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A-roll is the primary story footage, B-roll is the supplementary cover footage, and C-roll is informal texture and mood material. This guide covers where the names come from, how they differ from B-camera, and when to use each layer in a 2026 edit.
AI movie editing in 2026 is real but mostly assistive: transcript search, scene detection, rough assemblies, dialogue cleanup, color matching, VFX cleanup, and subtitles. Creative editorial judgment still belongs to human editors.
Professional video editing follows a pipeline: ingest and logging, assembly edit, rough cut, fine cut, picture lock, then color grading, sound mixing, titles, and export. This guide explains every stage, why the order matters, how to plan the work, and where automation can help without replacing review.
Frame rate (fps) is the number of still frames shown each second. This guide explains what 24, 25, 30, 60, and 120 fps are actually for, why higher is not always better, the PAL/NTSC and variable-frame-rate traps that break edits, and how to pick the right frame rate for YouTube, TikTok, cinema, and slow motion.
A practical proxy-editing guide covering performance bottlenecks, proxy versus optimized media, precise storage math, source matching, variable frame rate, multicam handoffs, and original-media export checks.
