Editor

An 'Editor' is a person who prepares text?typically language, but also images and sounds?for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. In career terms, the word has four major senses:

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Image - Sound

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• Print media There are various levels of editorial positions in publishing. Typically one finds junior editorial assistants reporting to senior level editorial managers and directors, who themselves report to senior executive editors responsible for project development to final releases.

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• Visual media Editors in the visual mediums, who may be described as film or video editors, perform a variety of tasks. Assistant editors and production assistants perform preliminary screening and logging of motion picture footage; senior editors are responsible for creative placement of scenes and shots, structural placement of major elements and organization of the entire presentation. Other editors are involved with assembly of the final product and preparation for distribution.

:See related articles at film editor, video editor

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Film editor - Video editor

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• Sound media Motion pictures have many sound editors, this team works with various aspects of picture or program's sound design. These editors construct tracks consisting of assembled pre-recorded dialogue, the audio mixing in of sound effects, foley and music to achieve the desired effect for the motion pictures and television programs.

:See related articles at sound recording, sound effects, DAW

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Sound recording - Sound effects - DAW

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• Computer editor is a program used to make changes to files of a particular type. There are computer editing systems for visual and sound mediums as well as still images. Other types of editors are more technical and edit computer code in various ways needed by programmers and technicians.

:See related articles at word processor, Avid, electronic journalism

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Word processor - Avid - Electronic journalism

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