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Video editing is the manipulation and arrangement of video shots. Video editing is used to structure and present all video information, including films and television shows, video advertisements and video essays. Video editing has been dramatically democratized in recent years by editing software available for personal computers. Editing video can be difficult and tedious, so several technologies have been produced to aid people in this task. Pen based video editing software was developed in order to give people a more intuitive and fast way to edit video.^[1]

Final Cut Pro is a series of non-linear video editing software programs first developed by Macromedia Inc. And later Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro 10.5.1, runs on Mac computers powered by macOS Mojave 10.14.6 or later. Use free video software to create and edit videos of any complexity from a family greeting card to a company presentation. Cut, merge video files, apply visual and audio effects, use filtration and image correction, make slideshows and add an appropriate soundtrack.

Types of editing

Fission 2 4 5 – streamlined audio editor tool. Though once the province of expensive machines called video editors, video editing software is now available for personal computers and workstations. Video editing includes cutting segments (trimming), re-sequencing clips, and adding transitions and other Special Effects.^[2]

• Linear video editing uses video tape and is edited in a very linear way. Several video clips from different tapes are recorded to one single tape in the order that they will appear.

• Non-linear editing systems (NLE) allow video to be edited on computers with specialized software. This process is not destructive to the raw video footage and is done by using programs such as DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro.

• Offline editing is the process by which raw footage is copied from an original source, without affecting the original film stock or video tape. Once the editing is complete, the original media is then re-assembled in the online editing stage.

• Online editing is the process of reassembling the edit to full resolution video after an offline edit has been performed. It is done in the final stage of a video production.

• Cloud-based editing is the process of utilising the internet to work with content remotely, collaboratively or of a time-critical nature such as editing of live sports events in real-time using video proxies (lower resolution copies) of original material.

• Vision mixing is used when working within live television and video production environments. A vision mixer is used to cut live feed coming from several cameras in real time.

Background

Video editing is the process of editing segments of motion video production footage, special effects and sound recordings in the post-production process. Motion picture film editing is a predecessor to video editing and, in several ways, video editing simulates motion picture film editing, in theory and the use of linear video editing and video editing software on non-linear editing systems (NLE). Using video, a director can communicate non-fictional and fictional events. The goal of editing is to manipulate these events to bring the communication closer to the original goal or target. It is a visual art.^[3]

Early 1950s video tape recorders (VTR) were so expensive, and the quality degradation caused by copying was so great, that a 2-inch Quadruplex videotape was edited by visualizing the recorded track with ferrofluid, cutting it with a razor blade or guillotine cutter, and splicing with video tape. The two pieces of tape to be joined were painted with a solution of extremely fine iron filings suspended in carbon tetrachloride, a toxic and carcinogenic compound. This 'developed' the magnetic tracks, making them visible when viewed through a microscope so that they could be aligned in a splicer designed for this task.

Improvements in quality and economy, and the invention of the flying erase-head, allowed new video and audio material to be recorded over the material already present on an existing magnetic tape. This was introduced into the linear editing technique. If a scene closer to the beginning of the video tape needed to be changed in length, all later scenes would need to be recorded onto the video tape again in sequence. In addition, sources could be played back simultaneously through a vision mixer (video switcher) to create more complex transitions between scenes. A popular 1970-80s system for creating these transitions was the U-matic equipment (named for the U-shaped tape path). That system used two tape players and one tape recorder, and edits were done by automatically having the machines back up, then speed up together simultaneously, so that the edit didn't roll or glitch. Later, in the 1980-90's came the smaller beta equipment (named for the B-shaped tape path), and more complex controllers, some of which did the synchronizing electronically.

There was a transitional analog period using multiple source videocassette recorders (VCR) with the Montage Picture Processor^[4] and Ediflex^[5], or EditDroid using LaserDisc players, but modern NLE systems edit video digitally captured onto a hard drive from an analog video or digital video source. Content is ingested and recorded natively with the appropriate codec that the video editing software uses to process captured footage. High-definition video is becoming more popular and can be readily edited using the same video editing software along with related motion graphics programs. Video clips are arranged on a timeline, music tracks, titles, digital on-screen graphics are added, special effects can be created, and the finished program is 'rendered' into a finished video. The video may then be distributed in a variety of ways including DVD, web streaming, QuickTime Movies, iPod, CD-ROM, or video tape.

