Moving image file producing method, computer program product and electronic camera

Abstract

A moving image file producing method includes: inputting an image material; inputting a scenario information; and producing a moving image file that contains the image material based on the scenario information.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a moving image file producing/playback system according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing main components of the electronic camera;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the flow of the data transfer between the electronic camera and the PC;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a routine for producing the moving image file;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view representing how the program is supplied to the PC; and

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a routine for the scenario playback performed by the PC.

Claims

1. A moving image file producing method comprising: inputting an image material;inputting a scenario information; andproducing a moving image file that contains the image material based on the scenario information.

2. A moving image file producing method according to claim 1, wherein: the scenario information contains an image material to be contained in the moving image file, an appearance order of the image material, a display time of the image material, and a video effect to be added.

3. A moving image file producing method according to claim 1, further comprising: inputting a music material; andcontaining the music material in the moving image file based on the scenario information, wherein:the scenario information further contains a music material to be contained in the moving image file, a playback order of the music material, a playback time of the music material, and a sound effect to be added.

4. A moving image file producing method according to claim 3, wherein: the image material and the music material are input from an electronic camera.

5. A moving image file producing method according to claim 4, further comprising: determining whether a memory unit stores a material with quality higher than that of a material input from the electronic camera, wherein:when it is determined that the material with the higher quality exists, the material with the higher quality is to be contained in the moving image file to be produced instead of the material input from the electronic camera when producing the moving image file.

6. A moving image file producing method according to claim 4, wherein: a process of producing the moving image file is started upon completion of an input operation of the material from the electronic camera.

7. A moving image file producing method according to claim 1, wherein: the input image material is re-sized conforming to a display unit to be used for a playback operation when producing the moving image file.

8. A moving image file producing method according to claim 1, further comprising: playing back the produced moving image file in response to a command from a user.

9. A moving image file producing method according to claim 1, further comprising: deleting the input image material and scenario information after producing the moving image file.

10. A computer readable computer program product, comprising: a program for producing a moving image file that allows a computer to execute the moving image file producing method according to any one of claim 1.

11. An electronic camera comprising: a scenario information producing unit that produces scenario information used for the moving image file producing method according to any one of claim 1.