The Technology of Editing

• There has been competition regarding what the best camera is. •Digital cameras have improved over the years, to reach film cameras in terms of megapixels.•

Film size

•There have been mind-blowing types of film sizes used over the years.•Each film is measured in ‘mm ‘ meaning the wider the film in mm , gives you a better picture quality.

Digital Resolution

• Frames are broken into small pixels and it depends what camera or television you have. But the more pixels you use, the better quality it comes out.

Aspect Ratio

• The ratio of the width of an image to its height, usually the ratio is 4:3.

Standard definition High definition

Either PAL (UK) or NTSC (USA) Increase in display or visual image

Low quality than HD

Either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio

Can be broadcast/ shown in Digital (Freesat)DV PAL is a SD format – we use it lots.

Capture formats

FormatsComputers encode videos in lots of different ways.

The right digital format

•Important to use the right format to maintain quality.•Some editing systems cant accurately edit with certain formats due to problems caused by compression

Online vs OfflineOnline editing Offline editing

uses the highest possible quality to edit.

Import the footage at a lower level of quality

The takes large amount of computer power and storage – when working with very large formats (2K/4K) not a good idea.

Modern computers can deal with 1080p footage online.

Re-import the footage used in the edit at high quality ready for final export.

Linear vs Non LinearLinearThe process of selecting, arranging, and modifying the images and sound recorded is called linear video editing. This video can be captured by video camera, or even generated from computer graphics

Non linear•Digital Video editing is non linear•You can reorder the footage and make changes at any time without any major problem•You can go back and change an edit easily•You can make fine adjustments•You can create digital transitions and effects easily and quickly