Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Video Editing, Third Edition continues the tradition of its predecessors as a complete guide to video editing for the novice up to the professional, taking them through the conceptual aspects of video postproduction. It covers technical as well as creative aspects of video editing, and its direct approach and accessible style make this book a good choice for students and professionals alike. Video Editing will help the reader to become both knowledgeable about and comfortable with practical editing concepts, techniques, and practices. It possesses a unique combination of technical information, hands-on techniques, applied aesthetics, and discussions of industry procedures, thus making an often intimidating process easy to understand and follow. This new edition provides up-to-date information on the newest technologies and includes extensive coverage of digital editing, as well as random access and digital off-line systems. This timely and significant revision will bring anyone up to speed in the fast-paced postproduction environment. Steven E. Browne is currently the supervising editor at New Wave Productions, where he oversees video finishing of all Walt Disney, Hollywood Pictures, and Touchstone Pictures first-run feature film broadcast commercials. He has over 20 years of diverse and extensive experience as both an on-line and off-line editor. Mr. Browne is also the author of a number of other books including Film/Video Terms and Concepts, Getting That Job in Hollywood, and Videotape Post-Production Primer.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface
• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Technical Aspects of Videotape
• A Brief History of Videotape
• Videotape, Control Track, and Time Code
• Videotape Formats and Their Uses
• Video Scopes, Time Base Correctors, and Volume Unit Meters
• The Video Edit
• Concepts of Videotape Editing
• Creating and Using the Master Log
• Control Track, Time Code, and Computer Editors
• Off-Line Versus On-Line Editing
• Creating Video Effects
• Working with the Image
• Shooting for Postproduction
• Editing Pictures
• Working at the Keyboard
• Operating Control Track Editors
• The Computer Keyboard
• Random-Access Editing
• The On-Line Edit
• Other Editing Processes
• Audio Postproduction
• Editing Film on Video
• Special Circumstances
• Finding a Job in Postproduction
• A Look into the Future
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Glossary

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Booklist Review

Browne's handbook on videotape editing addresses technical and conceptual aspects of working with the medium. Before covering editing procedures, the author describes the various formats and uses of videotape and explains videotape technology in understandable terms. He then tackles postproduction operations and the different types of editing. Both image and audio editing are detailed, as are the operation of various pieces of editing machinery, including computers. Vocational guidance in the field is also offered in the final section. Numerous diagrams, charts, examples, and photographs illustrate the volume. Glossary and bibliography. Index. JB.