US Patent 10534525 Media editing system optimized for distributed computing systems

A system and method for performing edit actions on media of a first resolution, wherein the media of the first resolution is obtained from a media capture device and the media of the first resolution is stored in a data store. A set of edit actions is obtained, wherein the set of edit actions were previously applied to media of the second resolution, wherein the media of the second resolution is a lower-resolution copy of the media of the first resolution, and edited media is produced by applying the set of edit actions to the at least a portion of the media of the first resolution.