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Non-linear editing

Non-linear editing (NLE) is a form of offline editing for audio, video, and image editing. In offline editing, the original content is not modified in the course of editing. In non-linear editing, edits are specified and modified by specialized software. A pointer-based playlist, effectively an edit decision list (EDL), for video and audio, or a directed…

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Non-linear editing

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Non-linear editing

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related to Editor brands · 18
Non-linear editing → Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple's Final Cut Pro, April, As, Avid, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, In, January, Lightworks, NLE, Other, Since, The, This, TV
related to The 1990s · 16
Non-linear editing → Apple Macintosh, Avid, Avid/1, Digital Film, Editing Machines Corp, EMC2, Guide, It, Macintosh II, Media Composer, Michael Rubin's Nonlinear, Non-linear, PC-based, RA, The, Video Editing
related to The 1980s · 9
Non-linear editing → EditDroid, Laser Edit, LaserDiscs, Lucasfilm's EditDroid, NAB, Non-linear, One, The LA-based, VCRs
related to Home use · 8
Non-linear editing → DV, DVD, Early, FireWire, Internet, Modern, MPEG, Various
related to Basic techniques · 6
Non-linear editing → An, It, Olympic Games, That, When, While
related to Broadcast workflows and advantages · 5
Non-linear editing → EDL, In, Once, The, The EDL
related to Quality · 5
Non-linear editing → An, Improvements, Most, NLEs, Storage
related to Accessing the material · 2
Non-linear editing → Because, The

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editing video non-linear system used avid systems software audio media first edit time original data using digital edited editor material

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Apple ProResinstance ofCodecs0.80text
Advanced Video Codinginstance ofCodecs0.80text
MP3 are very widely usedinstance ofCodecs0.80text
as they provide dramatic reductions in file size while often being indistinguishable from the uncompressed or losslessly compressed original.Compared to the linear method of tape-to-tape editinginstance ofCodecs0.80text
non-linear editing offers the flexibility of film editinginstance ofCodecs0.80text
with random accessinstance ofCodecs0.80text
easy project organizationinstance ofCodecs0.80text
timeline editinginstance ofEditDroid was the first system to introduce modern concepts in non-linear editing0.80text
clip bins.The LA-based post house Laser Edit also had an in-house system using recordable random-access LaserDiscs.The most popular non-linear system in the 1980s was Ediflexinstance ofEditDroid was the first system to introduce modern concepts in non-linear editing0.80text
which used a bank of U-maticinstance ofEditDroid was the first system to introduce modern concepts in non-linear editing0.80text
VHS VCRs for offline editinginstance ofEditDroid was the first system to introduce modern concepts in non-linear editing0.80text
HDV has continued this trendinstance ofthe introduction of highly compressed HD formats0.80text

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