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VISUAL NOTE TAKING
randy horton — rhortx@hypnoid.com
IPAD VERSION
Conveniently grab short video swatches, tagged with time, date & location.
Annotate your clips and graphically organize them into sets to aid in the development of creative projects, film shoots, and video documentation.
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2What Is It?
A PERSONAL CREATIVITY TOOL
•Casual users, 18 to 40, will become invested, eventually paying the modest fee for unlimited, permanent cloud storage, synched to all devices.
•Designers, stylists, and those who need motion swatches on the go will become devoted to the simple tactile interface.
3How Does it Make Money?
PATH TO VIABILITY
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THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS...
1. Could you tell us a little about yourself? name / city / state / sex / age / occupation
2. What sort of things do you do for fun?
3. How do you express yourself creatively?
4. How often do you use your phone to take photos? never / seldom / sometimes / regularly / often
5. Is it possible to record video on your phone? no / not sure / yes
6. How often do you use your phone to take video? never / seldom / sometimes / regularly / often
7. How often do you post on a social network or blog? never / seldom / sometimes / regularly / often
8. How many creative projects of any sort have you begun in the last year? none / maybe one / a few / many / always working on something
9. If you do take videos, how often do you go back to look at video that you’ve shot? never / seldom / sometimes / regularly / often
10. How often do you post a photo or clip that you’ve taken yourself to Facebook, Twitter, or a blog? never / seldom / sometimes / regularly / often
11. If the experience were simple and convenient, do you think you might be more likely to post images or video of yourself to social sites or email them to friends? no / maybe / not sure / possibly / yes
12. How many apps have you downloaded for your phone that relate to video or photography? None / one or two / a few / many / tons
13. How useful is it to you to be able to sort through photographs or video that you’ve shot, either to locate a particular shot or else to organize them into groups? not at all useful / of little use / slightly useful / moderately useful / very useful
14. Have you ever uploaded a personal video clip to youtube or some other public site? no / maybe once or twice / a few times / occasionally / all the time
15. Can you see yourself ever paying money for a service that would save all your photos and video for you online, forever?
16. Do you find anything inconvenient about taking video on your phone?
17. Can you think of ways that might make the experience of either taking videos or later viewing them, more enjoyable?
18. Can you think of any times when a short video clip might be more useful to you, or more enjoyable, than a photograph?
19. Can you describe an instance when you might need to collect visual or physical swatches for a project?
20. List some times you might like to take a quick video clip:
4Survey of Potential Users
66% Seldom or never record video on a phone.
85% Have the capability.
55% Rarely return to video that they’ve shot.
0% Often return to video that they’ve shot.
77% Would record video if it were more convenient.
66% Could imagine paying for the experience.
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100% Work on creative projects every year.
44% Constantly work on creative projects.}PEOPLE RARELY USE VIDEO
EVEN THOUGH IT’S AVAILABLE:
PEOPLE ARE CREATIVE:
REVIEWING VIDEO ISNOT A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE:
THERE IS A MARKET FORA CONVENIENT VIDEO PRODUCT:
5What Potential Users Tell Us:
THE HIPSTER MOM THE EXPERIENCE COLLECTOR THE SERIOUS CREATIVE“I CAN RECORD THURSDAY’S CHILDHOOD WITHOUT STRESSING OUT.”
“I CAN DOCUMENT MY KICKASS LIFE WITH CONFIDENCE.”
“I CAN DO MY JOB WITHOUT DEVELOPING AN ADDICTION TO XANAX.”
Annette quit her job at Millie’s Diner when Thursday was born. Now that the family is buying a house, there just isn’t any time left in the day.
KEY GOALS:Documenting Thursday’s early growth and recording information about the local housing market.
WHY MICROKLIP?The convenience of taking and organizing quick video clips lets Annette express her natural creativity in small, digestible chunks.
Brooks begins each year as a substitute teacher and ends it as a world traveller. He’s begun a blog about his travels called “Cheap Seats At The Cockfight.”
KEY GOALS:Brooks needs short, memorable recordings of all the crazy experiences that he will probably forget by the end of the evening.
WHY MICROKLIP?Brooks loves that when he gets back to a city his clips are uploaded to the cloud. Now when his phone is stolen, he’ll still have a record of his trip.
Though she works 100 hours a week, Candace doesn’t like to laugh on the job, because then the Art Director might think she’s not working hard enough.
KEY GOALS:Candace needs to gather locations and have replacements for when something goes wrong, which it always does.
WHY MICROKLIP?The ease of creating and combining sets of clips, makes re-organizing a shoot simple and easy.
