the upper surfaces Pa4 and Pa5 of the three-dimensional objects P4 and P5, respectively, and the process proceeds to the next step SP5.

  In step SP5, the CPU 11 causes the drawing unit 22 of the display control unit 21 to paste the special function images ME1 to ME3 on the cross sections Pb1 to Pb3 in the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3 in the VRAM 23, and the video images MV4 and MV5 to the VRAM 23. The three-dimensional objects P4 and P5 are pasted on the cross sections Pb4 and Pb5, and the process proceeds to the next step SP6.

  In step SP6, the CPU 11 pastes character strings having names representing the contents of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 to the side surfaces Pc1 to Pc5 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 in the VRAM 23 by the drawing unit 22 of the display control unit 21, respectively. Then, the process proceeds to the next step SP7.

  In step SP7, the CPU 11 outputs display data from the VRAM 23 to the display monitor 100 (FIG. 1) at a timing in accordance with a predetermined refresh rate, whereby a three-dimensional timeline window is displayed as a part of the editing operation screen D (FIG. 2). The WT is displayed on the display monitor 100, the process proceeds to the next step SP8, and this three-dimensional timeline window display processing procedure RT1 is completed.

  Note that the CPU 11 causes the user to operate the three-dimensional object P1 by dragging and dropping the cross-section Pb1 of the three-dimensional object P1 from the position “00:01” to the position “00:03”, for example. Each time an operation is performed on P1 to P5, the three-dimensional timeline window WT is updated by executing the three-dimensional timeline window display processing procedure RT1.

(4) Operation and Effect In the above configuration, the video editing apparatus 1 places the thumbnails TN13 to TN16, TN23 to TN25, and TN33 to TN37 of the images RV1 to RV3 after reflecting the special effects on the upper surfaces Pa1 to Pa3 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3. In order to display the 3D timeline window WT on the display monitor 100 in a state where the thumbnails TN43 to TN47 and TN53 to TN55 of the material videos CV4 and CV5 are pasted on the upper surfaces Pa4 and Pa5 of the 3D objects P4 and P5, The thumbnail TN in each three-dimensional object P can be simultaneously viewed by the user.

  Thereby, the video editing apparatus 1 reflects not only the final video thumbnails TN13 to TN16 reflecting all the special effects, but also some special effects, that is, the intermediate video thumbnails TN23 to TN25. Since TN33 to TN37, TN43 to TN47, and TN53 to TN55 can be simultaneously compared, the effect of the special effect can be easily recognized by the user.

  At this time, since the video editing apparatus 1 arranges the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 in the vertical direction according to the tracks TR1 to TR5 in the three-dimensional virtual space, the vertical direction of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 is displayed to the user. Can be intuitively recognized in association with the priorities of the tracks TR1 to TR5.

  In particular, since the video editing apparatus 1 displays the thumbnails TN on the upper surfaces Pa1 to Pa5 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5, the video editing apparatus 1 moves from the three-dimensional object P5 (FIG. 6) arranged in the lowest hierarchy to the highest hierarchy. The state in which the special effect is superimposed on the arranged three-dimensional object P1 can be recognized by the user in association with the overlapping state of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 in the vertical direction (that is, the arrow a direction).

  In addition, since the video editing apparatus 1 pastes the thumbnails TN at predetermined time intervals on the upper surfaces Pa1 to Pa5 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5, the video changes with time in the plurality of tracks TR1 to TR5. Can be listed by the user.

  Further, the video editing apparatus 1 causes the special function images ME1 to ME3 to be pasted on the cross sections Pb1 to Pb3 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P3, respectively, and the video images MV4 and MV5 to the cross sections Pb4 and Pb5 of the three-dimensional objects P4 and P5, respectively. And a character string of a name representing each content is pasted and displayed on the side surface Pc of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5, so that the user can easily recognize the type and name of each object.

