Nonlinear editing allows greater flexibility and creativity.
Nonlinear Editing
The advent of digital video and of new, more powerful small computers has brought about what is called nonlinear editing. This allows the editor to go back and change or modify individual scenes at any time without the need to reedit the entire tape from that point on.
The process can vary a little. With some formats the digital video can be transferred directly from the recorder to the editor. Analog videotape will have to be digitized and stored in a digital memory. Some digital tape formats will also have to be dubbed to the editor in real time.
Using a powerful computer with specialized programming, the editor can call up individual shots and scenes from that memory. ...
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