# Patents

[Alex4D](https://alex4d.com) has a great [blog post on the Magnetic Timeline patent (Media-editing application with media clips grouping capabilities)](https://alex4d.com/notes/item/apple-magnetic-timeline-fcpx-patent).

See the [actual patent](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8875025).

Here's one of the screenshots from the patent:

![](/static/patent.png)

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### Patents on Google Patents

Here's a small collection of Final Cut Pro related patents:

- [Accelerator handles](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7617454B2/)<br />
- [Adjustment of color values for optimized image processing](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8125497B2/)<br />
- [Anchor point in media](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8473846B2/)<br />
- [Application for designing journals](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20130238964A1/)<br />
- [Applying a Realistic Artistic Texture to Images](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140071148A1/)<br />
- [Associating keywords to media](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9142253B2/)<br />
- [Auto stacking of related images](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8487960B2/)<br />
- [Automatic generation of multi-camera media clips](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9792955B2/)<br />
- [Boolean Search User Interface](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20080288869A1/)<br />
- [Color adjustors for color segments](https://patents.google.com/patent/GB2513499B/)<br />
- [Context aware user interface for image editing](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9299168B2/)<br />
- [Context based adaptive image resampling](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7526138B1/)<br />
- [Display of multiple images](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8963962B2/)<br />
- [Edit to tape](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7827489B2/)<br />
- [Estimating and removing lens distortion from scenes](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110122149A1/)<br />
- [Fanning user interface control for medium editing application](https://patents.google.com/patent/JP2018152097A/)<br />
- [Fanning user interface controls for a media editing application](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9189876B2/)<br />
- [Fast creation of video segments](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9959907B2/)<br />
- [Import directly into specified folders and user interface](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7707510B1/)<br />
- [Interactive image thumbnails](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9798744B2/)<br />
- [Media-editing application with media clips grouping capabilities](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8875025B2/)<br />
- [Method and apparatus for color correction](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8326035B2/)<br />
- [Method and apparatus for dynamically resizing windows](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9189133B2/)<br />
- [Method and interface for converting images to grayscale](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9092893B2/)<br />
- [Modified media presentation during scrubbing](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9830063B2/)<br />
- [Navigating Image Presentations](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20150106722A1/)<br />
- [Navigation within a large computer file](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20050179705A1/)<br />
- [Optimizing the Execution of Media Processing Routines Using a List of Routine Identifiers](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20090244079A1/)<br />
- [Previewing effects applicable to digital media content](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8705938B2/)<br />
- [Producing Smooth Motion Compensated Frames by Combining Multiple Interpolation Results](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20080085056A1/)<br />
- [Publishing Media Content to Virtual Movie Theatres](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20150113404A1/)<br />
- [Regular sampling and presentation of continuous media stream](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7984385B2/)<br />
- [Retiming media presentations](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9997196B2/)<br />
- [Rolling shutter distortion correction](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8810692B2/)<br />
- [Select drag and drop operations on video thumbnails across clip boundaries](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9335892B2/)<br />
- [Smoothing and/or locking operations in video editing](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8750636B2/)<br />
- [Spatial and temporal alignment of video sequences](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170099442A1/)<br />
- [Spatial conform operation for a media-editing application](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9412414B2/)<br />
- [Split edits](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7788585B2/)<br />
- [Synchronizing video with audio beats](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8347210B2/)<br />
- [Techniques for displaying digital images on a display](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8194099B2/)<br />
- [Two-dimensional timeline display of media items](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7954065B2/)<br />
- [Unified slider control for modifying multiple image properties](https://patents.google.com/patent/US10936173B2/)<br />
- [User interface tools for selectively applying effects to image](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9041727B2/)<br />
- [User interfaces for editing video clips](https://patents.google.com/patent/CA2724034C/)<br />
- [Video and audio waveform user interface](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8751933B2/)<br />
- [Video format for digital video recorder](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9215402B2/)<br />
- [Video Format for Digital Video Recorder](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20120229670A1/)<br />
- [Viewing digital images on a display using a virtual loupe](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7804508B2/)<br />
- [Viewing digital images using a floating controller](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7719548B2/)<br />
- [Visual presentation composition](https://patents.google.com/patent/US8726161B2/)<br />
- [Visual presentation composition](https://patents.google.com/patent/US9032300B2/)

You can find more by searching by these authors:

- [Randy Ubillos](https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Randy+Ubillos)<br />
- [Colleen Pendergast](https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Colleen+Pendergast)<br />
- [Christophe Souchard](https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Christophe+Souchard)<br />
- [Ken Matsuda](https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Ken+Matsuda)

...it's a deep rabbit hole, enjoy!

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