Basic Betacam Camerawork, 3rd Edition

Editing technology

Video tape editing started with a primitive mechanical cut and join system on 2-inch tape. As tape formats changed more sophisticated electronic methods were devised but the proliferation of recording formats (including the introduction of disc) meant that nearly all formats have their individual designated editing systems or they need to be dubbed to the preferred editing format. In news programmes and in many other types of programming there is also the need to use library material, which may be originated on a superseded and/or obsolete format. The lack of the simple standardization of film (i.e. it is either 35 mm or 16 mm with the complication of changing aspect ratios) has meant that a number of different video editing ...