CHAPTER 20 Digital Editing Fundamentals
Virtually all film projects, whether they’re destined for broadcast, web streaming, or theatrical release, are edited on a digital, nonlinear editing system (or NLE for short). Editing in the digital domain means that all visual and sound components of the project, no matter what their original form, must be transferred as digital data called media files and brought into a computer running specialized editing software. In data form, any piece of visual footage or any piece of sound can be instantly accessed through a computer’s random access capability and easily labeled, organized, duplicated, cut, arranged, rearranged, trimmed, mixed, and manipulated with a mere drag and click of a mouse. ...
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