Tooltip Tags: Editing

An optical effect in which the image of a scene is gradually replaced by a uniform dark area or vice versa.

A modern film or sound editing system where reels are laid horizontally on ‘plates’ on a mechanized table with sound and picture heads. Most Films are cut using a computer but a few filmmakers do still continue to use a flatbed.

A trade name for a small plastic clip which is used to hold film ends together during film assembly.

An optical effect in which the picture is shown reversed from left to right.

An optical printing effect in which a single frame image is repeated so as to appead stationary when it is projected.

A unit for measuring computer memory capacity, equivalent to 1,000 megabytes (MB).

A data storage and retrieval device consisting of a disk drive and one or more permanently installed disks. Increasingly common for storing sound effects and archiving for future use.

The videotape editing process whereby the final edit list is compiled, usually in a more inexpensive edit room, in preparation for the on-line edit.

This generally identifies a 25 FPS time code standard.