It is to be explained that the video editing draft is obtained in different ways depending on the application scenarios. Examples are illustrated below:

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 7, the method further comprises, before obtaining and displaying the video editing draft:

Step 701: in response to a video draft editing instruction sent by a user, a sheet editing page to be edited is displayed, wherein the sheet editing page includes: a name of storyboard description field corresponding to the at least one storyboard shot, a name of filmed video field and a name of filming mode field.

In this embodiment, the video editing draft is displayed in the form of sheet. The sheet editing page includes: a name of storyboard description field corresponding to the at least one storyboard shot (the subject matter only filmed by the current storyboard), a name of filmed video field (for describing the current storyboard shot, e.g., “filmed segment” etc.) and a name of filming mode field. The name of the filming mode field includes: a name of shooting scale field (e.g., long shot, close shot, close-up, medium shot, user defined etc.), and/or a name of camera movement field (such as static shot, roll shot, boom shot, pan, tilt shot, track shot and arc shot).

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a video for “making lemon tea” includes at least three storyboard shots displayed in the form of sheet editing page. The sheet editing page includes “filmed field” as the name of the storyboard description field and “cleaning lemon” as the name of the filmed video field. The filming mode field contains shooting scale and camera movement etc.

It is to be understood that the filming mode feature may be obtained in different ways depending on the application scenarios. In some possible embodiments, in response to an operation for triggering a control corresponding to the name of the shooting scale field, a plurality of optional candidate shooting scales is displayed and a target shooting scale selected from the candidate shooting scales is input to a filling position corresponding to the name of the shooting scale field; and/or

In some possible embodiments, in response to an operation for triggering a control corresponding to the name of the camera movement field, a plurality of optional candidate camera movements is displayed and a target camera movement selected from the candidate camera movements is input to a filling position corresponding to the name of the camera movement field.

Step 702 includes receiving the filming content feature corresponding to the name of the storyboard description field and input to the sheet editing page by the first device, wherein the filming content feature indicates an image material footage of a storyboard shot; and receiving the filming mode feature corresponding to the name of the filming mode field and input to the sheet editing page by the first device, wherein the filming mode feature indicates an image material footage of a storyboard shot.

During actual execution, the video may be edited by performing operations on the sheet editing page.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the filming content feature corresponding to the name of the storyboard description field and input to the sheet editing page by the first device is received, wherein the filming content feature indicates an image material footage of a storyboard shot; and the filming mode feature corresponding to the name of the filming mode field and input to the sheet editing page by the first device is received, wherein the filming mode feature indicates an image material footage of a storyboard shot. Accordingly, the image material footage corresponding to the target storyboard shot may be subsequently filmed in accordance with the corresponding filming content and the filming mode.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sheet editing page further includes a name of video extension field. With reference to FIG. 8, the name of the video extension field includes: a combination of one or more of a name of storyboard number field (e.g., numbered according to the sequence of the storyboard shot in the video and determined the number as the name of storyboard number field), a name of video outline field (which usually is a summary of the corresponding storyboard shot function; e.g., the name of the video outline field corresponding to the storyboard shot 1 is “material preparation”), a name of lines text field (which usually is subtitle of the image material footage corresponding to the storyboard shot), a name of memo field. In this embodiment, the video extension editing information corresponding to the name of the video extension field input to the table editing page by the first device is received and displayed, to further provide more video forms and improve the video filming effects.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, to more flexibly satisfy the video editing requirements, the sheet supports the input editing operation for any sheet cell. For example, the user may click the lines text area to support editing of the text in the text area. Besides, in some possible embodiments, the row and the column on the sheet editing page may be added voluntarily. For example, after clicking the current position, the user may add one row to the sheet at the current position by triggering a corresponding button for row addition, or add one column to the sheet at the current position by triggering a corresponding button for column addition.

To improve the addition efficiency, a control for quick row addition and/or quick column addition may be configured on the sheet editing page. Every time the control for quick row addition is triggered, a predetermined number (e.g., 5) of rows of sheet cells may be quickly added in the sheet editing page. Likewise, every time the control for quick column addition is triggered, a predetermined number (such as 5) of columns of sheet cells may be quickly added in the sheet editing page.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the position of the sheet cells in the sheet editing page may also be modified. For example, after corresponding sheet cells are suspended, the sheet cells are activated and the sheet is displayed in a floating and draggable form. Then, the position of the corresponding sheet cell may be adjusted by clicking and dragging. It is certain that an entire row of the sheet editing page may also be selected. When the name of the storyboard number field for each row in the sheet editing page is activated (e.g., activated by suspension), a checkbox is displayed before the name of the storyboard number field, or the name of the storyboard number field is switched to checkbox. The entire row of sheet cells in the sheet editing page may be selected by ticking the corresponding checkbox, wherein the selected row of sheet cells may be highlighted. The position of the sheet row in the sheet editing page may be further adjusted by dragging the selected sheet row.

In some possible embodiments, the sheet column in the sheet editing page may also be selected by activating the header, so as to adjust the position of the sheet column, wherein the sheet column when selected also may be displayed in highlights.

