A video editing apparatus for editing electronic motion video image data utilizes an effect setting table that specifies mapping of editing effect names arbitrarily registered by the user to editing effects or screen effects, for example, transition effects between different scenes or successive video...http://www.google.com/patents/US7020381?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7020381 - Video editing apparatus and editing method for combining a plurality of image data to generate a series of edited motion video image data