Editor
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The term editor may refer to:
As a person who does editing
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As a computer program:
As other uses:
As a person who does editing
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
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- Editor in chiefEditor in chiefAn editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies - Copy editingCopy editingCopy editing is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of text. Unlike general editing, copy editing might not involve changing the substance of the text. Copy refers to written or typewritten text for typesetting, printing, or publication...
, making formatting changes and other improvements to text - Film editingFilm editingFilm editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
, connecting shots to form a sequence then an entire movie - Script editorScript editorA script editor is a member of the production team of scripted television programmes, usually dramas and comedies. The script editor has many responsibilities including finding new script writers, developing storyline and series ideas with writers, ensuring that scripts are suitable for production...
, works with the screenwriter and producer of television dramas and comedies - Literary editorLiterary editorA literary editor is an editor in a newspaper, magazine or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews. A literary editor may also help with editing books themselves, by providing services such as proof reading, copy-editing, and literary...
, in a newspaper or similar, deals with reviews or literary criticism - Contributing editorContributing editorA contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. The contributing editor regularly contributes articles to the publication but does not actually edit articles, and the title...
, a magazine or book-publishing title, sometimes honorary, with a variety of meanings - Managing editorManaging editorA managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...
, senior member of a publication's management team - Sound editor or audio editor, a role of an audio engineer
- Sound editor (filmmaking), prepares the sound mixing a TV program or film
- Picture editorPicture EditorA picture editor, sometimes known as a photo editor, is a professional who collects, reviews, and chooses photographs and/or illustrations for publication in alignment with preset guidelines. Publications include, but are not limited to, websites, books, magazines, newspapers, art galleries, museum...
, or photo editor, collects and reviews photographs and/or illustrations for publication - Editor at largeEditor at largeAn Editor-at-Large is a journalist who contributes content to a publication.Unlike an editor who works on a publication from day-to-day and is hands on, an editor-at-large will contribute content on a regular or semi-regular basis and will have less of a say on a specific field such as layout,...
, a special kind of journalist
As a computer program:
- Character editorCharacter editorA character editor is a program that is used to edit player characters in computer role-playing games.Usage-wise, they are related to player character management software, such as PCGen, for pen-and-paper role-playing games....
, for editing characters in computer games - Digital audio editorDigital audio editorA digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Digital audio editors are the main software component of a digital audio workstation.-For use with music:...
, for editing audio data - Graphics editor, for creating and manipulating visual images
- Raster graphics editorRaster graphics editorA raster graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to paint and edit pictures interactively on the computer screen and save them in one of many popular “bitmap” or “raster” formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF....
, for editing pictures in bitmap or raster format - Vector graphics editorVector graphics editorA vector graphics editor is a computer program that allows users to compose and edit vector graphics images interactively on a computer and save them in one of many popular vector graphics formats, such as EPS, PDF, WMF, SVG, or VML....
, for editing pictures in vector format
- Raster graphics editor
- Level editorLevel editorA level editor is a software tool used to design levels, maps, campaigns, etc and virtual worlds for a video game. In some cases the creator of a video game releases an official level editor for a game, but other times the community of fans step in to fill the void...
, for editing levels of computer games - Hex editorHex editorA hex editor is a type of computer program that allows a user to manipulate the fundamental binary data that makes up computer files. Note that computer files can be very small to very large...
, for editing binary data - HTML editorHTML editorAn HTML editor is a software application for creating web pages. Although the HTML markup of a web page can be written with any text editor, specialized HTML editors can offer convenience and added functionality. For example, many HTML editors work not only with HTML, but also with related...
, for editing web pages - MS-DOS Editor, a plain-text editor for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
- Source code editorSource code editorA source code editor is a text editor program designed specifically for editing source code of computer programs by programmers. It may be a standalone application or it may be built into an integrated development environment ....
, for editing source code - Text editorText editorA text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code....
, for editing plain text - Visual editorVisual editorVisual editors or full screen editors are editing programs which display the text being edited on the screen as it is being edited, as opposed to line-oriented editors ....
, an editing program that displays text onscreen as it is edited - Word processorWord processorA word processor is a computer application used for the production of any sort of printable material....
, for producing and editing any sort of printable material - WYSIWYGWYSIWYGWYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
editor, for editing and visualizing formatted text or graphics - XML editorXML editorAn XML editor is a markup language editor with added functionality to facilitate the editing of XML. This can be done using a plain text editor, with all the code visible, but XML editors have added facilities like tag completion and menus and buttons for tasks that are common in XML editing, based...
, for editing XML data
As other uses:
- Editors (band), indie rock band from Birmingham, England
- Linear video editingLinear video editingLinear video editing is a video editing post-production process of selecting, arranging and modifying images and sound in a predetermined, ordered sequence. Regardless whether captured by a video camera, tapeless camcorder, recorded in a television studio on a video tape recorder the content must...
, editing images and sound recorded on videotape - Non-linear editing systemNon-linear editing systemIn video, a non-linear editing system is a video editing or audio editing digital audio workstation system which can perform random access non-destructive editing on the source material...
, audio or video editing system allowing random access - The Editor, villain in the Doctor Who episode "The Long Game"
- SS Editor, an American cargo ship in service 1919-41
See also
- List of video editing software
- Comparison of video editing softwareComparison of video editing softwareThis is a comparison of non-linear video editing software applications. See also a more complete list of video editing software.-General information:This table gives basic general information about the different editors:- System requirements :...
- Video editing softwareVideo editing softwareVideo editing software, is application software which handles the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a computer non-linear editing systems...