JPH06296255A - Editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize A/B roll editing with a simple constitution. CONSTITUTION:A B roll generation judging part 101 controls a VTR 103 in accordance with information obtained from an editing information storage part 102 to reproduce a video signal to be used as a B roll. Simultaneously, a video recording disk 104 is controlled to record the reproduced video signal. An A/B roll execution part 105 controls a reproducing-side video apparatus 103 in accordance with editing information obtained from the editing information side and controls the video recording disk 104 to reproduce the video signal on the B roll side. Further, the A/B roll execution part 105 controls a video effect part 106 to give a video effect to two sent video signals and controls a VTR 107 to record the video signals to which the effect is applied.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an editing device for editing video and audio works.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the production of a video work, A / B roll editing may be performed in which two videos are combined to generate one video. A conventional editing device will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 11 shows a block diagram of a first example of a conventional editing apparatus. Consider a case where two images A and B are edited as shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows an editing example in which the image A is switched to the image B by the wipe effect. When applying an effect such as a wipe in one series of images, a medium having the same content is set in the VTR 1103 and VTR 1104.

FIG. 3 shows a medium for recording images A and B set in the VTR 1103 and VTR 1104. As shown in FIG. 3, both images A and B are sections in both media.

FIG. 4 shows an example of edit information stored in the edit information storage unit 1102. FIG. 4 shows a VTR as shown in FIG.
1103 and VTR 1104 are recorded on the images A and B, the image on the A roll side is referred to as the image A, and the image on the B roll side is referred to as the image B. ing.

First, the editing control unit 1101 is operated by the editing information storage unit 11
From 02, we obtain the information that the video on the A roll side is video A and the video on the B roll side is video B, and that the editing to switch from video A to video B by the wipe effect is performed, and the recording position information of video A and video B is obtained. When the setting is made, the VTR 1103 is controlled to reproduce the image A which is the image on the A roll side, and when the wipe editing is performed, the VTR 1104 is controlled to reproduce the image B which is the image on the B roll side. Further, the editing control unit 1101 sets the video effect information and controls the video effect unit 1105 so that the two video images A and B sent to the video effect unit 1105 are video A to video A as shown in FIG. Edit is performed for B to change the scene by the wipe effect, and the VTR 1106 is controlled to record the image to which the effect is applied. FIG. 5 shows an example of an image recorded on the VTR 1106. The editing of FIG. 2 is realized by the above processing.

FIG. 12 shows a block diagram of a second example of the conventional editing apparatus. Consider a case where two images A and B are edited as shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is an editing example in which the image A is switched to the image B by the wipe effect as in the above. As shown in FIG. 3, videos A and B are recorded on a video recording disk 1203 that can be randomly accessed and can reproduce two channels at the same time.

FIG. 6 shows an example of edit information stored in the edit information storage section 1202. FIG. 6 shows images A and B recorded on the image recording disk 1203 as shown in FIG.
A roll side image is image A, B roll side image is image B
Indicates that editing is performed with a wipe effect as shown in FIG. First, the edit control unit 1201 obtains information from the edit information storage unit 1202 that the image on the A roll side is the image A and the image on the B roll side is the image B, and that the edit is switched from the image A to the image B by the wipe effect. , The recording position information of the images A and B is set, the image recording disk 1203 is controlled to reproduce the image A, and the image B is reproduced when the wipe effect is started.

Next, the editing control unit 1201 sets the video effect information and controls the video effect unit 1204 to set the two video images A and B sent to the video effect unit 1204 as shown in FIG. ,
Editing is performed by changing the scene from the image A to the image B by the wipe effect, and the VTR 1205 is controlled to record the image to which the effect is applied. FIG. 5 shows an example of an image recorded on the VTR 1205. The editing of FIG. 2 is realized by the above.

[0010]

However, in the first example of the above editing apparatus, the A-side VTR and the B-side VTR are provided.
When a medium having the same contents is set in, the duplicate recording operation of the medium occurs in advance. Further, the medium moving work of resetting the medium newly generated by the recording work to the VTR on the reproducing side also occurs, and the editing efficiency is lowered.

In the second example of the above-mentioned editing apparatus, the work of recording the entire range of the video material on the video recording disk is inevitable before the editing is performed, and it takes time to start the editing. In addition, if there is no large-capacity video recording disc, it is impossible to edit the material for a long time.

In view of the above points, the present invention eliminates the need for long-term recording work between media or recording work on a video recording disk in advance, and enables efficient material recording for a long time without preparing a large-capacity video recording disk. The present invention aims to provide an editing device capable of editing.

[0013]

An editing apparatus according to the present invention comprises an editing information storage means for storing video editing information, a video reproducing means for reproducing a video, and a randomly accessible video recording means for recording the video. A B-roll creation determining means for determining a B-roll side image from the edit information obtained from the edit information storage means, and causing the image reproducing means to reproduce the B-roll side image at the same time. Based on the information obtained from the editing information storage means, the video effect means for applying an effect such as a wipe to the video effect means, the video recording means for recording the video effected video, and the video reproducing means for reproducing the video on the A roll side. Then, when the effect such as a wipe is applied, the image on the B-roll side is reproduced from the image recording means,
A control is performed to cause the video effect means to apply the video effect, and to record the effected video in the video recording means.
/ B roll execution means.

