Response to Offline and online editing???

I'm going to give you the short answer, okay? An off-line edit is basically a first cut or rough cut of the program. We at Showtime use it to give us a precise feel for the program's look, content and length. Changes are easy to make on an off-line and, assuming you have the time, you can even play around with alternate versions to push the creative. Your footage is digitized at low res for this non- linear edit. Once you have your final off-line cut ready an EDL list is generated by the Media 100 (or whatever system you're using) for your on-line. Now your footage is re-digitized at high res for on- air and the editor follows your final EDL list precisely. This is where you do a final lock for picture, to use a film term,and there should no major changes since this session is the more expensive of the two. If you have to go back to fix an online someone screwed up. That's it, in a nutshell. Hope it helps.

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