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Abstract

The present invention provides an inexpensive video editing system capable of combining three or more shots simultaneously, and a time-saving method thereof. The video editing system comprises a video storage device for storing a video including a plurality of shots, having a readout unit capable of reading out two shots simultaneously; a shot-reproduce information storage device for storing information as to a shot-readout sequence, a video effect device for combining two shots simultaneously, and a control device for detecting a range of frames where three or more shots to be simultaneously reproduced by referring to the shot-reproduce information, reading out two shots included in the range from the video storage device, combining the two shots at the video effect device, storing a resulting combined shot into the video storage unit, and reading out the combined shot and one of remaining shots in the range from the video storage unit to combine the combined shot and the one of remaining shots at the video effect device, the shot-combining of the combined shot and the remaining shot being repeated until there exists a single resulting combined shot in the range.

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First Claim