• Introduction
• Overview
• How to Use the Open Video Workbook
• Subtitling
• Terms & Techniques: Subtitling
• Case Study: Into the Fire
• Hands-On: Creating Subtitles with Amara
• Resources: Subtitling
• Online Distribution
• Terms & Techniques: Online Video Distribution
• Case Study: Engage Media
• Hands-On: Uploading a Video with Plumi
• Resources: Online Video Distribution
• Creating an Open Video File
• Terms & Techniques: Open Video Files
• Hands-On: Creating Open Video Files with FireFogg
• Hands-On: Creating Open Video Files with Miro Converter
• Resources: Open Video Files
• Enhancing Web Video
• Terms & Techniques: Enhancing Web Video
• Case Study: Popcorn Maker
• Hands-On: Using Popcorn Maker
• Case Study: Popcorn.js
• Hands on: Using Popcorn.js
• Resources: Taking Popcorn Further
• Editing Video
• Terms and Techniques: Video Editing
• Case Study: Video Editing for The Record
• Hands-On: Editing an Interview with Kdenlive
• Resources: Video Production
• Creating a DVD
• Terms & Techniques: DVD Authoring
• Case Study: Straight-to-DVD Distribution
• Hands-On: DVD Authoring
• Resources: More on DVDs
• Projection
• Terms & Techniques: Video Projection
• Case Study: SDNA
• Hands-On: Video Projection Mapping with LPMT
• Resources: Projection
• Transcoding and Video Codecs
• Case Study Preparing Mobile Video for Editing
• Hands-On: Transcoding Files with FFmpeg
• Hands-On: Using a Graphical User Interface vs Command Line
• Resources: Using Command Line
• Streaming
• Hands-On: Streaming Video with VLC
• Resources: Streaming
• Appendix
• Outlook: The Politics of Code
• About the Authors

Terms and Techniques: Video Editing

By the end of this module you will

• have a good understanding of how a video editor works
• be able to apply this knowledge to a wide range of other projects.

Tools you will need for this module:

• Internet Connection
• a computer able to run Kdenlive or similar video editing application
• video footage to edit with

Video Editing: A process of taking video footage shot on video cameras and rearranging it to make it easier to watch.

Kdenlive: Kdenlive is a Free Software video editing application that works with a large number of different video formats

Top and Tail: To cut off the beginning and end of video clips

Video Clip: A video clip is a short section of video footage.

Timeline: A timeline is a series of video clips arranged in a narrative order one after the other.

Rendering: Rendering is the process where a video editing application takes your edited timeline and creates a new video file that can be viewed with other programs