6Typical Users
LOW IMPACTCREATIVE PROJECTS
DOCUMENTATIONOF EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONALSWATCH COLLECTION
CREATIVE EXPRESSION
CONTROL OF CONTENT
CAN ORGANIZE GRAPHICALLY
USER-CREATED CONTENT
ABILITY TO TAG, FILTER & SORT
USEFUL FORDOCUMENTATION
ASSOCIATIONSVISUAL & VERBAL
SENSESADDRESSED
FEATURES:
SOCIAL
PERSONAL
ENTERTAINMENT UTILITY
HIGH
LOW
MICROKLIP
EVERNOTE
THERE IS SPACE FOR A TOOL THAT AIDS IN CREATIVE PROJECTS THAT HAVE PRACTICAL OR PERSONAL USES
7Is the Market for Video Applications Saturated?
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
The success of most photo & video services is predicated on sharing. Although many competitors could move into video, they would be unlikely to develop the organization and sorting features that make our product useful, because that would weaken their current focus.
Similarly, applications whose goal is utility and organization could move into video, however the graphic association, sorting and collating that we will provide would lessen their current utility, given that they are focused predominantly on text-based information retrieval.
THRIVE ON SOCIAL INTERACTION& PUBLIC CONTENT
CONCERNED WITH ARTISTRY & SHARING
CONCERNED WITH INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
A switch to graphic organization of material would lessen the utility of existing text notes and text-based materials.
Extensive notes and focus on utility would lessen product’s social value and make content less aesthetically appealing.
More private content and focus on utility would lessen the social value of clips
INSTAGRAMPINTERESTHIPSTAMATIC
FLICKRPHOTOBUCKETSHUTTERFLY
EVERNOTEONENOTEREQALL
MICROKLIP
CASUAL CREATIVITY APPS NOTE TAKING & CLIPPING APPS PHOTO SHARING APPS
CONCERNED WITH UTILITY & PERSONAL CREATIVITY
Our focus is on aiding the individual with personal creative projects.
GRAPHIC UTILITY APPS
8Competition Has a Disincentive to Enter Our User Space
POSITIVES:
• Easy and intuitive to use.
• Concentrates on gathering rather than creating, making it easy for users.
• Seamless optimization for sharing.
• Free.
NEGATIVES
• Is primarily a clipboard for web photos.
• Currently no way to reorganize images visually.
•Optimization for sharing means visual clutter.
• Different aspect ratios make comparing and contrasting difficult
•Makes money how?
Personal images and those from the web are gathered in sets that encourage discovery and comparison.
9competitor #1
POSITIVES:
• Simple, intuitive presets allows for quick creative expression.
• Seamless optimization for sharing and discovering.
• Does one thing, effectively.
• Free.
NEGATIVES
•Geared toward immediate self expression, not later perusal
• Currently no graphic way to sort and organize images visually.
• Notes and tagging is limited, making this product not useful for documentation
•Worth 1 billion dollars with no revenue
Casually-creative photo sharing from your phone.
10competitor #2
EVERNOTE
POSITIVES:
• Cross platform technology makes this product handy everywhere.
• Information is saved online, where it can be addressed at any time.
• Excellent tagging and visual translation tools make recalling data simple and quick.
• Free to pay model is useful to consumer yet effective.
NEGATIVES
•Oriented toward sorting textual information rather than graphics.
• No graphic organizational ability.
• Video is limited
Service to remember and locate information, Including personal notes, graphics, web pages, and sound.
11competitor #3
SHOOT LOCATE ORGANIZE EDITANNOTATE TAKE VIDEO
TAKE SNAPSHOT
IMPORT SET
ORGANIZE CLIPS IN LATTICE
ORGANIZE SETS IN LATTICE
PLACE CLIPS IN SETS
NEST SETS IN SETS
CREATE / DUPLICATE SETS
WATCH
PLAY SETS
PLAY CLIPS
SEND CLIP
SEND SETS
VIEW CLIP LOCATIONON GOOGLE MAPSDELETE CLIP
FILTER SETS BY DATE
FILTER CLIPS BY DATE
FILTER CLIPS BY TAGS
FILTER CLIPS BY GEO
SEARCH SETS & CLIPS
FILTER SETS BY TAGS
FILTER SETS BY GEO
COLOR CORRECT
BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST
CHANGE ENTRY& EXIT POINTS
ADD TEXT NOTES TO SETS
ADD TEXT NOTES TO CLIPS
ADD VERBAL NOTES TO SETS
ADD VERBAL NOTES TO CLIPS
ADD TAGS TO SETS
SEQUENTIALLY NAME MEMBERS OF SETS
ADD TAGS TO CLIPS
DUPLICATE CLIPS
MAKE SETS PUBLIC (DEFAULT IS PRIVATE) ROTATE CLIPS
COLOR CORRECT SETS
12Primary Use Cases
HIPSTER MOM
SOLU
TION
SCO
NCER
NS
EXPERIENCE COLLECTOR SERIOUS CREATIVEPROJECT: BUY A HOUSE
WORRIES
WORRIES
WORRIES
AESTHETICCONCERNS
LOGISTICS
BUILDINGCREATIVE
EQUITY
TECHNICAL ISSUES
LATER EDITING &FORMATTING
TRIP ORGANIZING
ORGANIZING POTENTIALHOUSE INFORMATION IDENTIFY & KEEP
TRACK OF SURROUNDINGS
DO THIS QUICK, BEFOREINTEREST RATES GO UP!
