This process adds and shapes the sounds in a film, like footsteps, ambience, and effects.
Sound design
This is the "first" popular editing software that comes to mind.
Premiere Pro (Adobe)
This process ensures that footage looks natural and consistent before creative grading begins, by balancing exposure, contrast, and white balance.
Colour correction
This software is widely used for motion graphics, compositing, and basic VFX tasks.
Adobe After Effects
This type of footage is used to support the main action of a film or video, often showing secondary scenes or reactions without dialogue.
B-Roll
The process where dialogue, sound effects, and music are blended together into a final audio track is known as this.
This editing software has been around since 1989, making it a true classic in the industry.
Avid Media Composer
This process enhances the mood and style of a film by creatively adjusting colors, contrast, and tones beyond basic correction.
Colour grading
Named after a kitchen appliance, this software is popular for 3D animation.
Blender
These raw, unedited clips are reviewed by the director and editor daily to assess performance and continuity.
Dailies
This process involves creating original music to enhance a film's emotional tone and storytelling.
Scoring/Composition
This process involves aligning audio with video to ensure they match up perfectly.
Syncing
This popular colour grading software was named after a famous painter.
Davinci Resolve
What does CGI stand for?
Computer generated imagery
This type of schedule helps outline all the tasks and deadlines leading up to a project’s completion, ensuring everything is done on time by working backward from the final deadline.
Work back schedule
This type of music is pre-recorded and licensed for use in films without the need for original composition.
Stock music
Transcodes/Proxies
Teal and orange
This 1993 film is famously known for revolutionizing the use of CGI and animatronics in filmmaking.
Jurassic Park
This editing technique involves cutting from one shot to another where the composition or action creates a seamless visual link.
ADR is audio process used to sync recorded dialogue with the visuals in post-production. What does it stand for?
Automated Dialogue Replacement
Once the final cut is approved and no more edits can be made, the film reaches this stage.
Picture Lock
A LUT is a preset color grade used to achieve a specific visual look. What does LUT stand for?
Look-Up Table
This animation technique involves photographing objects frame by frame to create the illusion of movement, often used in films like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline.
Stop Motion
This type of footage features the main subjects of a film or video, often including interviews, dialogue, or primary action scenes.
A-Roll