Jay Ankeney

Tape reels give way to nonlinear editors over the past two decades.

This is a story of a lot of pluck, a little luck, and a great deal of talent that is inspirational to every editor.

This has been a pivotal year for the video production industry; fighting a sour economy on one hand and the soaring challenge of HD migration on the other.

You’re an editor right at the scene of the action, riding an adrenaline rush, cutting a breaking story from within a packed remote truck.

Leave it to digital video production and postproduction artists to conjure up images of inspiration that can help turn a year of such tragedy into uplifting optimism.

The annual NAB convention is a chance for edit system manufacturers to float out new ideas, technologies and, ultimately, new products.