LEGAL ISSUES ARESCARY
DAUGHTER IS WORRIEDABOUT MOVING
HUSBAND DOESN’T HAVE LOTS OF TIME TO LOOK
IS THIS A SHORT SALE?
NEED TO KEEP TRACKOF TRIP INFORMATION
ALL MY TRAVELLER CHECK NUMBERS SAFE
IN CASE PHONE IS LOST, RECOVERY?
MUST BE ABLE TO SHOOT WHILE DRUNK
WHAT IF I FALL OFF A BRIDGE AGAIN?
CAN I DO ALL THISBY MYSELF?
HOW DO I NOT LOOKLIKE A DOUCHEBAG?
NEED TO ARRANGEAT A LATER DATE
HOW DO I REMEMBERWHERE ALL THIS HAPPENED?
CAN I DO VOICEOVER LATER ON?
WHAT IF I WANT TOCOMBINE CLIPS?
CAN I HAND MY PHONEOVER TO SOMEONE ELSETO SHOOT? ANY WAY TO QUICKLY
GROUP CLIPS BY COMMON FEATURES?
WHAT WERE THE ‘70S REALLY LIKE?
WILL THESE LOCATIONSWORK FOR COMEDY?
THE DIRECTOR IS A COMPLETE DICK
I KNOW HE WON’T BE SATISFIED
HOW DO I FIND TIMETO LIVE MY LIFE?
CAN I KEEP COMPETITORSFROM FINDING THESE?
HOW DO I REMEMBER HOWOUTSIDES COMPARE TO THE INSIDES?
PARKING ISSUES?
CAN I MAKE A DATABASE OF LOCATIONS?
CONTACT INFORMATIONFOR THE OWNERS?
ADD INFORMATION LATERTO KEEP TRACK OF GOOD LOCATIONS?
CAN I ONLY SHOW THE DIRECTOR WHAT I WANTHIM TO SEE?
CAN I PLOT LOCATIONSON A MAP AND PRINT?
NEED TO REMEMBER HOWMUCH WE PAY FOR EACH
CAN I FIGURE OUT TRAVEL TIME BETWEENLOCATIONS?
CAN I AVOID THE USUALCLICHE’D ‘70S TROPES?
WHICH LOCATIONS AREAUTHENTIC?
WILL THESE LOCALESLOOK DIFFERENT WHENWE ARRIVE TO SHOOT?
WHAT’S THE SOUND LEVEL LIKE?
CAN I DO SOME OFTHIS WORK ONLINE?
CAN I REMEMBER WHEREALL THESE PLACES ARE?
CAN I SET THE PHONE UPAND SHOOT MYSELF?
A WAY TO SHOOT W/OPEOPLE KNOWING?
MONKEY STOLE MYPHONE LAST TIME.
WHAT ABOUT HARD DRIVE SPACE?
AUTOPOST TO BLOG?
IS THERE A WAY TO DO TITLES ON THE FLY?
FILMING AT NIGHT?
CAN I BLOCK OUTMARIJUANA USE?
WHAT IF GRANDMA SEES THIS STUFF?
IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOUD?
WHAT ARE THE NEIGHBORS LIKE?
WANT TO FLIP BACKAND FORTH BETWEEN DIFFERENT HOUSES
NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MUCH EACH HOUSE IS GOING TO COST
HOW DOES EACH HOUSECOMPARE TO THE AVERAGEHOUSE PRICE FOR THAT AREA?
ARE HOUSE PRICES GOING UP OR DOWN?
NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE HOUSES
WANT TO REMEMBER THEFLOORPLAN OF HOUSES
NEED TO SHOW HUSBANDSO HE GETS WHY I LIKE A PARTICULAR HOUSE
WANT TO MAKE SUREDAUGHTER WILL BE HAPPY
ABILITY TO INCLUDEASPERATIONAL PHOTOS
ABILITY TO ASSOCIATEOR NEST SETS
SORT CLIPS BY TAG INFORMATION, SUCHAS PRICE OR SQ. FT.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATEDEFINITIONS FORCLIPS WITHIN SETS
IMPORT SETS OF IMAGES FROM PINTEREST?
LINK MULTIPLE CLIPSBY TAG INFO, SUCH ASGEOLOCATION
CAN CLIPS BE MEMBERS OF MULTIPLE SETS?
EDIT CLIP INFOFROM PHONE
EXPORT ORGANIZEDDATA TAGS FROM SETS
EQUALIZE SOUND LEVELACROSS MULTIPLECLIPS?
IMPORT YOUTUBEVIDEOS?
AUTO UPLOAD AUTO UPLOAD SORT CLIPS BY TAG INFORMATION LIKEWEEKENDS OR BEACHES
ATTACH TEXT LINKSAND INFORMATIONTO SETS
PLOT CLIPS ON GOOGLE MAPS AS LINKS
PLOT CLIPS ON GOOGLE MAPS AS LINKS
CAN ADD TO SOUNDTRACKOR COPY OVER
PHONE BASED EDITING FEATURES
TIMER
KEEP PHONE INTERFACE REAL SIMPLE
PRIVATE UPLOAD
SORT CLIPS BY GEOTAG INFORMATION
SET-BASED URL LINKS SUCH AS CRIME STATS
PLOT CLIPS ON GOOGLEMAPS AS LINKS
AUTO NAME CLIPS WITHGEO INFO
REARRANGE CLIPS INSHAPE OF FLOORPLAN
CAN SEND A PHOTO FROM ANY PORTION OFA CLIP
EASY ADD FOR URLS INNOTES FOR SETS
GROUP ACCESS TO SETSFOR MULTIPLE USERS
ADD DYNAMIC INFO TONOTES SUCH AS HOMEINTEREST RATES.
NEED TO MAKE SURE LOCALSCHOOL IS GOOD
WANT TO MAKE SURE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAFE
NEED TO KEEP TRACKOF WHAT NEEDS TOBE FIXED IN A HOUSE
HUSBAND IS GOING TO WANT A NICE BACKYARD.
GOOD TO HAVE PHOTOSOF PROBLEM AREAS TOSEND TO CONTRACTORS
WANT TO REMEMBER WHERE A HOUSE ISLOCATED.
PROJECT: DOCUMENT MY TRIP TO LAOS PROJECT: FIND LOCATIONS FOR ‘70S-ERA COMEDY
13mental models
14Feature Value Matrix FEATURE DESCRIPTION USER BUSINESS TECH UBT PHASE VALUE DIFF. SCORE
COLLECT Take Video Video can be shot from iPhone or iPad 1 1 1 3 1Take Snapshot A single frame shot can be taken from iPhone/iPad 1 1 1 3 1Import Set Entire sets can be imported from other users or sources such as Pinterest 3 3 2 8 2 LOCATE Filter Clips by Date Clips can be ordered by date, or only appear within a certain range of dates. 1 2 1 4 1Filter Clips by Tags Clips can be filtered by existing tags 2 2 1 5 1Filter Clips by Geo Clips can be arranged by proximity or only appear within a certain distance from origin 2 1 2 5 1Search Sets & Clips Search terms will bring up both sets and clips within sets 2 1 1 4 1Filter Sets by Date Sets of clips can be filtered by date 2 2 1 5 1Filter Sets by Tags Sets of clips can be filtered by existing tags 2 2 1 5 1Filter Sets by Geo Sets of clips can be arranged by proximity or only appear within a certain distance from origin 2 2 1 2 5 1 ORGANIZE Organize Clips in Lattice Clips can be organized graphically on a board, by dragging into place 1 1 2 4 1Place Clips in Sets Clips can be dragged into sets, or copied into sets, or re-defined into a different set. 1 1 2 4 1 Organize Sets in Lattice Sets can be graphically arranged in the same fashion as clips. 2 1 2 5 1Nest Sets in Sets Sets can be placed within other sets. 3 2 2 7 2 ALTER Color Correct Clips Basic color correction of hue can be applied to clips 2 3 2 7 1 Brightness / Contrast Basic brightness and contrast can be adjusted for clips 2 3 2 7 1 Change Entry & Exit Points Clips entry and exit points can be altered. This is reversable. 1 1 1 3 1Rotate Clips Clips can be rotated. The aspect ratio of all clips is square. 3 3 1 7 1 Add Text Notes to Clips Text notes can be attached to clips 1 1 2 4 1 Add Verbal Notes to Clips Verbal notes can be overdubbed onto clips, or translated into text notes. 