19  Editing

Perhaps the biggest advance in video production in the last few years has been in the editing process.

With the rapid fall in the cost of computer memory, the availability of larger hard disc storage space at affordable prices, faster processors and more advanced graphics cards computer editing is now much more accessible to the smaller video producer. This affordable access to computer technology has given rise to an upsurge in non-linear editing (NLE).

Editing is the process of putting the programme together. Studio productions are largely shot in sequence with all the effects and transitions incorporated. Minimal editing may be required to cut a programme to time, but the cost and complexity of studio work is such that you should ...

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