Home video editing

Like some other technologies, the cost of video editing has declined over time. The original 2' Quadruplex system cost so much that many television production facilities could only afford a single unit, and editing was a highly involved process that required special training. In contrast to this, nearly any home computer sold since the year 2000 has the speed and storage capacity to digitize and edit standard-definition television (SDTV). The two major retail operating systems include basic video editing software - Apple's iMovie and Microsoft's Windows Movie Maker. Additional options exist, usually as more advanced commercial products. As well as these commercial products, there are opensource^[6] video-editing programs. Automatic video editing products have also emerged, opening up video editing to a broader audience of amateurs and reducing the time it takes to edit videos. These exist usually as media storage services, such as Google with its Google Photos^[7] or smaller companies like Vidify.

Applications

Video editing can be used for many purposes such as education, entertainment, and documentation.^[8]

• Virtual reality—Advancements are being made to help with editing spherical video used in virtual reality settings. The ability to edit in virtual reality was created so that users would be able to check their video edits in real time, without having to continually view the video in a headset between edits.^[9]
• Social media—Video editing can be used for entertainment and other purposes on YouTube and other social media sites. School teachers have used video editing to help their students retain information and extend lessons outside the classroom.^[10]

See also

References

1. ^Cabral, Diogo; Correia, Nuno (March 2017). 'Video editing with pen-based technology'. Multimedia Tools and Applications. 76 (5): 6889–6914. doi:10.1007/s11042-016-3329-y. ISSN1380-7501. S2CID38076334.
2. ^'What is video editing?'. Webopedia. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
3. ^'The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-1 « Video University'. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
4. ^American Cinemeditor Fall-88 Vol.38 #3 pg. Nine http://americancinemaeditors.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ce88fall88.pdf
5. ^New York Times, Film Editing Goes Electronic 10/19/1996 pg. 4F https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/19/business/film-editing-goes-electronic.html
6. ^'Best free video editing software'. Tale Production. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
7. ^'Create movies, animations & collages - Android - Google Photos Help'. Support.google.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
8. ^Mackay, Wendy E.; Davenport, Glorianna (July 1989). 'Virtual video editing in interactive multimedia applications'. Communications of the ACM. 32 (7): 802–810. doi:10.1145/65445.65447. S2CID11325781.
9. ^Nguyen, Cuong; DiVerdi, Stephen; Hertzmann, Aaron; Liu, Feng (2017). 'Vremiere: In-Headset Virtual Reality Video Editing'. Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '17. Denver, Colorado, USA: ACM Press: 5428–5438. doi:10.1145/3025453.3025675. ISBN9781450346559. S2CID10639858.
10. ^Dreon, Oliver; Kerper, Richard M.; Landis, Jon (May 2011). 'Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Teaching and Learning in the YouTube Generation'. Middle School Journal. 42 (5): 4–10. doi:10.1080/00940771.2011.11461777. ISSN0094-0771. S2CID12395064.

External links

Media related to Video editing at Wikimedia Commons

VSDC Free Video Editor is a non-linear editing (NLE) application developed by Multilab LLC. The program^[1] is capable of processing high-resolution footage including 4KUHD, 3D and VR360-degree videos. VSDC allows for applying post production effects, live color correction, and motion tracking. It supports VirtualDub plug-ins as well as the ability to capture video from screen, record voice, save multimedia files to numerous formats including those pre-configured for publishing on Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.^[2]

• https://nqieuu.over-blog.com/2021/01/macfamilytree-8-5-4-x-6.html. Cropping

• Quick styles

• Color correction

• Export profiles

Overview[edit]

VSDC runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10. The editor supports video and audio files recorded on smartphones, action cameras, professional cameras, drones,^[3] and can be used for all common video editing tasks^[4] necessary for producing broadcast-quality, high-definition video.^[5]