2 2 3 7 2Add Tags to Clips Tags can be altered and added to clips 2 2 1 5 1Duplicate Clips Clips can be duplicated and renamed 3 2 1 6 1Color Correct Sets Entire sets can be basically color corrected 3 3 2 8 2Make Sets Public Sets can be made public, or made visible to limited viewers 1 1 2 4 1 Add Text Notes to Sets Text notes can be added to sets 2 2 1 5 1 Add Verbal Notes to Sets Verbal notes can be added to sets, or translated into associated text 2 2 3 7 2Add Tags to Sets Tags can be added or altered on sets 2 3 1 6 1 Sequentially Name clips in sets Clips within sets can be renamed sequentially for ease of use 3 2 1 6 1 WATCH Play Clips Clips can be played by simply touching the active surface of the screen 1 1 1 3 1Send Clip Clips can be sent through email or posted to existing sites 1 1 2 4 1Play Sets Sets will play all the clips that compose it, sequentially 1 1 1 3 1Send Sets Sets can be sent, and they will arrive as a single movie 1 1 2 4 1
15User Flow Details
(FLIPS GRAPHICALLY)
VIDEO(FRONT SIDE)IS SELECTED
INFORMATION(BACK SIDE)IS SELECTED
COLOR CORRECTSET OR CLIP
BRIGHTNESS/ CONTRAST
CHANGE ENTRYEXIT POINTS
ROTATE CONTROLVOLUME VIEW LOCATION
ON GOOGLEMAPS
SEND OR POSTCLIP
DECIDE TOLOCATE SETS,
CLIPS, OR BOTH
FILTER BY TAGS, GEODATE, ETC.
ADD TEXTNOTES
ADD TAGSVIEW CLIP ORSETS ON MAP
SEQUENTIALLYNAME CLIPS WITHIN A SET
CAN MAKE A SET PUBLIC
SORT BY GEO, DATE,
ETC.
SELECT CLIPOR SET
SELECTIONAPPEARS IN
ORGANIZATION AREA
SEARCH BY INPUT
TEXT
PLAYSFULL SCREENON REPEAT
PLAYSIN PLACE
05
SEND OR POST SEND OR POST
SEND OR POST
GRAPHICALLYORGANIZE
DRAG TO NEW SET
DUPLICATE
ORGANIZEVIDEO
3 4
LOCATEVIDEO
WATCHVIDEO
1
Primary User Path
Secondary User Path
SHOOTVIDEO
ANNOTATE& EDITVIDEO
2
ORGANIZEVIDEO
3 4WATCHVIDEO
2ANNOTATE
& EDITVIDEO
16System State Inventory
1: SHOOT VIDEO SWATCHES
3: ORGANIZE VIDEO
4: WATCH VIDEO
Through the iPad (and iPhone) our user will be able to take high-resolution video clips of from zero to 12 seconds long. The set in which these clips appear can be defined either before or after recording. If no set is defined, a new set will be created for each session. These clips are square in aspect ratio (1080 pixels on a side) in order to more easily compare and contrast, and to avoid the narrative connotations of popular video formats. Any new clips automatically appear in the locate/organize screen. (In later iterations we will include Standard and 16:9 film ratios by adding a ‘soft matte’ to the clips in the organization screen.
This screen state is divided between locating and organizing video clips and sets of clips. For the iPad, the left portion of the screen is devoted to discovery. Clips and sets appear in a list that is both graphic and textual. They can be sorted by date, location, time, tag or set. They can be filtered by similar criteria, or search terms can be entered for specific sorting. On the right hand side of the screen, clips or sets can be organized spacially in a grid. Because all clips are the same size and shape, the grid is uniform. Clips can be dragged into different sets, and reorganized in 2-D grid space. This is the primary use screen.
Video clips (or sets of clips) can be viewed at full resolution. From this state, clips or sets can be posted to various sites or emailed. When sets are posted, they appear as a single extended clip.
2: ANNOTATE AND EDIT VIDEO SWATCHESFrom the Locate/Organize screen, specific clips or sets can be altered through color correction, brightness, length, volume, etc. Notes and tags that are either verbal (as an overdub) or textual can be added and altered.
