CHAPTER 10

Getting Ready to Edit

Working with SMPTE Time Code and Postproduction Planning

 

 

 

Whether you will be using a linear editing system or a digital nonlinear editing system, it is important to prepare thoroughly for your editing session (see Figure 10.1). This chapter presents an overview of SMPTE time code, explains how to use it effectively during the editing process, and discusses the principal postproduction planning elements that are common to most projects.

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FIGURE 10.1 Efficient Editing Demands Thorough Planning

SMPTE TIME CODE

One of the most useful editing tools available to the video editor is SMPTE time code. (The complete ...

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