Video processing[edit]

Basic video editing features[edit]

• Cutting, splitting into parts, merging, trimming, cropping, rotating, flipping, playing backwards, volume changing
• Resizing, quality and resolution settings
• Video stabilization
• Speed change
• Text and subtitles insertion
• Slideshow wizard offering 70+ transition effects
• Snapshots
• DeLogo filter automatically hiding unwanted elements in a video with a blurred or pixelated mask
• 360-degree video to 2D video conversion
• 3D video to 2D video conversion
• Quick Instagram-like filters
• Inpainting mask modes to help repair corrupted pieces of an image or a video.
• Full-featured text editor for titles and text-related effects.
• Embedded video converter supporting more than 20 formats
• Built-in screen recorder
• Built-in voice recorder^[6]

Advanced post-production[edit]

Motion tracking—the software allows for tracking the movement of any element in a video and attaching a title, an icon, an image, or a mask to the resulted trajectory. With this feature, users can apply a censorship mask to a moving object, and make a title follow the object it's attached to.
Color correction
Apart from the standard tools of automatic contrast, brightness, and temperature adjustment, VSDC^[7] offers color correction solutions:

• Color correction tables (LUTs)
• RGB curve modifying the aspect of the whole video or image per selected color (red, green, blue or white).
• Hue Saturation curves defining color region per six colors and enables to modify the aspect of a video or an image based on the selected color.
• Gradient tool allowing for creating a gradual blend between multiple colors
• 20+ standard color adjustments

Mask tool – enables to apply one or several filters to a certain part of a video or an image
30+ blending modes
Movement – the objects on the scene can move following a chosen trajectory
Animation – illusion of motion and change of any static objects in the scene by means of the rapid display of a sequence of these objects
Video effects:

• Chroma key^[8] - a tool that allows for replacing a solid color background (typically green or blue) in a video or an image.
• 15 filters including Deinterlacing, Pixelize, Delogo, and Blur
• 8 transformation effects including Zoom, Mirror, Distort, and Resample
• OpenGL effects: Lens flare, Bokeh glare, and Raindrops
• 5 transition types with transparency feature
• Dynamic TV effects (Aging TV, Broken TV, Noise TV)
• VirtualDub plugins support

AI Art Generator - the feature that allows for producing artistic interpretations of images and videos
Charts and diagrams - 3D charts including Pie, Radar, Bar, Spline, Step Line, Spline area, Funnel, Pyramid, etc. for optimized display of any complex data
360-degree and 3D video editing

Audio processing[edit]

Mac premiere cc. VSDC allows for splitting a video into audio and video layers and editing them as separate elements: as waveforms and video tracks.
Audio editing tools and effects:

• The Audio Spectrum tool animates a waveform to the rhythm of music or any other sounds.
• The built-in Voice over feature allows for recording voice and adding it to the footage.
• Audio amplitude effects (normalization, fading in and out, amplification) help to correct an imperfect soundtrack.
• Delay, time-stretch and reverse effects are tailored to give audio tracks relevant sounding: as if sung by a chorus, stretched in time or played backward.
• DeNoise tools (Median filter and Audio gate) for audio noise reduction.
• Simultaneous work with several audio tracks
• Edit the beat - a tool for automated synchronization of video effects and the music beat.

Formats and codecs[edit]

Lightworks Video Editor

References[edit]

1. ^Ellis, Cat. 'VSDC Free Video Editor review'. Techradar. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
2. ^Williams, Mike. 'A powerful (but complex) video editor'. www.pcadvisor.com. PCadvisor. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
3. ^'What's the best software for editing drone videos?'. The Guardian. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
4. ^Marshall, Adam. 'The best video editing software 2019'. Techradar.com.
5. ^Widder, Brandon. 'The Best Video Editing Software'. digitaltrends.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
6. ^Lynch, James. 'VSDC Free Video Editor, editorial review'. Software.informer.com. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
7. ^Download.com, staff. 'Editor's review'. download.cnet.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
8. ^'How to Add Hollywood Special Effects to Your Videos'. The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2019.

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