171A: Shooting Video
SHOOT ORGANIZE
clipssets
geostarttime
stoptime
seeall
search
SET SELECTED: DiChirico Shoot: Abandoned Railway location #2
PRESS TOSHOOT VIDEO
enter clip title here...
edit
notes
NOW SHOOTING: clip 1
1
23 4 white
balance
annotate last clip
post clip
4.2 seconds
erase
1: SHOOT VIDEO
At the top of the iPad screen are the tabs labeled ‘SHOOT’ and ‘ORGANIZE’, which alternate between the two primary screen states. In this illustration, SHOOT has been selected.
Below these tabs are two boxes. The leftmost box displays the name of the set in which any new shot will appear. By pressing and holding a finger to this box, a standard input screen will appear and the set name may be changed (see page 1C). This will create a new set. The box to the right of this displays the current state of the program. As depicted, it is shooting the first clip of a new set.
2: SEARCH BOX
In the SHOOTING STATE (which is depicted), the search box can be used to find clips or sets that have been created during the same day’s shooting. They will appear in the scrollable area beneath the ‘SETS’ and ‘CLIPS’ tabs.
Beneath the search box are buttons that allow for sorting and filtering of the clips or sets shot that day. ‘SEE ALL’, will place all clips and sets from the most recent shoot in the area below. By using ‘START TIME’ and ‘STOP TIME’, the user can filter out only clips that have been shot within a time period on the day of the shoot (see page 1D). By using ‘GEO’, a modal pane will appear with a map that can be used to filter out clips shot within a certain vicinity (see page 1E).
The ‘SETS’ and ‘CLIPS’ tabs determine whether clips or sets (collections of clips) are shown in the scrollable area beneath. Double tapping a clip in this scrollable area will make it appear in the central square for viewing or basic editing and annotation (see page 4A).
As a clip is being shot, it will appear at the top of this scrollable area, pushing down all previous clips.
CONTINUED...
181B: Shooting Video
SHOOT ORGANIZE
clipssets
geostarttime
stoptime
seeall
search
SET SELECTED: DiChirico Shoot: Abandoned Railway location #2
PRESS TOSHOOT VIDEO
enter clip title here...
edit
notes
NOW SHOOTING: clip 1
1
23 4 white
balance
annotate last clip
post clip
4.2 seconds
erase
3: SHOOTING AREA
This area shows a live preview of the clip that is being shot. Below and to the left of this box is a small circle that flashes red while shooting.
4: WHITE BALANCE AND BUTTONS
The white balance button can be used at any time when the iPad is not shooting to white balance the video camera.
Beneath this button is the erase button. Any clip appearing in the central area can be erased. A modal window appears, asking the user for confirmation.
Beneath this button is the post button, which will open a modal window that will allow the user to post the current clip to existing social sites such as YouTube or Twitter.
Beneath the post button is the annotate button. Pressing this, will ‘flip’ the current clip to the ‘back’ where notes, tags, and other information can be added (see page 2A). In the preferences pane, this can be set to occur after every shot.
Beneath this button is the shooting area, designed to be pressed by the thumb of the user. In the preferences area, this can be set to shoot only while pressed, by turning the camera on and off in the traditional manner, or to automatically trigger a shot of specific length. For left handed users, the entire interface can be reversed left-to-right in the preferences area.
191C: Changing the Name of a Set
SHOOT ORGANIZE
clipssets
geostarttime
stoptime
seeall
search
SET SELECTED: DiChirico Shoot: Abandoned Railway | type appears here
PRESS TOSHOOT VIDEO
enter clip title here...
edit
notes
NOW SHOOTING: clip 1
1
whitebalance
annotate last clip
post clip
4.2 seconds
erase
QQ WW EE RR TT YY UU II OO PP
AA SS DD FF GG HH JJ KK LL SearchSearch
123123 123123
ZZ XX CC VV BB NN MM ??!!
1: ADDING TEXT
Throughout the program, simply holding a finger to a text box will open a standard text input screen as depicted here.
201D: Using Time Filtering to Find Clips or Sets in Shoot Mode
SHOOT ORGANIZE
clipssets
geostarttime
stoptime
seeall
search
SET SELECTED: DiChirico Shoot: Abandoned Railway location #2
PRESS TOSHOOT VIDEO
NOW SHOOTING: clip 1
1 whitebalance
annotate last clip
post clip
4.2 seconds
erase
clipssetsShow me all
with tags:
that were shot between
and
clips sets
8:00 AM7:45 AM
8:15 AM
8:00 AM7:45 AM
8:15 AM
1: TIME FILTERING
Clicking the ‘START TIME’ or ‘STOP TIME’ buttons will open a filtering window with which users can filter out only the clips taken within a given time frame, or with particular tags.
