WO2006032898A1 - Dynamic media editing tool - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a media editing tool and in particular, an editing tool which allows a media presentation containing text, graphics and /or animation to be easily edited.
- the end user is provided with a run time version of the software that allows them to operate and manipulate the presentation but does not allow the user to make amendments to the presentation.
- the contents of the presentation available in the run time version consists of a series of graphical images in which the text and the like has been converted into graphical images for the purposes of providing an end product presentation to the user.
- a dynamic media editing tool for editing media presentations, the editing tool comprising: at least one media asset; an editor module linked to the at least one media asset and containing a media presentation builder function for creating a set of instructions to manipulate said at least one media asset; and an instruction reader module operable in conjunction with a media presentation software package, wherein the instruction reader module reads the set of instructions and incorporates the at least one media asset into a media presentation contained in the media presentation software package, in accordance with the set of instructions.
- the at least one media asset is editable.
- the at least one media asset is editable from a location outside the media presentation.
- the fundamental structure of the media presentation may not be altered when the at least one media asset is being edited.
- the at least one media asset comprises at least one text file.
- the at least one media asset comprises at least one graphics file.
- the at least one graphics file is a predetermined background image selected in accordance with the set of instructions.
- the at least one media asset comprises an animation file.
- the at least one media asset is provided with one or more templates for creating content corresponding to one or more media presentations.
- the templates comprise selectable attributes.
- the attributes are editable.
- the editor module further comprises a set up function that allows a user to customise the media presentation.
- the set up function customises the media presentation responsive to the selectable attributes .
- the set up function dynamically generates the media presentation responsive to the template.
- the editor module contains links to the at least one media asset so as to uniquely identify each at least one media asset.
- the links are in the form of an editor script.
- the media presentation builder function creates a set of instructions related to the at least one media asset that define the sequence in which said at least one media asset is included in the media presentation.
- the instruction reader module is a reader script.
- the contents of the instruction reader module correspond to the contents of the editor module.
- the instruction reader module contains means for determining at least one location in which at least one media asset can be added to the presentation.
- This feature ensures that text is added or removed from the appropriate text field and that changes to still graphics or animations occur at the appropriate location within the media presentation.
- a method for editing a media presentation comprising the steps of: defining at least one media asset containing information for use in editing the media presentation; creating a set of instructions within an editor module to manipulate the at least one media asset in a manner defined by a user; operating a reader module in conjunction with a media presentation software package, the reader module being capable of reading the set of instructions and of incorporating the at least one media asset into the media presentation contained in the media presentation software package.
- a computer program comprising program instructions for operating a computer to function as a dynamic media editing tool in accordance with the first aspect or the second aspect of the invention embodied on a record medium.
- a computer program comprising program instructions for operating a computer to function as a dynamic media editing tool in accordance with the first aspect or the second aspect of the invention wherein the computer program is carried on an electrical carrier signal.
- Figure 1 shows the desktop icons available in a current state of the art Macromedia Director TM media presentation folder
- Figure 2 shows a computer folder with icons representing various functions of a media presentation tool in accordance with the present invention
- Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the relationship between a Macromedia Director TM presentation system and the various functionalities of the present invention.
- Fig. 1 shows the folder that would be presented to a user when using Macromedia Director TM for creating a presentation.
- the presentation 3 is contained in a projector file which when double clicked will begin the presentation.
- the media folder 5 contains any quick time movies that are played in the presentation and which are linked to the presentation.
- Fig. 2 shows an example of the present invention.
- the user is provided with an editor file 9 which allows the user to update and edit the information in the presentation.
- a presenter 11 is a projector file which when double clicked begins the presentation. The user cannot edit any information in the presentation from this icon.
- three media assets folders are included.
- presentation files which are .txt files that the user can create.
- Each .txt file is around 8 KB in size. As will be appreciated, this is a very small file size and this allows a large number of presentations to be stored.
- These files hold all the editable information and determine which background is used, which pages are to be displayed and the text that will be shown on each of the pages.
- An external background folder is provided which can be created by the user. This folder contains a number of jpeg files typically having dimensions 800 x 600 pixels. When the user creates a background, the background is put into this folder and can be included in the presentation by selecting an 'external 1 background in the editor file. The user is also able to receive additional backgrounds from external sources such as the software provider. These can be included in the backgrounds folder for later use.
