Video editing
The alteration and arranging of video shots is known as video editing. All video content, including films and television shows, video commercials, and video essays, is structured and presented using video editing. Video editing software for desktop computers has drastically democratised video editing in recent years. Because video editing can be complex and time-consuming, numerous technologies have been developed to assist people with this work. Pen-based video editing software was created to allow individuals to edit video in a more intuitive and quick manner. [1]
Types of editing
Video editing software, formerly the domain of pricey equipment known as video editors, is now available for personal computers and workstations. Cutting segments (trimming), re-sequencing footage, and adding transitions and other special effects are all examples of video editing. [2]
Linear video editing is a type of video editing that employs video tape and is edited in a highly linear manner. Several video clips from various tapes are combined onto a single tape and captured in the order in which they will appear.
Video may be edited on computers using non-linear editing systems (NLE) and specialist applications. Using applications like DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Final Cut Pro, this procedure is non-destructive to the raw video material.
The act of copying raw footage from an original source without damaging the original film stock or video cassette is known as offline editing. The original media is then reassembled in the online editing step once the editing is finished.
Background
Linear video editing is a type of video editing that employs video tape and is edited in a highly linear manner. Several video clips from various tapes are combined onto a single tape and captured in the order in which they will appear.
Video may be edited on computers using non-linear editing systems (NLE) and specialist applications. Using applications like DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Final Cut Pro, this procedure is non-destructive to the raw video material.
The act of copying raw footage from an original source without damaging the original film stock or video cassette is known as offline editing. The original media is then reassembled in the online editing step once the editing is finished. Because video tape recorders (VTRs) were so expensive in the early 1950s, and the quality loss from copying was so severe, a 2-inch Quadruplex videotape was edited by visualising the recorded track with ferrofluid, cutting it using a razor blade or guillotine cutter, and splicing with video tape. A solution of extremely fine iron filings suspended in carbon tetrachloride, a poisonous and carcinogenic chemical, was painted on the two pieces of tape to be attached. This “developed” the magnetic tracks, making them visible under a microscope and allowing them to be aligned in a splicer specialised for the purpose.
Home video editing
Video editing, like other technology, has become less expensive over time. Many television production companies could only afford a single unit of the original 2″ Quadruplex system, and editing was a time-consuming procedure that required specific expertise. In contrast, almost any personal computer sold since the year 2000 has the processing power and storage capacity to digitise and edit standard-definition video (SDTV). Basic video editing software is included with the two major retail operating systems: Apple’s iMovie and Microsoft’s Windows Movie Maker. Additional options, usually in the form of more advanced commercial products, are available. There are other open-source[6] video-editing applications to complement these commercial versions. Automatic video editing software has also emerged, bringing video editing to a wider range of amateurs and professionals.