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ARTV 1351 – Digital Video
Chapter 1
Editing Digital Video
Digital video editing is the
process of
• transferring video and other materials into an
editing system
• assembling sequences of pictures and sounds
• first in a rough fashion and
• then polishing and refining the show
• creating and adding titles, graphics, and effects to
enhance the show
• adjusting and mixing the sound
• outputting the finished show back to video-tape or
other media
Styles of Learning
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The Book Method
The Recipe Method
The Research Method
The Reinforcement Method
The Project Method
The Trial-and-Error Method
The Classroom Method
The Buddy System Method
The Mentor Method
What Is Editing?
• digital video editing is the process of
collecting, arranging, and bringing
materials together to tell a story using
pictures and sounds
Why Should You Not Edit?
• documentation purposes
• in-camera editing
• wedding
• graduation
• travelogue
Why Should You Edit?
1. To build stories from the material you shoot.
2. To fix mistakes or eliminate technical errors.
3. To increase or decrease the duration (running
time) of a show.
4. To combine multiple stories or videotapes on one
tape. This could mean adding commercials to a
television program or compiling several shows
on a single videotape.
Why Digital?
• nonlinear editing (NLE)
• stored as binary data
The Precepts of Digital Video
Editing
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nondestructive
lossless
random
intuitive
layered
unrestricted
Hardware and Software-The
Facts
• Hardware
• Speed
• RAM
• Storage
• Software
The Concept of Workflow
• Workflow is the process of creating a show.
• You must have input before you can have
output.
All About Practice
• Learning to use your editing system takes
time,
• but it can be a lot of fun.
Summary
• materials can be accessed randomly
• layered approach working with pictures and
sounds
• nondestructive, nearly impossible to make
an irreversible error
• experiment and create as many versions