  In addition, the video editing apparatus 1 not only displays the respective three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 in the three-dimensional timeline window WT, but also directly performs a drag operation with the mouse 19 (FIG. 1) on the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5. Since various operations can be accepted and each of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 can be regenerated and displayed again according to the operations, it is possible to provide an environment in which the user can intuitively and easily perform editing operations.

  According to the above configuration, the video editing apparatus 1 allows the user to visually confirm the thumbnails TN of the three-dimensional objects P at the same time in a format that allows the user to visually understand the relationship between the three-dimensional objects P arranged on the tracks TR. Therefore, it is possible to operate intuitively and easily while allowing the user to recognize the video representing the final result when superimposing a plurality of special effects and the video at the middle stage simultaneously, and to display the video at the middle stage. If you temporarily cancel other special effects to confirm, you do not have to perform complicated operations, which simplifies the editing operation and shortens the editing time, dramatically improving the working efficiency of the editing operation. it can.

(5) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the video editing apparatus 1 that edits a video clip has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and still images are hierarchized. For example, the present invention may be applied to an image editing apparatus for editing.

  That is, the image editing apparatus having the same configuration as that of the video editing apparatus 1, like the video editing apparatus 1, is firstly three-dimensionally processed by the CPU and the drawing unit as the image solid column object generating unit and the special effect solid column object generating unit. A substantially rectangular three-dimensional object Q2 expressing an image in the virtual space and a substantially rectangular three-dimensional object Q1 expressing a special effect are generated on the VRAM of the display control unit.

  Subsequently, the image editing apparatus generates a special effect-reflected image in which the special effect is reflected on the image by the CPU 11 as the special-effect-reflected image generation unit, and the CPU, the drawing unit, and the VRAM as the display control unit 3 An image is pasted on the upper surface of the three-dimensional object Q2, a special effect-reflected image is pasted on the upper surface of the three-dimensional object Q1, and an image image for identifying the image is pasted on the cross section of the three-dimensional object Q2. After a special effect image for identifying the special effect is pasted on the cross section of Q1, the three-dimensional object Q2 and the three-dimensional object Q1 are displayed on the display monitor as a two-dimensional image with a predetermined interval therebetween.

  Thus, for example, when a plurality of types of special effects are reflected on a still image, the video after editing the special effects reflecting each special effect is displayed on each upper surface of the three-dimensional object Q. As in the case of the device 1, the user can intuitively perform editing operations while simultaneously recognizing the images before and after reflecting the special effect.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the special function images ME1 to ME3 and the video images MV4 and MV5 are pasted and displayed on the cross sections Pb1 to Pb5 of the respective three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the material thumbnail CTN of the material video CV of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 or the post-reflection thumbnail RTN of the special effect reflection video RV is displayed on the cross section Pb. You may make it stick.

  In this case, since the material thumbnail CTN or the reflected thumbnail RTN is based on the material video CV or the special effect reflected video RV of each object at the time corresponding to each cross section Pb, for example, the display time range from FIG. As shown in FIG. 8B, the material thumbnail CTN or the reflected thumbnail RTN of each three-dimensional object P1 to P5 can be changed according to the start time of the display time range. Therefore, the user can directly compare the material thumbnails CTN or the reflected thumbnails RTN of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 at a desired time by adjusting the start time of the display time range.

  In this case, for example, when the final edited video (that is, the video RV1 after reflecting the special effect) is played back (previewed) in the preview window WP (FIG. 2), the three-dimensional timeline is matched with the playback time in the preview window WP. The start time of the display time range in the window WT may be changed every moment, so that the special effect reflected video RV1 displayed in the preview window WP and the special effect reflected video RV1 are added to the special effect. It is possible to always display the images RV2 and RV3 after reflecting special effects, and the material images CV4 and CV5, which are images before reflection.

