| Long back in the past, when the process of making | | | | and reworking. |
| movies was not so easy and affordable, most people | | | | Fortunately 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 if | | | | editing? As the name suggests, you do not have to |
| somebody wanted to edit their movies, it was not so | | | | edit the captured footage in any specific order, you |
| straight since computers were not affordable and use | | | | perform 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 their | | | | non linear editing software like Final Cut, Adobe |
| films with razors, remove the unwanted bits and then | | | | Premiere, etc, will let you easily do all the editing work. |
| attach the pieces of film together. This is how it used | | | | Once the video footage is in your computer, it is in the |
| to work and this type of editing was known as Linear | | | | digital 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 the | | | | automatically make all the necessary adjustments to fit |
| movie editors but today if you look at it, it seems as if | | | | in the clips as per your wish. |
| it was just so much of wasted time, spent in editing | | | | |