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A Comprehensive List of NLE Systems
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[Herb Sevush] “Time has shown me that it is rarely if ever a good sign when a fully formed product is bought up by a larger company.”
Yup. When Avid bought Softimage, nothing good came out of that!
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
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[Oliver Peters] “Cinesco Ediflex”
EDIT: Cinedco Ediflex
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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There was also a hybrid system called the Mickey, which worked on Mac computers. It was essentially a computer controlled A/B roll edit system with the precursor elements of an NLE built in to it. If I remember correctly, the plan was to be both an edit controller, as well as work with digitized elements on a computer EDL, gradually going to a full NLE at some point. I don’t think it made it. I can find no reference to it in my searches, but when I was working as a freelance producer, a facility I used was using it. It was a step above the hardware edit controllers, but not much of a step…
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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EECO Emme (or something like that). An almost uncontrollable linear edit system (the one I worked on controlled MII decks!).
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
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@Joe Bourke
There was also a hybrid system called the Mickey, which worked on Mac computers. It was essentially a computer controlled A/B roll edit system with the precursor elements of an NLE built in to it. If I remember correctly, the plan was to be both an edit controller, as well as work with digitized elements on a computer EDL, gradually going to a full NLE at some point. I don’t think it made it. I can find no reference to it in my searches, but when I was working as a freelance producer, a facility I used was using it. It was a step above the hardware edit controllers, but not much of a step…
This sounds a lot like Matrox Studio which ran on Windows 3.1. We had it in for testing for a couple of weeks back in the early 90’s. It looked great at all the tradeshow demos. In actual use it would be fine up to a point and then something would inexplicably go berserk. At one point, with the sales rep and a producer there in the middle of a project it crapped out once again. I literally went out to my car and cried! It was removed from the premises soon after.
Long before that I used an EECO Ives editor. For basic AB-roll editing it wasn’t bad. No EDL but it did have a GPI to trigger the DSK! LOL
Also used a Calaway which was a software/board package in a DOS computer. For its time it was pretty powerful with extensive EDL, multiple GPI’s and multiple source editing.
I haven’t thought about these systems in years!
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If you open it up to the consumer and industrialr spaces, there are dozens more.
Corel, Movie Edit Pro, and Roxio et al. in the consumer space.
And in industrial video Sony, for example, had their “appliance editors” to accommodate their new tape formulations, like the EVO-9700 and 9720 editors based on 8mm – and later Hi-8 tape.
That’s where I got my start doing corporate work at well below BETACAM level prices.
And if you want to be comprehensive, you’ve also got to look at modern Apps. The Android and iDevice ecosystems are FULL of editorial options.
Sure, none of these will likely turn out a resume film, easily. But they all edit video in a non-linear system, for better or worse.
Know someone who teaches video editing in elementary school, high school or college? Tell them to check out http://www.StartEditingNow.com – video editing curriculum complete with licensed practice content.
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[Scott Thomas] “Speed Razor”
My first NLE was In-Sync Speed Razor, paired with a Fast DVMaster Pro Firewire card. I was shooting with the Sony VX-1000. It was amazing 🙂
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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My First NLE was made by Eastman Kodak company.
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[Mark Raudonis] “It was called FILM.”
Can we call you grandpa now?
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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I remember visiting Post Effects in Chicago around 1990 or 91 and they had, I believe, that DOS based system. Elsewhere was a room where they were doing post on Siskel & Ebert on a CDL switcher.
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