  It is not always necessary to paste some thumbnails on the cross sections Pb1 to Pb5 of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5. For example, the thumbnail TN is not pasted on the cross sections Pb1 to Pb5, and the processing load of the video editing apparatus 1 is reduced. You may make it let it.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the lengths of the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 in the direction of the arrow c are unified has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, as shown in FIG. A three-dimensional object P15 is generated by expanding the three-dimensional object P5 in the direction of the arrow c (ie, the front side in FIG. 9) approximately twice, and thumbnails TN50 to TN57 similar to the three-dimensional object P5 are formed on the back side of the upper surface Pa15. And the audio waveform diagram WV15 of the object “video1” may be pasted and displayed on the front side.

  In addition to this, as shown in FIG. 10, a three-dimensional object P21 representing “Sound Effect-Noise”, which is a special effect on sound, is placed at a predetermined interval directly above the sound waveform diagram WV15 in the three-dimensional object P15 (ie, in the direction of arrow a). By disposing them, the special effect may be reflected on the sound only in the time range in which the three-dimensional object P21 overlaps the three-dimensional object P15, as in the video.

  At this time, by displaying the voice waveform WV21 reflecting the special effect on the voice waveform chart WV15 in the three-dimensional object P15 on the upper surface Pa21 of the three-dimensional object P21, the voice waveform chart WV15 and the voice waveform chart WV21 Can be directly compared, and the user can visually confirm the special effect of the sound.

  In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the three-dimensional objects P1 and P21 may be simultaneously arranged on the upper part of the three-dimensional object P15, thereby reflecting special effects for both video and audio. The time range to be performed can be visually recognized by the user based on the size and position range of the three-dimensional objects P15, P1, and P21. Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the angle may be changed to display the state in which the three-dimensional objects P1, P15, and P21 overlap each other as viewed from directly above. The user can visually confirm the thumbnail TN and the audio waveform diagram WV (which reflect the special effect) at the same time.

  Incidentally, in the case of this embodiment, the sound may be visually confirmed by the user by another display method such as a sound spectrum instead of the sound waveform diagram WV.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the upper surfaces Pa1 to Pa5 of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 are arranged in the direction of the arrow a, that is, the upward direction in the three-dimensional virtual space will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 may be rotated so that the upper surfaces Pa1 to Pa5 face in directions other than the direction of the arrow a in the three-dimensional virtual space. -Pa5 can be avoided from being hidden by the other three-dimensional objects P1-P4, and the thumbnails TN of the upper surfaces Pa2-Pa5 can be easily viewed by the user.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the special function image ME and the video image MV are pasted on the cross section Pb as the first side surface in the three-dimensional object P, and the thumbnail TN is pasted on the upper surface Pa as the second side surface. Although the case where the character string is pasted on the side surface Pc as the third side surface has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the three-dimensional object P can be displayed in the three-dimensional timeline window WT (FIG. 2). Any one of the side surfaces may be appropriately set as the first side surface, the second side surface, and the third side surface.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, according to the three-dimensional timeline window display processing procedure RT1 (FIG. 7), the three-dimensional objects P1 to P5 are generated in the three-dimensional virtual space and the three-dimensional timeline window WT is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the order of the processes may be appropriately changed, or the processes may be appropriately divided / integrated. In short, the three-dimensional object is finally included in the three-dimensional virtual space. It is only necessary to generate P1 to P5 and display the three-dimensional timeline window WT.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the video editing program is stored in advance in the hard disk drive 16 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the video editing program is stored in a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read). Only Memory) or an external program storage medium such as a semiconductor memory may be installed on the hard disk drive 16 or executed, or another server or the like may be used as the program storage medium and the network interface 15 or the like A video editing program may be acquired and directly expanded in the RAM 13 for execution.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the CPU 11 and the drawing unit 22 as the video solid column object generation unit and the special effect solid column object generation unit, the CPU 11 as the post-reflection video generation unit, the CPU 11 as the display control unit and the display Although the case where the video editing apparatus is configured by the control unit 21 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the video solid column object generating unit and the special effect solid column object generating unit having various circuit configurations, and after reflection A video editing apparatus may be configured by the video generation means and the display control means.

