Editing Video editing (section)

==Home video editing==
[[File:A fabulous birthday (23491654620).jpg|thumb|A woman editing a video using [[iMovie]]|upright=1.2]]
Like some other technologies, the cost of video editing has declined over time. The original 2" Quadruplex system costs so much, that many television production facilities could only afford a single unit, and editing was a highly involved process that required special training.

In contrast to this, nearly any home computer sold since the year 2000 has the speed and storage capacity to digitize and edit [[standard-definition television]] (SDTV). The two major retail operating systems include basic video editing software – [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[iMovie]] and [[Microsoft]]'s [[Windows Movie Maker]]. Additional options exist, usually as more advanced commercial products. As well as these commercial products, there are [[open source|open-source]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://taleproduction.com/video-production/best-free-video-editing-software/|title=Best free video editing software|publisher=Tale Production|access-date=25 August 2017|archive-date=25 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825184404/https://taleproduction.com/video-production/best-free-video-editing-software/|url-status=dead}}</ref> video-editing programs. Automatic video editing products have also emerged, opening up video editing to a broader audience of amateurs and reducing the time it takes to edit videos. These exist usually as media storage services, such as [[Google]] with its [[Google Photos]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6128826?co=GENIE.Platform=Android&hl=en|title=Create movies, animations & collages - Android - Google Photos Help|website=Support.google.com|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref> or smaller companies like Vidify.