C O N T E N T S

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• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Introduction

Chapter 1. FIRST THINGS

• WHAT IS LINEAR EDITING?
  • So What's Wrong with Linear Editing?
  • How Can Nonlinear Editing Help?
  • Is There Anything Wrong with Nonlinear Editing?
• BUZZWORDS
  • Nonlinear
  • Real Time
  • Frame Accurate
  • Broadcast Quality
  • Random Access
  • Digital
  • Desktop

Chapter 2. BACKGROUND

• Novice's Introduction to Production
• The Film Story
• The Video Story
  • The Ghost of RT-11
• History and Moving Pictures
• A Brief History of Electronic Editing  (excerpt)

Chapter 3. FUNDAMENTALS

• Online and Offline
• Timecode
• Types of Timecode (VITC, LTC and Beyond)
• The EDL
  • The Evolution of the EDL
• Film Edge Numbers
  • Keykode®
• Telecine and 3:2 Pulldown
• Cutting Film Using Videotape
  • Preparation for Telecine
• Telecine Logs
• Component and Composite Video
  • Component/Composite Video Format Table
  • Videotape Quality
• Color Space, Gamuts, and the Kitchen Sink  (excerpt)
• Cabling
  • Cable Connectors
  • Balanced and Unbalanced Audio
  • FireWire®
• The Digital World
• Digital Video
• Compression
  • MPEG Profile/Level Table
  • Compression Made Simple
  • Color Sampling and 4:2:2
• RAID Technology
• Digital Media Characteristics
• Bandwidth
  • Video Compression/Bandwidth Table
• Pixels
• Aspect Ratio Basics
• Light and Color
• Typography

Chapter 4. EDITING PRIMITIVES

• What is an Editing Primitive?
• Editing Time
• Editing Flowcharts
• Computers
• File System Organization
• Nomenclature (Reels, Scenes, Takes)
• Primitives of Editing
• 3-and 4-Point Edits
• Synchronization
• Effects
• Editing Ergonomics
• Monitors and Windows
• Timelines
• Fundamental Edits
• Digitizing and Capturing
• Videotape Assemblies
• Printouts

Chapter 5. DISTRIBUTION

• A Brief Review of Broadcasting
• The Economics of Revolution
• Why Shows Cut Film
  • Standards Conversion and HDTV
• A Brief History of HDTV
• Video on the Web
• DVD  (excerpt, includes Bit-Budgeting)
• Video-to-Film Transfers
• Electronic Cinema

Chapter 6. SYSTEMS

• Types of Editing Systems
• Turnkey Systems
• System Interface Historical Overview
• The Best System

Chapter 7. THE REAL WORLD

• Practical Editing Methods
• Deconstructing Production
• Pricing
• Telecine Trouble
• Color Bars and Monitor Adjustment
• Demo Reels
  • Tape Formatting
• Editors's Bag of Tricks

Chapter 8. THEORY

• Horizontal and Vertical Nonlinearity
• Interview with the Author

APPENDICES

• Film Footages
• Binary Counting
• The First Decade of Nonlinear Cinema
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
  
  
• INDEX