  The present invention can also be used in various image editing apparatuses and video editing apparatuses that edit still images or video clips.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a video editing apparatus according to the present invention. It is an approximate line figure used for explanation of an edit operation screen. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a three-dimensional timeline window. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of an object data table. It is a basic diagram which shows the correspondence of a track priority and the video after special effect reflection. It is a basic diagram with which it uses for description of sticking of the thumbnail in the upper surface of a three-dimensional object. It is a flowchart which shows a three-dimensional timeline window display processing procedure. It is an approximate line figure showing display (1) of a three-dimensional object by other embodiments. It is an approximate line figure showing display (2) of a three-dimensional object by other embodiments. It is a basic diagram which shows the display (3) of the three-dimensional object by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the display (4) of the three-dimensional object by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the display (5) of the three-dimensional object by other embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Video editing apparatus, 10 ... Control part, 11 ... CPU, 13 ... RAM, 16 ... Hard disk drive, 17 ... Input interface, 18 ... Keyboard, 19 ... Mouse, 21 ... Display control Part, 22 ... drawing part, 23 ... VRAM, 100 ... display monitor.

Claims (10)

An image editing apparatus that performs image editing by reflecting special effects on an image,
A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing the image in the three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and an image image for identifying the image is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object and the second Image solid column object generation means for generating an image solid column object by pasting the image on the side of
A special effect solid column is generated by generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect and pasting a special effect image for identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object Special effect solid column object generating means for generating an object;
In the three-dimensional virtual space, by the special effect solid column object in a range overlapping with the time axis direction with respect to the image represented by the solid column object closest to the predetermined direction intersecting with the direction representing the time axis. By reflecting the expressed special effect , the special effect post-reflection image generating means for generating the special effect post-reflection image,
Display control means for pasting the image after reflecting the special effect on the second side surface of the special effect solid pillar object and displaying the special effect solid pillar object and the image solid pillar object on the display means at a predetermined interval And an image editing apparatus. The display control means includes
The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a character string representing each content is pasted and displayed on the display unit on the third side surface of the image solid column object and the third side surface of the special effect solid column object. . An image editing method for performing image editing by reflecting special effects on an image,
A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing the image in the three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and an image image for identifying the image is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object and the second An image solid column object generation step of generating an image solid column object by pasting the image on the side surface of
A special effect solid column is generated by generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect and pasting a special effect image for identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object A special effect solid column object generation step for generating an object;
In the three-dimensional virtual space, by the special effect solid column object in a range overlapping with the time axis direction with respect to the image represented by the solid column object closest to the predetermined direction intersecting with the direction representing the time axis. by reflecting the representation has been the special effects, and special effects reflected after image generation step of generating a special effect reflecting after image,
Display control step of pasting the image after reflecting the special effect on the second side surface of the special effect solid column object and displaying the special effect solid column object and the image solid column object on the display unit with a predetermined interval therebetween An image editing method comprising: For image editing devices that edit images by reflecting special effects on images,
A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing the image in the three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and an image image for identifying the image is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object and the second An image solid column object generation step of generating an image solid column object by pasting the image on the side surface of
A special effect solid column is generated by generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect and pasting a special effect image for identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object A special effect solid column object generation step for generating an object;
In the three-dimensional virtual space, by the special effect solid column object in a range overlapping with the time axis direction with respect to the image represented by the solid column object closest to the predetermined direction intersecting with the direction representing the time axis. by reflecting the representation has been the special effects, and special effects reflected after image generation step of generating a special effect reflecting after image,
Display control step of pasting the image after reflecting the special effect on the second side surface of the special effect solid column object and displaying the special effect solid column object and the image solid column object on the display unit with a predetermined interval therebetween An image editing program that executes and. A video editing device that performs video editing by reflecting special effects on video images of video clips arranged on a timeline representing the passage of time,
A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing the video clip in the three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and a video image for identifying the video clip is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object Video solid column object generating means for generating a video solid column object by pasting a thumbnail of the video clip on the second side;
