Video Editing

Video editing is a process of editing segments of motion video production footage to make special effects and sound recordings in the post-production process.Video editing simulates motion picture film editing and the use of linear video editing and video editing software on non-linear editing systems.A director can communicate non-fictional and fictional events using video. The goals of editing is to manipulate these events to bring the communication closer to the original target.The cost of video editing has declined by an order of magnitude or more. Some systems cost so much that the television production facilities could only afford a single unit. Editing was a highly involved process that required the user to be specially trained.

In contrast to any home computer, that has been sold since the year 2000, has the storage capacity and speed to edit a standard-definition video. The two major retail operating systems include editing software, they are Apple's iMovie and Microsoft's Windows Movie Maker.

Recently there have been more advanced commercial products such as:

- AVS Video Editor
- Final Cut Pro X
- AVID Express
- CyberLink PowerDirector
- Adobe Premier Elements

and many other forms of editing software that is available for home computers.

Automatic video editing products have also emerged, which have opened video editing to a broader commercial audience of amateurs and reducing the length of time it takes to edit videos. In 2001, Muvee Technologies introduced their product 'autoProducer' which is a PC-based automatic video editing platform. Other forms of software include Sony's MovieShaker, the final version was released in 2002.