System, method, and computer readable medium for creating a video clip

Abstract

The present invention provides a system, method, and computer readable medium for creating a video clip. In one embodiment, a method, comprising creating a copy of a still image by a first module, the copy of the still image comprising reduced dimensions of the still image, creating a new still image from a selected area of the still image, automatically ordering the new still image and the copy of the still image, creating an audio file by at least one of a second module and a third module, creating a timeline, by the first module, related to the ordered images and the created audio file, and rendering the timeline into a video clip by a fourth module, wherein the timeline includes a length of the audio file, a length of the video clip, the ordered images, a display time of each of the ordered images, transition identifiers, transition lengths.

1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving still images by a first module;   storing the received still images in at least one of: the first module and in memory communicably coupled to the first module;   automatically ordering the stored images, by the first module, by a pre-defined destination utilizing pre-defined commands;   creating audio by at least one of: a second module and a third module, wherein at least one of the second module and the third module may be located in the first module;   receiving music by the first module;   creating a timeline, by the first module, related to the ordered images and the created audio; and   rendering the timeline into a video clip by at least one of: the first module and a fourth module, wherein the timeline includes at least one of: a length of the audio and a length of the video clip.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising storing at least one of: metadata related to the still images, metadata related to the audio, the timeline, or information comprising the creating of the audio. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the metadata is stored in a command. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the metadata stores at least one of:
 a height;   a width;   a size;   compression data; and   a file format.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the still images are displayed. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the still images are displayed with reduced dimensions. 
     
     
         7 . The method of claim,  1  comprising panning and zooming at least one of: the still images, a portion of the still images, the stored images, or a portion of the stored images wherein the panning and the zooming is a set of coordinates related to the images. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the set of coordinates is stored in the timeline. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising at least one of: transitioning from one to another one of the still images; and transitioning from one to another one of the ordered images, and further comprising storing a transition identifier and a transition length. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 2 , comprising retrieving at least one of: the metadata related to the still images, the metadata related to the audio, the timeline, or the information comprising the creating of the audio, by the first module. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising optionally previewing the timeline via a fifth module. 
     
     
         12 . A system, comprising:
 a device configured to create audio;   a server configured to:   receive still images;
 automatically order the still images; and 
 create a timeline related to the ordered images and the created audio, wherein the timeline includes a length of the ordered images and a length of the created audio; 
 render the timeline into a video clip; and 
   memory configured to store at least one of: the created audio, the still images, the ordered still images, the timeline and the video clip;   wherein the device and the server are communicably coupled;   wherein the memory and the server are communicably coupled; and   wherein the device is at least one of:
 a text-to-speech module; and 
 an integrated voice response module. 
   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the still images are at least one of:
 displayed;   created with reduced dimensions; and   displayed with reduced dimensions.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the ordered still images are at least one of:
 displayed;   created with reduced dimensions; and   displayed with reduced dimensions.   
     
     
         15 . A method, comprising:
 receiving images by a first module;   ordering the images by the first module;   at least one of:
 receiving audio by the first module; and 
 creating audio by at least one of: a second module and a third module, wherein at least one of the second module and the third module may be located in the first module; 
   creating a timeline, by the first module, related to the ordered images and the at least one of: the received audio and the created audio; and   rendering the timeline into a video clip by at least one of: the first module and a fourth module, wherein the timeline includes at least one of: a length of the audio and a length of the video clip.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , comprising storing at least one of: metadata related to the images, metadata related to the audio, the timeline, or information comprising the creating of the audio. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the metadata is stored in a command. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the metadata stores at least one of:
 a height;   a width;   a size;   compression data; and   a file format.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the images are displayed. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the images are displayed with reduced dimensions.