A special effect solid column is generated by generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect and pasting a special effect image for identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object Special effect solid column object generating means for generating an object;
In the three-dimensional virtual space, the special effect three-dimensional column is within a range in which the video image represented by the three-dimensional column object closest to the predetermined direction intersecting the timeline overlaps in the direction along the timeline. by reflecting the been the special effect represented by the object, and special effects reflected after image generating means for generating a special effect reflecting after image,
A display in which a thumbnail of the video after reflecting the special effect is pasted on the second side surface of the special effect solid column object, and the special effect solid column object and the video solid column object are displayed on the display unit with a predetermined interval therebetween. And a video editing apparatus. The display control means includes
Instead of the video image, one of the thumbnails in the video image corresponding to each time point is pasted to the first side surface at each time point on the timeline in the video solid column object, and the special effect In place of the special effect image, instead of the special effect image, one of the thumbnails in the video after reflecting the special effect is pasted on the first side surface at each time point on the timeline in the solid column object. The video editing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the video editing apparatus is displayed on the means. The display control means includes
The video editing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein an audio characteristic image representing characteristics of an audio signal of the video clip is pasted together with the thumbnail on the second side surface of the video solid column object and displayed on the display means. Generating a three-dimensional column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing a sound special effect for an audio signal, and pasting a sound special effect image for identifying the sound special effect on the first side surface of the three-dimensional column object A sound special effect solid column object generating means for generating a sound special effect solid column object by
The audio signal of the video clip represented by the three-dimensional column object closest to the predetermined direction intersecting the timeline in the three-dimensional virtual space is within an overlapping range in the direction along the timeline. by reflecting the sound special effect expressed by the special effect steric column object, and a sound special effects reflect post sound generating means for generating a sound after reflected sound special effect,
The display control means includes
A special effect-reflected sound characteristic image representing the characteristic of the sound after reflecting the special effect is pasted on the second side surface of the sound special effect three-dimensional pillar object, and the sound special effect is displayed with a predetermined distance from the video three-dimensional pillar object. The video editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the effect solid column object and the video solid column object are displayed on the display unit. A video editing method for performing video editing by reflecting special effects on video images of video clips arranged on a timeline representing the passage of time,
A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing the video clip in the three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and a video image for identifying the video clip is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object A video solid column object generating step of generating a video solid column object by pasting a thumbnail of the video clip on the second side;
A special effect solid column is generated by generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect and pasting a special effect image for identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object A special effect solid column object generation step for generating an object;
In the three-dimensional virtual space, the special effect three-dimensional column is within a range in which the video image represented by the three-dimensional column object closest to the predetermined direction intersecting the timeline overlaps in the direction along the timeline. by reflecting the been the special effect represented by the object, and special effects reflected after image generation step of generating a special effect reflecting after image,
A display in which a thumbnail of the video after reflecting the special effect is pasted on the second side surface of the special effect solid column object, and the special effect solid column object and the video solid column object are displayed on the display unit with a predetermined interval therebetween. A video editing method comprising: a control step. For video editing devices that perform video editing by reflecting special effects on the video image of the video clip placed on the timeline representing the passage of time,
A solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for representing the video clip in the three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and a video image for identifying the video clip is pasted on the first side surface of the solid column object A video solid column object generating step of generating a video solid column object by pasting a thumbnail of the video clip on the second side;
A special effect solid column is generated by generating a solid column object having a predetermined cross-sectional shape for expressing the special effect and pasting a special effect image for identifying the special effect on the first side surface of the solid column object A special effect solid column object generation step for generating an object;
In the three-dimensional virtual space, the special effect three-dimensional column is within a range in which the video image represented by the three-dimensional column object closest to the predetermined direction intersecting the timeline overlaps in the direction along the timeline. by reflecting the been the special effect represented by the object, and special effects reflected after image generation step of generating a special effect reflecting after image,
A display in which a thumbnail of the video after reflecting the special effect is pasted on the second side surface of the special effect solid column object, and the special effect solid column object and the video solid column object are displayed on the display unit with a predetermined interval therebetween. A video editing program that executes control steps.

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