[0014]

The B-roll creation determining means creates an image on the B-roll side from the edit information obtained from the edit information storage means and records it on the video recording disc, and the A / B roll executing means makes the A-roll roll.
The image on the roll side is reproduced by the image reproducing means, the image on the B roll side is reproduced on the image recording disk, the image effect means is made to make the image effect, and the effected image is recorded in the image recording means.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an editing apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 101 is a B-roll creation judgment unit, 102 is an editing information storage unit, 103 is a VTR, 104 is a randomly accessible video recording disk, 105 is an A / B roll execution unit, and 106 is a video effect unit. , 107 are VTRs. The B roll creation determination unit 101, the edit information storage unit 102, and the A / B roll execution unit 105 are composed of a CPU and a memory.

The operation of this embodiment will be described. Two images A and B
Consider the case where is edited as shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows an editing example in which the scene is switched from the video A to the video B by the wipe effect. In the VTR 103, a medium recording images A and B as shown in FIG. 3 is set. FIG. 6 shows an example of the edit information stored in the edit information storage unit 102. FIG. 6 shows an image A recorded on the VTR 103 as shown in FIG.
For B, the image on the A roll side is referred to as the image A and the image on the B roll side is referred to as the image B, and the editing is performed to apply the wipe effect as shown in FIG.

First, the B-roll creation judgment unit 101 obtains information that the image on the B-roll side is the image B from the editing information storage unit 102, and controls the VTR 103 to reproduce the image B. At the same time, the B roll creation determination unit 103 determines that the video recording disc 1
Control 04 to record the reproduced video B. FIG. 7 shows an example of the image B recorded on the image recording disc 104. At this time, the edit information storage unit 102 is added with the record information for the B-roll video recorded on the video recording disk 104 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the above-mentioned processing of the B-roll creation determination control unit 101. (901) Set a pointer to the first edit information. (902) Check if there is unprocessed edit information. If there is unprocessed edit information, the process of (903) is performed. (903) Read the pointer edit information. (904) It is checked whether the read editing information is information on the B roll side. (905), (906) if it is information on the B roll side
Is simultaneously performed, and if it is not information on the B roll side (if it is information on the A roll), the process of (909) is performed. (905) Set the recording position information in the VTR of the image to be the B roll. (906) The VTR is controlled to reproduce the B-roll image. (907) The video recording disc is controlled to record the reproduced video. (908) Register the recording position information of the recorded video on the video recording disk in the editing information storage section. (909) Move the pointer to the next.

Next, the A / B roll execution unit 105 obtains information from the editing information storage unit 102 that the editing is switched from the image A to the image B by the wipe effect, and controls the VTR 103.
The image A which is the image on the roll side is reproduced, and when the wipe edit is performed, the image recording disk 104 is controlled to reproduce the image B which is the image on the B roll side.

Further, the A / B roll execution unit 105 controls the image effect unit 106 to change the two images A and B sent from the image A to the image B as shown in FIG. Editing is performed to change the scene by the wipe effect, and the VTR 107 is controlled to record the image to which the effect is applied. VTR107 in FIG.
An example of the video recorded in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the above processing of the A / B roll execution unit 105. (1001) Set a pointer to the first edit information. (1002) Check if there is unprocessed edit information. If there is unprocessed edit information, the process of (1003) is performed. (1003) Read the pointer edit information. (1004) The recording position information and the reproduction start time information in the VTR of the image to be the A roll are set. (1005) Set the recording position information and the reproduction start time information on the video recording disc of the B roll image. (1006) Set effect information and effect start time information.

After that, the processes of (1007), (1008), (1009), and (1010) are simultaneously performed. (1007) Control the VTR and play the video that becomes the A roll. (1008) Control the video recording disc to play back the B-roll video. (1009) A video effect is applied by controlling the video effect unit. (1010) Control the VTR and record the reproduced video. (1011) Move the pointer to the next.

The editing of FIG. 2 is realized by the above processing. It should be noted that in the editing information storage unit 102 in the present embodiment, A /
Since a series of editing information of B roll editing can be stored, A / B roll editing having a plurality of effects can be realized by repeating the same processing.

[0024]

As is apparent from the above description, since the editing apparatus of the present invention is provided with the B-roll creation determining section and the video recording disk, the recording work of the entire video on the reproducing side is unnecessary, and the editing work of the editor. The burden can be reduced. Further, since only the B-roll side image needs to be recorded on the hard disk, a small capacity video recording disk can be used, efficient editing can be performed, and the cost is low.

The editing apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus effective for editing work that is generally less effective, such as video editing in a wedding hall.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of editing

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a medium on which an image is recorded.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of editing information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a medium on which a video of an edited result is recorded.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of editing information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a video recorded on a video recording disc as a B-roll video.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of recording information for a B-roll image.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the processing of a B-roll creation determination unit.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing processing of an A / B roll execution unit.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a first example of a conventional editing apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a second example of a conventional editing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 B roll creation judgment unit 102 Editing information storage unit 103 VTR 104 Video recording disk 105 A / B roll execution unit 106 Video effect unit 107 VTR

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An editing apparatus for performing A / B roll editing for combining two images to generate one image, comprising: edit information storage means for storing video edit information; and video playback means for playing back the video. , A video recording unit capable of recording a video and a video image on the B roll side are judged from the edit information obtained from the edit information storage unit, and the video image on the B roll side is reproduced by the video reproduction unit. Information obtained from the B-roll creation determination means to be recorded in the video recording means, the video effect means for applying an effect such as a wipe to the video, the video recording means for recording the video effected video, and the editing information storage means. As a result, the image on the A-roll side is reproduced by the image reproducing means, and the image on the B-roll side is reproduced from the image recording means at the time of applying an effect such as a wipe,
A control is performed to cause the video effect means to apply the video effect, and to record the effected video in the video recording means.
/ B-roll executing means.