- the movies folder contains any quick time movies or animation which are played in the presentation.
- the movies or animations are linked externally to the presentation.
- Fig. 3 shows a block diagram 21 of an example of the present invention.
- the general location of the media assets is represented by block 23 which contains text files 25, still/graphic files 27 and animation files 29.
- the editor file 31 includes a builder function 33 and a script 35.
- Block 43 depicts the combined Macromedia Director TM presentation 41 and the reader 37 that contains the script reader 39. In use the reader can be 'plugged in 1 to the presentation software.
- a presentation is created using a media presentation package such as Macromedia Director TM and is supplied to an end user who may be a company or other similar organisation.
- a number of editable text files 25, editable graphics files 27 and editable animation files 29 are provided to the end user.
- the script contained in the editor 31 contains details of the location of each of the media assets whether they are text files 25, still graphics files 27 or animation files 29.
- the editor is also provided with a builder function that allows the user to construct amendments to the presentation by creating a set of instructions in the form of a script which manipulates the media asset files to define the sequence in which the media assets are included within the presentation.
- the client loads the Macromedia Director TM presenter file contained in the presentation software 41 along with a preload which constitutes the reader software which contains a script reader.
- the script reader contains the user defined script which in turn defines the order in which the media assets are included into the presentation.
- the script reader then extracts information from the media asset files and this information is then displayed within the Macromedia Director TM presentation.
- the user has the ability to display any number of presentation using the present invention by loading the instructions for which media asset file at the start of the presentation. The editor simply pulls information from the media asset files for display purposes and replaces the default information contained in the standard presentation file with user defined information.
- the media asset folders are locked and hidden and the dynamic media editor is removed. Therefore, the third party user is not able to edit the presentation but rather has the capability to play the user defined presentation. In all cases, the original presentation file remains unaltered.
- the editor functions to embed a script that allows the presentation to read the immediate asset files as an alternative to the predefined presentation which acts as a default. If the presentation is reloaded with the default file name, then the default presentation will play. This shows that the original file structure remains intact.
- the reader script of the present invention is capable of detecting the editable fields of the presentation file and allowing the text contained in these fields to be edited.
- the presentation supplied to a user along with the editor is specific to that presentation only. Therefore, the user is provided with a default presentation along with a number of additional media assets that can be used to allow the presentation to be amended.
- the media assets are provided by a number of blank templates to which any text files, still graphics files or animation files can be added.
- This template structure allows the editor to be much more flexible and to be used with more that one presentation.
- the script itself is used to provide a sequence of information that tells the presentation to pick up information in a media file and display it within the presentation at a predetermined location.
- a person may commission a firm of graphic designers to create a sophisticated media presentation for their company.
- the basic theme of the presentation needs to be communicated to a wide range of people having different roles within the organisation. For example: a presentation directed to members of the board of a company would focus more on the strategic objectives of the presentation subject matter; a presentation to the legal advisors would focus on any contractual or other legal aspects of the subject matter; a presentation to the technical or scientific team would more likely focus on these aspects of the subject matter of the presentation; and a sales presentation would again focus on different aspects.
- Attributes that may be selected by an end user may be selected from the group of industry classification, architecture, style, background, fonts, images, movies.
- the architecture might be geared towards the intended purpose of the presentation, e.g. tender, training, seminar, and product launch.
- a set up function could be provided with a user friendly interface with which the end user could edit the presentation with relative ease.
- Suitable interaction means would allow the user to interact with the set up function, and might take the form of a point and click interface designed for mouse users, or a touch screen operable in a similar fashion.
- advanced users could provide their own user defined script. It can be seen that in most respects the core information contained in all of these separate presentations would be the same or similar but that it would be extremely convenient if certain aspects of the presentation could be emphasised or added as appropriate and of course removed or given less stress where appropriate so that the presentation is tailored to the specific audience.
- the present invention provides a solution to this problem by allowing a highly professional complex media presentation to be created but also allowing the presentation that is viewed to be different depending on the audience.
- a set of editable media assets could be created in order to cover the whole range of presentations that would be required for the same basic subject matter.
- these media assets could be linked into a media presentation such as one created in Macromedia Director TM so that the final presentation viewable would be specifically tailored to the audience.
- presentations so created can be sent on disc or e-mail or otherwise, and the final product created may not be editable unless the software comprising the present invention is available to the user.
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