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  The term video editing can refer to:

  • non-linear editing system
    Non-linear editing system

    A non-linear editing system is a video editing or audio editing system which can perform random access on the source material....
    , using computers with video editing software
    Video editing software

    Video editing software is application software which handles the editing of digital video sequences on a computer. In the simplest case the video is stored as JPEG image files in a directory....
  • linear video editing
    Linear video editing

    Linear video editing is the process of selecting, arranging and modifying the images and sound recorded on videotape whether captured by a video camera, generated from a computer graphics program or recorded in a studio....
    , using videotape
  • vision mixing, when working with live video signals


Video editing is the process of re-arranging or modifying segments of video
Video

Video is the technology of electronics Videography, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing Scene in motion....
 to form another piece of video. The goals of video editing are the same as in film editing
Film editing

Film editing is the process of selecting and joining together Shot , connecting the resulting Sequence , and ultimately creating a finished motion picture....
 — the removal of unwanted footage
Footage

In film and video, footage is the raw, unedited material as it had been originally recorded by video camera, which usually must be film editing to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work....
,or parts of video, the isolation of desired footage, and the arrangement of footage in time to synthesize a new piece of footage.

Early video recorders were very expensive, and the quality degradation caused by copying was so great, 2 inch Quadruplex videotape
2 inch Quadruplex videotape

2 inch Quadruplex was the first practical and commercially successful videotape format. It was developed and released for the broadcast television industry in 1956 by Ampex, an United States company based in Redwood City, California....
 was edited by visualizing the recorded track with ferrofluid
Ferrofluid

A ferrofluid is a liquid which becomes strongly polarised in the presence of a magnetic field.Ferrofluids are colloidal mixtures composed of nanoscale ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic, particles suspended in a Wiktionary:carrier fluid, usually an organic solvent or water....
, cutting with a razor blade
Razor blade

Razor blade may refer to* A razor* The Razor Blade, a 1920s racing car...
 or guillotine
Guillotine

The guillotine consists of a tall upright frame from which a long, smooth, heavy blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the victim's head from his or her body....
 cutter and splicing with tape. Improvements in quality and economy, and the invention of the flying erase head, allowed new video to be inserted cleanly into an existing tape. This technique was referred to as linear editing. If an early scene needed to be lengthened, all the later scenes would need to be added again. Multiple sources could be played back simultaneously through a vision mixer
Vision mixer

A vision mixer is a device used to select between several different video sources and in some cases composite video sources together and add special effects....
 to be mixed or keyed.

Modern non-linear editing systems are computer-based, though there was a transitional analog period using multiple source VCRs or LaserDisc players
EditDroid

The EditDroid was a computerized analog NLE , developed by Lucasfilm spin-off company, The Droid Works and Convergence Corporation who formed a joint venture company....
. Footage is played and captured on a hard drive. Content is ingested and recorded natively in the approriate codec
Codec

A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoder and/or Decoding methods a digital data stream or signal . The word codec is a portmanteau of 'compressor-decompressor' or, most commonly, 'coder-decoder'....
 which will be used by software such as Avid
Avid Technology

Avid Technology, Inc is an United States company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital Non-linear editing system systems, management and distribution services....
's Media Composer
Media Composer

Media Composer, frequently referred to as "The Avid", is a non-linear editing system. It is the flagship product of Avid Technology. It was released in 1989 on the Macintosh II as an offline editing system....
 and Xpress Pro
Xpress Pro

Avid Xpress Pro was non-linear editing system software aimed at professionals in the TV and movie industry. It was available for Microsoft Windows PCs and Apple Macintosh computers....
, Apple's Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro is a professional non-linear editing software application developed by Apple Inc. The application is only available for Mac OS X version 10.4 or later, and is a module of the Final Cut Studio product....
, and Adobe
Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems Incorporated is an United States computer Computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. The company has historically focused upon the creation of multimedia and creativity software products, with a more-recent foray into rich Internet application software development....
's Premiere to manipulate the captured footage. High definition video is becoming more popular and can be readily edited using the same software along with related motion graphics programs. Clips are arranged on a timeline, music tracks and titles are added, effects can be created, and the finished program is "render
Render

To Render or To be rendering may refer to:*In the visual arts,** Artistic rendering, the process by which a work of art is created* In computer science,...
ed" into a finished video. The video may then be distributed in a variety of ways including DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
, web streaming
Streaming media

Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by, and normally presented to, an End-user while it is being delivered by a streaming provider ....
, Quicktime Movies, iPod, CD-ROM
CD-ROM

CD-ROM is a pre-pressed Compact Disc that contains Computer data storage accessible to, but not writable by, a computer. While the Compact Disc format was originally designed for music storage and playback, the 1985 Yellow Book standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of Binary file....
, or videotape
Videotape

Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to film stock.In most cases, a helical scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data in two dimensions, because video signals have a very high bandwidth, and static heads would require extremely high tape speeds....
.

For the home market, consumer-friendly products such as Adobe Premiere Elements, AVID Express DV, CyberLink PowerDirector, Final Cut Express, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, ULead VideoStudio, Roxio Easy Media Creator, Magix Movie Edit Pro and muvee autoProducer have come on the market with the emergence of computer video editing for the home PC. Two free programs that are bundled with computers are Apple's iMovie and Microsoft's Windows Movie Maker
Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is a basic video editing software included in Microsoft Windows. It contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movie....
. There are many other free opensource video-editing softwares, too.

See also

  • Video server
    Video server

    A video server is a computer based device dedicated to delivering video online.Unlike PCs or Macs, both being multi-application devices, a video server is designed for one purpose; provisioning video, often for broadcasters....
  • Video editing software
    Video editing software

    Video editing software is application software which handles the editing of digital video sequences on a computer. In the simplest case the video is stored as JPEG image files in a directory....
  • Photo slideshow software
    Photo slideshow software

    A photo slideshow software is a computer software application used to display a range of digital photos, images and videos with more flexibility than a Powerpoint presentation....
  • Video remix
    Video remix

    A video remix is a derivative video from the original version, made using techniques of video editing or digital media "mixing". User-generated digital video seen on sites such as Google Video and YouTube provides a large pool of digital video content which can be used as base works for new mixes and remixes....
  • Video scratching
    Video scratching

    Video scratching is a video editing technique used within the music industry. It is a variation of the audio editing technique scratching.It is typically used in either music videos or live performances, with one or more individuals manipulating a video sample to make it follow the rhythm of whatever music is playing....
  • Edit Decision List
    Edit decision list

    An edit decision list or EDL is a way of representing a film editing or video editing. It contains an ordered list of reel and timecode data representing where each video clip can be obtained in order to conform the final cut....