When in SHOOT mode, this filtering will be based on hours of the given day and in ORGANIZE mode, this filtering will include calendar based filtering.
211E: Geolocating a Set of Clips while in Shoot Mode
SHOOT ORGANIZE
clipssets
geostarttime
stoptime
seeall
search
SET SELECTED: DiChirico Shoot: Abandoned Railway location #2
PRESS TOSHOOT VIDEO
DiChirico Shoot, Late..
edit
notes
GEO: clip 1
1
1: GEOLOCATING A SET OF CLIPS
Clicking the ‘GEO’ button above the Sets and Clips tabs will open up the current set in Google Maps, with each of the clips depicted by a marker.
Rolling over a marker will open a popup window showing that particular clip. Clicking on the marker causes that clip to open in PLAY mode (see page 4A).
By tapping the screen and dragging, the user may create a selection window around groups of clips and then they will appear in the scrollable area beneath the sets and clips tabs.
Tapping the ‘GEO’ button again will return the program to its previous state. Tapping the ‘Press to Shoot Video’ button will return the program to its shooting state.
222A: Annotating Video — after shooting
SHOOT ORGANIZE
clipssets
geostarttime
stoptime
seeall
search
SET SELECTED: DiChirico Shoot: Abandoned Railway location #2
PRESS TOSHOOT VIDEO
DiChirico Shoot, Late..
edit
notes
ANNOTATING: clip 1
whitebalance
annotate last clip
post clip
erase1
2
3
Dichirico Shoot, late afternoon. Between 4pm and 4:30pm in late September. NO PERMIT.
Thursday, September 23, 2012. 4:28pm PST1 GEOclip
Check the geotag for exact location. We stumbled on these steps while looking for the railroad location. Light hits the cement very nicely at early sunset. Kind of wonder if we are allowed to shoot without a permit since it is technically private property. The owner is totally cool with us using his lot as long as we buy him some booze. He says it’s his lot anyway, so I say we go with it.
Di Chirico, Sunset, Railroad tracks, cement...edit
1: CLIP SCROLLING AREA
When a shot is completed, it appears at the top of the clip scrolling area, pushing the previous clips down in the sequence. The image displayed is the first frame of the shot. This can be changed in the edit mode (see page 2C).
2: ANNOTATION AREA (BACK OF CLIP)
When ‘annotate last clip’ button is pressed, or the ‘notes’ link on the front of the clip is pressed, the clip graphically flips, to display the annotation area. At the top left is the ‘clip’ link which will return to the ‘front’ of the clip. To the right of this area is the number of the clip, in this set. Numbers increase sequentially.
To the right again is the date and time of the clip, which is filled in automatically. To the right of this, is the ‘GEO’ button. When pressed, the annotation area will display a map (Google), and an icon showing where this clip was shot (see page 2B).
Beneath the top bar of the annotation area, is the title of the clip, which the user may enter or leave blank. Holding a finger to this area will open the titling box for text entry (similar to page 1C).
Beneath this area is the annotation box. Holding a finger on the annotation box will open it for text entry or editing.
Beneath this box is the ‘TAGS’ area, in which the user may enter tags to aid in locating the video swatch at a later date.
3: RETURN TO SHOOTING
While in annotation mode, the shooting button, when pressed, will return the program to its shooting state (see page 1A).
232B: Annotating Video — Geotagged Location of Clip
SHOOT ORGANIZE
clipssets
geostarttime
stoptime
seeall
search
SET SELECTED: DiChirico Shoot: Abandoned Railway location #2
PRESS TOSHOOT VIDEO
DiChirico Shoot, Late..
edit
notes
ANNOTATING: clip 1
whitebalance
annotate last clip
post clip
erase
Thursday, September 23, 2012. 4:28pm PST1 notesclip
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1: GEOTAGGED LOCATION OF CLIP
When the ‘GEO’ link at the upper right of the clip is tapped, the central area will be replaced by a Google Maps depiction of the area where the clip was shot, with a marker pointing out the location of the clip.
Tapping the same area (now labled ‘NOTES’) will return the clip to its Annotation State (see page 2A).
Tapping the upper left area of the clip, labeled ‘CLIP’, will return the clip to the ‘PLAY’ state (see page 4A).
Tapping the ‘EDIT’ button on the bottom left of the clip will open the clip in EDIT mode (see page 2C).
242C: Edit Video Mode
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1 VOLUME
To the left and below the ‘NOTES’ button is the ‘VOLUME’ control for the clip.
2 COLOR CORRECTION SLIDERS
A pair of sliders control the color correction for the clip and the brightness.