In some possible embodiments, the sheet row or sheet column of the sheet editing cell may also be deleted. For example, when the sheet row or the sheet column is selected, the editing function control may be called in a preset manner and the editing function control may be displayed in the form of a suspension layer. The corresponding sheet row or sheet column may be deleted by triggering a delete control in the editing function control, or the corresponding sheet cell may be selected and then the sheet content in the sheet cell may be deleted by triggering the corresponding delete control. During the execution of the deletion operation, a reminder may be provided again through a pop-up window. The deletion operation is only performed when the pop-up window is obtained to confirm the deletion operation.

In some possible embodiments, the sheet cells in the sheet editing page may also be combined depending on the actual scenario requirements. For example, there may be multiple image material footage areas belonging to the same name of the storyboard number field and the name of the video outline field, i.e., the present disclosure supports uploading a plurality of image material footages for the same storyboard shot.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, an image material footage corresponding to the at least storyboard shot sent by a server is received, wherein the image material footage is filmed by the second device based on the filming indication information of the target storyboard shot, saved in the video editing draft and uploaded to the server, and the image material footage corresponding to the at least storyboard shot is input to a filling position in the sheet editing page corresponding to the name of the filmed video field.

For example, according to FIG. 9, in the scenario shown by FIG. 8, by triggering an “upload control” corresponding to the name of the filmed video field in the sheet editing page, the image material footage of the corresponding storyboard shot is input to a filling position in the sheet editing page corresponding to the name of the filmed video field.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the image material footage corresponding to the at least storyboard shot may also be input to a filling position in the sheet editing page corresponding to the name of the filmed video field by uploading a template material segment. For example, a plurality of preset candidate template material segments may be displayed by triggering an upload control on the preset template material segment. Further, the corresponding image material footage is selected from the candidate template material footage and input to the filling position corresponding to the name of the filmed video field in the sheet editing page.

During the actual execution, to further increase the speed for uploading the image material footage, the cover of the image material may be displayed at a filling position corresponding to the name of the filmed video field in the sheet editing page and a total speed for uploading the material may be displayed on the cover (wherein a grey mask layer may be displayed on the surface of the cover before the upload is completed). In case that multiple image material footages are uploaded simultaneously, each uploaded image material footage may be displayed in an uploading stage (i.e., displaying the total stage of uploading) or in a state of waiting for upload according to the scenario requirements.

Furthermore, when the upload of the image material footage is completed, the preview of the image material footage is supported. That is, the corresponding image material footage in the sheet editing page is clicked to call the image material footage and further preview the corresponding image material footage by a predetermined preview rule in the preview area.

It is to be explained that the above mentioned layout and style of the sheet editing page are only one possible implementation. During the actual execution, the sheet editing page may be any layout and style as long as the corresponding functions are fulfilled. The layout and style are not limited here. Besides, the above mentioned operation manner in the sheet editing page is just one possible embodiment. During the actual execution, any possible operations may be performed in the sheet editing page depending on the scenario requirements to satisfy the diversified editing needs. The possible operations would not be listed here.

In summary, the method for video editing according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may display the video editing operations in the form of the sheet editing page. The video may be flexibly edited through the operations in the sheet editing page, so as to satisfy the diversified video editing needs of the user.

With reference to the specific embodiments below, the method is then introduced from the second device side, wherein the second device side is used for obtaining the image material footage in the method for video editing which has been described above mainly from the first device side. The method for video editing which has been described above mainly from the first device side depicts detailed steps about how the video is edited according to the image material footage to obtain the target video. It will not be repeated here.

FIG. 10 illustrates a flowchart of a further method for video editing provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method may be executed by the video editing apparatus in the second device, wherein the apparatus may be implemented by software and/or hardware and may generally be integrated in an electronic device corresponding to the second device. As shown in FIG. 10, the method comprises:

Step 1001: obtaining and displaying a video editing draft which records filming indication information of at least one storyboard shot, wherein the filming indication information indicates a filming mode feature and/or a filming content feature of an image material footage of the storyboard shot.

Step 1002: filming, in accordance with filming indication information of a target storyboard shot of the at least one storyboard shot, an image material footage of the target storyboard shot and saving it in the video editing draft.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a video editing draft which records filming indication information of at least one storyboard shot is obtained and displayed, wherein the filming indication information indicates a filming mode feature and/or a filming content feature of an image material footage of the storyboard shot. The filming editing operation may be understood as filming “script” of the video.

Moreover, when an image material footage of the target storyboard shot is filmed in accordance with filming indication information of a target storyboard shot of the at least one storyboard shot and saved in the video editing draft, the image material footage is in fact also filmed based on the above “script”. In some possible embodiments, the image material footage may be updated by triggering a preset upload control of the upload position of the target storyboard shot in the video editing draft.

Therefore, in this embodiment, since the image material footage is filmed by a relatively portable second device, the image material footage is filmed in a more flexible way. Besides, in case of the cooperation among a plurality of second devices, the image material footage may be filmed more effectively, which further helps boosting the efficiency of the subsequent video editing.

