Video editing

The process combines all motion video production footage, special effects and sound recordings to create a compelling visual story.

The goal of editing is to combine video and sound to communicate to the audience and allow them to feel emotionally connected to the story.

The VTR was the first device to use magnetic tape and was a revolutionary addition to video editing but had major drawbacks; 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.

In addition, sources could be played back simultaneously through a vision mixer (video switcher) to create more complex transitions between scenes.

[5] In 1984, the invention of the Editdroid created by LucasFilm allowed editors a computerized editing system that stored large quantities of high definition footage.

By the 2000s, NLE had become accessible to everyone, with advanced of central processing units (CPUs) on personal computers giving the ability to edit at home with higher resolutions.

The original 2" Quadruplex system costs 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.

Every social media app, workplace, YouTube video, and educational institute use this skill to create something visually appealing and informational.