US Patent 9570107 System and method for semi-automatic video editing

A system and a method for semi-automatic video editing is provided herein. The method may include in one embodiment the following steps: processing a media stream comprising at least one of: a plurality of images and a video stream, to extract metadata relating to at least one characteristic of the media stream; displaying to a user the extracted metadata; receiving from the user an instruction to generate a modified media stream wherein said instruction is responsive to the at least one characteristic represented by the extracted metadata; and generating a modified media stream, in response to said instruction. The system may implement the aforementioned method using a computer processor, a display, and a user interface.