Question about Edited/Non-Edited Recordings

[david456103]

If you have a video that was NOT edited initially, but then you cut an excerpt from it, is that excerpt considered to be edited?

[j_menz]

No, it's an excerpt. Edited means you have changed things within the excerpt.

Edited video does not necessarily mean edited sound (or vice versa). Nor is it necessarily a bad thing - any video that uses multiple camera angles, for example, is an edited video and most are improved by it. Most professional sound recordings are edited for balance/reverb etc to overcome flaws in the recording process. Splicing together different "takes" of a piece is an extreme example and some frown upon it.

[david456103]

@j_menz: that's such a relief to hear!

[david456103]

one more thing: i'm applying for a competition where they require a couple pieces on an UNedited DVD. If I use different takes for each piece in the DVD, but play each piece in its entirety, does that still count as "editing"? All the pieces I play will be on one single DVD.

[j_menz]

As long as the individual pieces are unedited, it will be fine.