Beneath them is the ‘ERASE’ button, which when pressed will request a confirmation in order to erase this clip. Beneath that button is the ‘CHOOSE COVER IMAGE’ button, which will select the image that represents the clip, based on what image is currently displayed. Below that is the ‘REPEAT’ button, which will cause the clip to play continuously while editing takes place.
3 IN AND OUT POINTS
At the bottom of the clip is a slider. The left portion of it controls when the clip begins, and the right portion controls the end of the clip. In between is the play head. The entire clip is always present, so any edits are reverseable.
To the left of the in and out slider is the ‘DONE’ button which will return the clip to its normal ‘PLAY’ mode.
Beneath the in and out slider is the ‘CONTRAST’ slider, which controls the contrast of the clip.
253A: Organizing Video
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1: ORGANIZE VIDEO
Selecting the ‘ORGANIZE’ tab, switches to the organization state of the program. To the far left and below, we see the same sorting and filtering buttons as in the ‘SHOOTING’ state, however the middle buttons are now labeled, ‘START DATE’ and ‘STOP DATE’, because they will filter out clips or sets based on a day range rather than a time period (of one day)
Beneath this, is the scrollable sorting area, where we see the sets that have been shot, in reverse chronological order. After a period of shooting, the most recent set will appear at the top of the scrollable area, and that set will be displayed in the central, organization pane, as shown.
2: ORGANIZATION PANE
Here we see the most recent set of video swatches on a 2-dimensional grid. The clips can be dragged and repositioned as desired. Each of the clips shows the first frame as its primary image, although this can be changed in the ‘EDIT’ mode (See page 2C). In addition, each clip contains a ‘NOTES’ button, which will open up the clip in the central pane in its ‘ANNOTATION’ state. To the right of the ‘NOTES’ button is the title, which is abbreviated. Touching the title will open up the full title, which will extend beyond the frame of the clip, if needed.
The clip can be repositioned to another area of the grid by touching, holding and then dragging. Double tapping the clip will open it up in the primary viewing area, in ‘PLAY’ mode (see page 4A).
Finally, in the bottom left corner of each clip is the ‘EDIT’ button, which will open the clip in video editing mode, in the center of the viewing pane (See page 2C).
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263B: Organizing Video
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3: ARTBOARD
By touching and dragging a blank area of the artboard, the user may reposition the entire area as a unit. The artboard in its entirety is about ten times larger than the viewing area, and so very large conglomerations of clips may be arranged here.
By pinching or spreading, the user may enlarge or shrink the artboard in order to see more or less of it. Double tapping the artboard will return it to its standard magnification, which is shown in this illustration.
273C: Set Organization Tab
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1 SET ORGANIZATION TAB
Tapping or sliding the ‘SETS TAB’ will subdivide the central screen into two areas. The area to the left is an organizational area for the graphic organization of sets. The area to the right is the same clip organizational artboard that has been described. The currently selected set will appear as a graphic object on the left portion of the screen. In much the same way as a clip, this representation of the set can be annotated, titled, and edited. When editing a set, the entire set will behave as if it were one giant clip.
Shown above the example ‘SET 1’ are two buttons which will clear the set area completely, or create a new empty set.
2 SET ARTBOARD
Sets may be dragged from the scrollable bar on the left onto the set organizational artboard. Once multiple sets are on the artboard, tapping a set will switch out the clips that are represented on the right hand portion of the screen. The clips represented will be all the clips that compose a selected set.
3 MOVING CLIPS TO DIFFERENT SETS
By dragging a clip from the right hand portion of the screen onto the graphic image of a set from the left hand portion of the screen, a user may transfer clips from one set to another. Dragging and releasing a clip into a blank portion of the Set Organization artboard will duplicate the clip, so that one clip may be added to multiple sets.
284A: Playing Video
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Dichirico Shoot, late afternoon. Between 4pm and 4:30pm in late September. NO PERMIT.
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1: PLAYING VIDEO (ORGANIZE SCREEN)
If double tapped, a clip will enlarge to full size and begin playing, once it is done playing, the ‘NOTES’, ‘TITLE’ and ‘EDIT’ areas will appear. If the clip is single tapped, those buttons will temporarily disappear as the clip plays again. If the clip is once again double tapped, it will return to its place on the artboard.
‘NOTES’ will graphically flip the clip to its ‘ANNOTATE’ state (see page 2A).
‘EDIT’ will open the clip in its ‘EDIT’ state (See next 2C).
Tripple tapping either a clip or a set will cause that item to take over the screen completely and to play on repeat until the screen is again tapped.
randy horton — rhortx@hypnoid.com
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