Nonlinear: A Field Guide to Digital Film and Video Editing

by Rubin, Michael; Diamond, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780937404850
• ISBN10: 0937404853
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Triad Pub Co

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition	xi
Preface to the First Edition	xiii
Introduction	xv
First Things
What is Linear Editing?	3	(8)
So What's Wrong with Linear Editing?	4	(1)
How Can Nonlinear Editing Help?	4	(1)
Is There Anything Wrong with Nonlinear Editing?	5	(6)
Buzzwords	11	(8)
Nonlinear	11	(1)
Real Time	12	(1)
Frame Accurate	13	(1)
Broadcast Quality	14	(2)
Random Access	16	(1)
Digital	17	(1)
Desktop	17	(2)
Background	19	(58)
Novice's Introduction to Production	21	(3)
The Film Story	24	(8)
The Video Story	32	(7)
The Ghost of RT-11	38	(1)
History and Moving Pictures	39	(2)
A Brief History of Electronic Editing	41	(36)
Fundamentals	77	(114)
Online and Offline	79	(4)
Timecode	83	(3)
Types of Timecode (VITC, LTC and Beyond)	86	(6)
The EDL	92	(6)
The Evolution of the EDL	95	(3)
Film Edge Numbers	98	(4)
Keykode®	99	(3)
Telecine and 3:2 Pulldown	102	(6)
Cutting Film using Videotape	108	(10)
Preparation for Telecine	113	(5)
Telecine Logs	118	(2)
Component and Composite Video	120	(10)
Component/Composite Video Format Table	128	(1)
Videotape Quality	129	(1)
Color Space, Gamuts and the Kitchen Sink	130	(6)
Cabling	136	(9)
Cable Connectors	138	(3)
Balanced and Unbalanced Audio	141	(2)
FireWire®	143	(2)
The Digital World	145	(6)
Digital Video	151	(5)
Compression	156	(11)
MPEG Profile/Level Table	162	(1)
Compression Made Simple	163	(2)
Color Sampling and 4:2:2	165	(2)
RAID Technology	167	(2)
Digital Media Characteristics	169	(2)
Bandwidth	171	(4)
Video Compression, Bandwidth Table	174	(1)
Pixels	175	(2)
Aspect Ratio Basics	177	(3)
Light and Color	180	(7)
Typography	187	(4)
Editing Primitives	191	(74)
What is an Editing Primitive?	193	(1)
Editing Time	194	(2)
Editing Flowcharts	196	(6)
Computers	202	(5)
File System Organization	207	(4)
Nomenclature (Reels, scenes, takes)	211	(5)
Primitives of Editing	216	(15)
3- and 4-Point Edits	231	(1)
Synchronization	232	(1)
Effects	233	(4)
Editing Ergonomics	237	(4)
Monitors and Windows	241	(3)
Timelines	244	(7)
Fundamental Edits	251	(2)
Digitizing and Capturing	253	(4)
Videotape Assemblies	257	(3)
Printouts	260	(5)
Distribution	265	(50)
A Brief Review of Broadcasting	267	(10)
The Economics of Revolution	277	(3)
Why Shows Cut Film (Standards Coversion and HDTV)	280	(3)
Brief History of HDTV	283	(4)
Video on the Web	287	(14)
DVD	301	(8)
Video-to-Film Transfers	309	(3)
Electronic Cinema	312	(3)
Systems	315	(36)
Types of Editing Systems	317	(4)
Turnkey Systems	321	(3)
System Interface Historical Overview	324	(25)
The Best System	349	(2)
The Real World	351	(24)
Practical Editing Methods	353	(6)
Deconstructing Production	359	(1)
Pricing	360	(2)
Telecine Trouble	362	(2)
Color Bars and Monitor Adjustment	364	(2)
Demo Reels	366	(5)
Tape Formatting	370	(1)
Editor's Bag of Tricks	371	(4)
Theory	375	(23)
Horizontal and Vertical Nonlinearity	377	(11)
Interview with the Author	388	(4)
Appendices
Film Footages	392	(1)
Binary Counting	393	(2)
First Decade of Nonlinear Cinema	395	(3)
Acronyms and Abbreviations	398	(6)
Index	404