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Remember I said the hard, technical part of nonlinear editing was at the beginning, setting up and setting preferences, logging, and capturing; the fun part was the editing in the middle; and the easy part was the outputting at the end? Well, we’re finally up to the easy part: the output. These are the two basic ways of outputting:

  • Exporting, if you’re going to another computer application or CD or DVD or Web delivery

  • Going back to tape, if you’re going to traditional tape delivery

Let’s look at outputting to tape first. The two ways to get material from your computer to tape are record to tape and print to video.

RECORD TO TAPE ...

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