November 2015
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
14h 2m
English
The technology of video editing has undergone significant changes in the past several years. Two different technologies are now used for video editing: the traditional linear videotape-based editing systems and the more recently developed digital nonlinear editing systems. This chapter will concentrate on linear videotape editing. Chapter 12 focuses on digital nonlinear systems.
In linear videotape editing systems, videotape is the recording medium. Edits are made in a sequential fashion, one after the other, starting at the beginning of the program or segment and working to the end. The simplest systems are capable of making only one kind of editing transition—a cut.