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Connecting Gallery, Editor and Camera to create quick video stories
Samsung Camera
Samsung PRISM
Rati Sulay
Shivani Rege
Shreyas Bal
Laxman Prasad
Interaction Design
System Design
User Interfaces
To bridge the gap between 3 different apps provided by Samsung used from creating ultra short narratives, we aimed at creating a seamless editing experience to the Samsung users.
As a result, we came up with the solution to add a quantum mode to Samsung camera that can capture and edit videos at the same time.
Background
During the 7th semester of my time at NID, I got an opportunity to work at Samsung through Samsung Prism. It was part of the college internships they were providing.
They gave us the opportunity to redesign parts of the Samsung camera to create a seamless experience between editor, gallery and the video capturing part of the camera.
We were given full freedom to explore new features and interactions. Our team also won the best project out of 8 other teams who were working on the same brief.
Me and 2 other students were selected for the final selection interview.
Strategy
We started by researching on the type of apps people use to edit videos and surveyed social media usage.
Surveys and interviewed people were taken to create user flows. The user flow was compared with several other apps to analyse how they work differently.
Redesigned the brief: “Creating an intuitive and seamless editing experience for Samsung users, focused to create ultra short narratives.”
This left us with 2 opportunity areas:
How do we leverage the interaction with physical objects as a facilitator of intuitive UI control?
How do we leverage digital story telling, to help people engage with relatives and family?
Affinity mapping and Rapid ideation were done to come up with different ideas. These ideas were tried out in story boarding, user flows and rapid prototyping to check the experience.
The final design was developed based on this process.
Design
We were aiming for a holistic experience that integrates capturing, editing and storing video stories into an experience using innovative interactions.
We introduced 3 concepts – Batch editing, Quantum mode and a shared media space.
We also made sure the UI is modular enough to be compatible with Samsung DEX, the mobile desktop experience.
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Capturing using Quantum mode
Introducing timeline inside camera:
The quantum mode allows users to capture videos directly into a timeline.
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Framed View
Pinch in and out to switch between framed view and full screen view.
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Editing Views of the timeline
Swipe up and down on the timeline to switch between three different views:
1. Full screen preview of the timeline
2. The new timeline (Basic default view)
3. Detailed view
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Editing tools of the timeline
All the Samsung’s editing features available in the editor.
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Adding and Editing text
Encourages you to add text, that gets viewers to get hooked on to what follows.
This feature is based on the research result of understanding different hooks for ultra short narratives.
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Adding Overlays and additional content
Quantum mode is not only limited to a single timeline. You can add side by side videos and all kinds of media that gives you ultimate control over what you create.
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Adding multiple videos
Want to react to the video someone else made? Or do you want to add a gameplay when you are explaining something?
Worry not as we now can control multiple videos side by side.
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Audio: snapping to beats
What makes a good video that is often unnoticed is the audio. Several creators struggle with syncing their video to the audio.
Audio sync now gives you snap points to adjust your video duration for better cuts.
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Adding multiple videos
Want to react to the video someone else made? Or do you want to add a gameplay when you are explaining something?
Worry not as we now can control multiple videos side by side.
The Story
Understanding the Issue
Our team started by looking at the project from a micro and a macro perspective. What is out there in regards to Ultra short narratives? How does Samsung camera work? What all assumptions can we make?
We also looked at other apps in terms of features and UX to understand what they are doing better.
What are they better at?
We came up with 3 major conclusions
Insights – opportunity areas
Through discussions and primary research
From Opportunity areas,
We formed our research goals
We set our research goals and followed through with different methods to dissect the opportunity areas. The important methods that helped us were in-depth interviews and affinity mapping.
Insights – Indepth Research
Prioritised Insights from Research Forming a Holistic solution
Insights – Indepth Research
Why should this add value?
Redesigned Brief
Creating a collective viewing / sharing / emoting / interactive experience based on the interpersonal dynamics of a family, leading to quality interactions amongst different generations.
Next Steps
Rapid Ideation
Next Steps
Story Boarding
Next Steps
Mapping Samsung camera
From Process
To Solutions
We understood that the flow is not concise. The 3 different apps have to be integrated through different interaction points. But what if that integration can be seamless through just the camera?
Connecting the dots
Information Architecture of Quantum Mode
We understood that the flow is not concise. The 3 different apps have to be integrated through different interaction points. But what if that integration can be seamless through just the camera?
Project Details
Samsung Camera
Samsung PRISM
Rati Sulay
Shivani Rege
Shreyas Bal
Laxman Prasad
Interaction Design
System Design
User Interfaces
Background
During the 7th semester of my time at NID, I got an opportunity to work at Samsung through Samsung Prism. It was part of the college internships they were providing.
They gave us the opportunity to redesign parts of the Samsung camera to create a seamless experience between editor, gallery and the video capturing part of the camera.
We were given full freedom to explore new features and interactions. Our team also won the best project out of 8 other teams who were working on the same brief.
Me and 2 other students were selected for the final selection interview.
Strategy
We started by researching on the type of apps people use to edit videos and surveyed social media usage.
Surveys and interviewed people were taken to create user flows. The user flow was compared with several other apps to analyse how they work differently.
Redesigned the brief: “Creating an intuitive and seamless editing experience for Samsung users, focused to create ultra short narratives.”
This left us with 2 opportunity areas:
How do we leverage the interaction with physical objects as a facilitator of intuitive UI control?
How do we leverage digital story telling, to help people engage with relatives and family?
Affinity mapping and Rapid ideation were done to come up with different ideas. These ideas were tried out in story boarding, user flows and rapid prototyping to check the experience.
The final design was developed based on this process.
Design
We were aiming for a holistic experience that integrates capturing, editing and storing video stories into an experience using innovative interactions.
We introduced 3 concepts – Batch editing, Quantum mode and a shared media space.
We also made sure the UI is modular enough to be compatible with Samsung DEX, the mobile desktop experience.
“It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
Steve Jobs