What Is Non Linear Video Editing?

Long back in the past, when the process of makingand reworking.
movies was not so easy and affordable, most peopleFortunately for us today, we have non-linear video
were happy with the way they had shot their movies;editing available to us. So what exactly is non linear
they would just watch them as it is. In fact, even ifediting? As the name suggests, you do not have to
somebody wanted to edit their movies, it was not soedit the captured footage in any specific order, you
straight since computers were not affordable and useperform the edits in any order you feel is appropriate.
of software was limited only to a few people.With computers becoming powerful and affordable,
To edit their movies, people had to actually cut theirnon linear editing software like Final Cut, Adobe
films with razors, remove the unwanted bits and thenPremiere, etc, will let you easily do all the editing work.
attach the pieces of film together. This is how it usedOnce the video footage is in your computer, it is in the
to work and this type of editing was known as Lineardigital domain, so it is very easy to use drag and drop
Editing.features on them. The non linear editing software will
Back then this was the only method available to theautomatically make all the necessary adjustments to fit
movie editors but today if you look at it, it seems as ifin the clips as per your wish.
it was just so much of wasted time, spent in editing