Inventors:
- Ottawa, CA
Oleg TSAREGORODTSEV - Mountain View CA, US
International Classification:
G06F 3/0488
Abstract:
Methods, computer program products, and systems for controlling and editing video using a video editing application running on a touch screen device by using touch gestures on the media viewing area displayed by the video editing application. The methods involve displaying a frame of a video file in a preview area on a touch-sensitive display, detecting one or more touch points making initial contact at respective initial positions on the preview area, detecting the one or more touch points moving over the preview area, and in response to detecting the one or more touch points moving over the preview area determining a direction of motion of the one or more touch points, and if the direction of motion is horizontal, stepping through one or more frames of the video file in the preview area, and if the direction of motion is vertical, setting a cut point on the video file at the displayed frame of the video file.