In summary, the method for video editing according to the embodiments of the present disclosure includes obtaining and displaying a video editing draft which records filming indication information of at least one storyboard shot, wherein the filming indication information indicates a filming mode feature and/or a filming content feature of an image material footage of the storyboard shot; filming, in accordance with filming indication information of a target storyboard shot of the at least one storyboard shot, an image material footage of the target storyboard shot and saving it in the video editing draft, wherein editing operations of the video editing draft are performed in the first device. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the efficiency of video editing is improved by the cooperation between the first device and the second device.

To fulfill the above embodiments, the present disclosure also proposes an apparatus for video editing.

FIG. 11 illustrates a structural diagram of the apparatus for video editing provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. The apparatus may be implemented by software and/or hardware and may generally be integrated in an electronic device corresponding to the first device. According to FIG. 11, the apparatus includes: a first draft displaying module 1110, an editing interface display module 1120 and an editing processing module 1130, wherein,

- the first draft displaying module 1110 is used for obtaining and displaying a video editing draft which records filming indication information and an image material footage of at least one storyboard shot, wherein an image material footage of a target storyboard shot of the at least one storyboard shot is filmed by a second device based on the filming indication information of the target storyboard shot and saved in the video editing draft, and wherein the filming indication information of the target storyboard shot indicates a filming mode feature and/or a filming content feature of the image material footage of the target storyboard shot;
- the editing interface display module 1120 is provided for in response to a clipping instruction triggered for the video editing draft, displaying a video editing interface based on the video editing draft, wherein the video editing interface includes an editing track and at least one video track segment is placed on a video track of the editing track, the at least one video track segment being formed based on the image material footage of the at least one storyboard shot;
- the editing processing module 1130 is used for in response to an editing operation for the video track segment, presenting on the editing track an operation indicator and on a preview player an editing effect produced by applying the editing operation to the image material footage, and generating a target video based on the editing operation applied on the video clipping interface and the image material footage.

The apparatus for video editing provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may execute the method for video editing provided by any embodiments of the present disclosure mainly described from the first device side, include the corresponding functional modules for executing the method and achieve the advantageous effects.

To fulfill the above embodiments, the present disclosure also proposes an apparatus for video editing.

Wherein the second device side is used for obtaining the image material footage in the method for video editing which has been described above mainly from the first device side, and the apparatus for video editing mainly described from the first device side edits the video according to the image material footage to obtain the target video. The apparatus for video editing in this embodiment is provided for obtaining the image material footage.

FIG. 12 illustrates a structural diagram of the apparatus for video editing provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. The apparatus may be implemented by software and/or hardware and may generally be integrated in an electronic device corresponding to the second device. According to FIG. 12, the apparatus includes: a second draft displaying module 1210 and a filming processing module 1220, wherein,

- the second draft displaying module 1210 is used for obtaining and displaying a video editing draft which records filming indication information of at least one storyboard shot, wherein the filming indication information indicates a filming mode feature and/or a filming content feature of an image material footage of the storyboard shot;
- the filming processing module 1220 for filming, in accordance with filming indication information of a target storyboard shot of the at least one storyboard shot, an image material footage of the target storyboard shot and saving it in the video editing draft.

The apparatus for video editing provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may execute the method for video editing provided by any embodiments of the present disclosure mainly described from the second device side, include the corresponding functional modules for executing the method and achieve the advantageous effects.

To fulfill the above embodiment, the present disclosure also proposes a computer program product comprising computer programs/instructions, which computer programs/instructions when executed by a processor fulfill the method for video editing in the above embodiment.

FIG. 13 illustrates a structural diagram of an electronic device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure.

With reference to FIG. 13, a structural diagram of an electronic device 1330 adapted to implement embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device 1300 may include, but not limited to, mobile terminals, such as mobile phones, notebooks, digital broadcast receivers, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant), PADs (tablet computer), PMPs (Portable Multimedia Player) and vehicle terminals (such as car navigation terminal) and fixed terminals, e.g., digital TVs and desktop computers etc. The electronic device shown in FIG. 13 is just an example and will not put any restrictions on the functions and application ranges of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

According to FIG. 13, the electronic device 1300 may include a processor (e.g., central processor, graphic processor and the like) 1301, which can execute various suitable actions and processing based on the programs stored in the read-only memory (ROM) 1302 or programs loaded in the random-access memory (RAM) 1303 from a storage unit 1308. The RAM 1303 can also store all kinds of programs and data required by the operations of the electronic device 1300. Processor 1301, ROM 1302 and RAM 1303 are connected to each other via a bus 1304. The input/output (I/O) interface 1305 is also connected to the bus 604.

Usually, input unit 1306 (including touch screen, touchpad, keyboard, mouse, camera, microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope and like) and output unit 1307 (including liquid crystal display (LCD), speaker and vibrator etc.), storage unit 1308 (including tape and hard disk etc.) and communication unit 1309 may be connected to the I/O interface 1305. The communication unit 1309 may allow the electronic device 1300 to exchange data with other devices through wired or wireless communications. Although FIG. 13 illustrates the electronic device 1300 having various units, it is to be understood that it is not a prerequisite to implement or provide all illustrated units. Alternatively, more or less units may be implemented or provided.