Electronic film editing system using both film and videotape format

A method for non-linear editing of a program from a source having a temporal resolution corresponding to a playback rate of 24 frames per second, the method comprising:

• storing a plurality of sequences of digital images in a random-access computer readable medium, wherein each sequence of digital images has a one-to-one correspondence with the playback rate of 24 frames per second;
• nonlinear editing of a sequence of segments of said plurality of sequences of digital images stored on the random access computer readable medium, wherein a start location and a stop location of each segment in its corresponding sequence of digital images may be at any frame boundary and are at a temporal resolution corresponding to the playback rate of 24 frames per second;
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• generating a representation of the program from the sequence of segments of the sequences of digital images.

A computer-based system for non-linear editing of a program from a source having a temporal resolution corresponding to a playback rate of 24 frames per second, comprising:

• a random access computer readable medium on which at least one sequence of digital images is stored corresponding to the source and having a one-to-one correspondence with the playback rate of 24 frames per second, wherein the digital images have a first order;
• nonlinear editing means, responsive to user input, for specifying a sequence of segments of the at least one sequence of digital images stored on the random access computer readable medium, wherein a start location and a stop location of each segment in its corresponding sequence of digital images may be at any frame boundary and are at a temporal resolution corresponding to the playback rate of 24 frames per second, wherein the digital images in the sequence of segments have a second order different from the first order;
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• means for generating a representation of the program from the sequence of segments of the at least one sequence of digital images.

A program having a playback rate of 24 frames per second, made by a nonlinear process comprising:

• storing a plurality of sequences of digital images corresponding to a source in a random access computer readable medium, the sequence of digital images having a one-to-one correspondence with the playback rate of 24 frames per second;
• nonlinear editing of a sequence of segments of said plurality of sequences of digital images stored in The random access computer readabIe medium, wherein a start location and a stop location of each segment in its corresponding sequence of digital images may be at any frame boundary and is at the temporal resolution of the playback rate of 24 frames per second;
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• generating a representation of the program from the sequence of segments of the sequences of digital images.