The Principles of Nonlinear Digital Editing In this report, I will explain the principles of nonlinear digital editing, including information about the history of editing and the purpose of non-linear digital editing. editing using software. I will also explain the pros and cons of digital editing and what to expect from a well-edited video. The very first films were not edited at all, they consisted of a single shot and were generally very short. An example of this is an 1898 French film called "L'Arrosseur Arrossée" which was a very short comedy that lasted 1 minute. Around the same time, the Edison Company made a number of short films exposing the possibilities of new mediums. One of those films in particular was "Fred Ott's Sneeze." Tom Edison was an American inventor at the time, he invented the electric light bulb, the gramophone and moving images in cinema. Fred Otts was one of Edison's employees. "Fred Otts Sneeze" was 15 seconds long and no editing was used. The first film to use editing was "Rescued by Rover" in 1905. It was the story of a man saved from drowning in a lake by his faithful dog. The editing used on this film was the basis of cutting the film with scissors and putting the pieces together with glue, this is still used for cinema films. Before the mid-1990s, computers in domestic companies were not powerful enough to do video editing. A television picture consisted of 25 still images per second. Each of these images was composed of 625 lines. Each of these images takes up one megabyte of memory. Therefore, for computers to support this, they need to have plenty of disk space and memory...... middle of paper ...... digital editing ears like the fact that c It's faster than conventional methods, it's inexpensive and more effective. It also offers more effects for films, such as transition effects between shots, it is accessible to more people and has the great advantage of being able to correct errors and undo changes. But just as there are advantages, there must be disadvantages; there is a risk of losing work as computers can be unreliable, the computer crashes and the image quality is poor compared to the film. There are certain things you can expect from a well-edited video, such as good composition, shots that are neither too long nor too short. , matching shots (i.e. using the 180° rule), not overdoing effects, balancing lighting and balance and ensuring the film has a sense of rhythm.