During the last decade or so the possibilities for the home video enthusiast to bring about really impressive end results have seen steady improvement. With the common run of the mill PCs being sold today, it is possible to have a private video editing studio that is almost of a professional quality. Although it seems very long ago when you think about it, it is worth recalling that this was nothing but a wet dream to video enthusiasts in the early 90s. Now let's have a brief look at video editing of today, from the point of view of the typical consumer.
Non-Linear Editing
Non-linear editing is the term used for the process used by state-of-the-art video editing software. In practise that means any portion of your raw material can be accessed quickly at any time - regardless of where in the original footage it is - thus not having to sit there and spend time on slowly jumping the the appropriate spot on the video tape.
Non-linear editing benefits your work both in terms of speed an as far as picture quality is concerned. In linear editing the material often needed to be transferred to another tape, before being copied to the master tape. Each time the material is copied there is a slight deterioration in quality, a process called generation loss.
With non-linear editing there is virtually no loss of quality, as all the system basically does is create a list that dictates in what order the source material is to be played back.
What's Needed Under The Hood
There is no denying that you will need a powerful computer in order to work with video. Still, if you have bought your computer during the last couple of years or so, and not skimped on processing power and mass memory, your computer can probably handle video editing just fine. A slightly older computer may also be brought up to par by upgrading critical components such as the processor and memory units.
Weather you prefer to edit video on a PC or a Macintosh is mostly a matter of personal preference these days, as newer incarnations of both plaforms are well up to the task.
A Private Cutting Room
How much you are willing to spend on hardware and software will naturally dictate what quality you will achieve in the end. If your video hobbe is mostly for personal use, satisfying your own eyes (and ears) is of course all that matters. But Then, if you want the end result to be really impressive, you will have to invest a little bit more - both time and money vise.
Still, as prices on consumer friendly high defnin cameras now have dropped to very affordable levels, and there is more choice among video editing software than ever before, home video makers at levels really have more room for creativity than ever before.
October 9, 2009
By Justin Jones
Get more thorough tips on how to take your home videos to a new level of technical brilliance, including how to choose for your computer, from this website. You can also read more articles on video production at .
Video Editing
Non-Linear Editing
Non-linear editing is the term used for the process used by state-of-the-art video editing software. In practise that means any portion of your raw material can be accessed quickly at any time - regardless of where in the original footage it is - thus not having to sit there and spend time on slowly jumping the the appropriate spot on the video tape.
Non-linear editing benefits your work both in terms of speed an as far as picture quality is concerned. In linear editing the material often needed to be transferred to another tape, before being copied to the master tape. Each time the material is copied there is a slight deterioration in quality, a process called generation loss.
With non-linear editing there is virtually no loss of quality, as all the system basically does is create a list that dictates in what order the source material is to be played back.
What's Needed Under The Hood
There is no denying that you will need a powerful computer in order to work with video. Still, if you have bought your computer during the last couple of years or so, and not skimped on processing power and mass memory, your computer can probably handle video editing just fine. A slightly older computer may also be brought up to par by upgrading critical components such as the processor and memory units.
Weather you prefer to edit video on a PC or a Macintosh is mostly a matter of personal preference these days, as newer incarnations of both plaforms are well up to the task.
A Private Cutting Room
How much you are willing to spend on hardware and software will naturally dictate what quality you will achieve in the end. If your video hobbe is mostly for personal use, satisfying your own eyes (and ears) is of course all that matters. But Then, if you want the end result to be really impressive, you will have to invest a little bit more - both time and money vise.
Still, as prices on consumer friendly high defnin cameras now have dropped to very affordable levels, and there is more choice among video editing software than ever before, home video makers at levels really have more room for creativity than ever before.
October 9, 2009
By Justin Jones
Get more thorough tips on how to take your home videos to a new level of technical brilliance, including how to choose for your computer, from this website. You can also read more articles on video production at .
Video Editing
