Patent attributes
Disclosed is a computer software application which integrates video, animation and sound file formats into a unified work environment. The proposed invention includes a unified timeline and a unified visual manipulation environment. By combining these formats into a unified and native format environment the user is able to change and manipulate the video, animation and sound files in relation to one another in a single environment, in their native format and in a non destructive manner. The media inputs are first presented to the user in a single timeline which is a simultaneous visual representation of the files being worked on. The software application also includes an environment which is designed to add a visual set of tools enabling the user to visually manipulate the files represented in the timeline. The operation of the disclosed software application may be described as a universal plug.