5. The development of digital editing technology and techniques.

Software

What is a ‘software’?Software means computer instructions or data.It is also described as operating information used by computers. Many digital videos use specific software's to maintain the quality.

Linear

• Advancement Digital Technology • Linear• The process of selecting, arranging, and modifying the

images and sound recorded is called linear video editing. • The moviola for instance is a device that allows a film

editor to view a film while editing. It was the first machine for motion picture editing when it was invented by Iwan Serrurier in 1924.

• This equipment is used in linear editing and requires the cutting and splicing the film tape.

• 2-inch quadruplex videotape – This is a heavy videotape that many editors carried around.

• Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz7zNDZfwk0

Non-linear – The advancement of editing technology

Non-linearIn digital video editing, non-linear editing is a method that allows you to access any frame

in a digital video clips regardless of sequence in the clipThe introduction of non-linear editing with computers in the early 1990s was nothing short

of revolutionary.

Digital Video editing is non linear with non-Linear equipment you can:• 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