ACTIVITY SUMMARIES: 1  2  3 Video Editors 1.1 Overview 1.2 On-camera editing 1.3 Tape to tape editing 1.4 Computer-aided editing Editing Video 2.1 Editing Concepts 2.2 Transitions 2.3 Adding Sound Video Distribution 3.1 Video quality 3.2 Compression 3.3 Distribution Outlets

ACTIVITY 1: Video Editors

Activity 1.1 - Overview of Video Editors Many people have Camcorders, and videotape many different activities. What seperates the collected jumble of events from a finished "video project" is editing. Editing is your opportunity to make your project shine. You can adjust sequence, add transitions, overdup narration, add sounds and music, and drop in graphics and titles. In essence, you are taking individual pieces of a story and stitching it together. Much of you editing will be based on your storyboards and script ideas [link to previous modules], but you can also take last-minute ideas and work them into your project. You also have the chance to view clips side by side and see if the story you are telling flows properly. Many changes can be made during the editing process. Think of your clips as building blocks that can stack, arrange, and rearrange to create your finished project. The tool you use to work with your video blocks is a video editor. There are two categories of editor - linear and non-linear.
LINEAR EDITORS A linear editor is often thought of as an old fashioned editor, but the concepts used in linerar editing can be applied in many video projects. A linear editor allows you to assemble video clips one after another, in a line.	Graphic | clip 1 | clip 2 | clip 3 |
Originally, linear editing was used in editing film, where a sequece of cells were cut with scissors, then taped in place. Over and over again sections of film were arranged and rearranged. This system led to the termonaligy of a scene being "cut" from the film, and unused scenes ended up on the cutting room floor. Today, linerar editors copy video sequences from one tape to another. Still the process is the same, and the person doing the editing needs to have the entire story sequence in mind while making the edits.
Linerar editing can be done with a professional system, such as XXX	Picture of high end editor
Linerar editing can also be done while filming (see in-camera editing), or with two VCRs or a Camera and VCR (see tape-to-tape editing), so you can easily edit video with equipment available in most schools. One drawback to linear editing is the loss of quality (link to quality module). Each time a clip is written to tape it degrades a bit. Over time, with multiple copies being written, a video may become less sharp, or its audio may become fuzzy.
NON-LINEAR EDITORS Non-linear editing came about with the advent of computer technology and digitial video. Non-linear editing allows the editor to move scenes around easily, split clips, and combine segments quickly, as well as providing ways to easily add audio, animation, graphics, and special effects. Non-linear also expanded the types of transitions one can use to switch between scenes. You don't have to follow the sequence of your story, as you are free to work on any section of the projects at any time, then combine it in the final project. Many filmmakers find non-linear editing a more creative environment in which to work.
There are many high-end computer-based video editing systems, but as personal computing power has increased, these high end systems have been recreated in applications accessable to everyone. Two popular non-linear editors are Adobe Premier and After Effects, for both Macintosh and Windows, and Final Cut Pro, for Macintosh.	picture of Premier and Final Cut
Windows ME comes with a consumer-friendly video editor.	Windows ME editor picture
New Apple iMacs come with iMovie, a slimed down version of Final Cut that is both powerful and easy to use.	picture of iMovie
Wether you use a liner editing system like two VCRs hooked together, or a non-liner system like iMovie, the editing process is where your project comes together, is polished, and is made ready for you to share with others. It is important to have a good story and good clips to work with (links to preproduction and production modules), but the editing process makes the difference between a bunch of unrelated images and a quality project.

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