Exploring Automated Video Editing

The report presents an investigation into the practicability of automated editing techniques for personal/home video aided by possible knowledge bases. The ultimate goal of this report is to find the solutions to the unresolved problems of automated video editing tool, such that users can still get satisfying resulted video without the burden of cumbersome editing processes. A system design for such a tool is proposed based on a survey of related literature, and suggestions as well as questions are discussed in this report.