Method used with some stills stores, graphics systems and disk-based video stores to display a selection of reduced size or reduced resolution images to aid choice of stored clips or stills. For moving video, a timeline may be available so clips can be shuttled allowing the full sized images to be brought to use pre-cued.
Browse/edit facilities are used in newsroom systems to provide video editing for journalists on their desktops. The material is stored on a browse server and distributed over a network to the many users. Details differ between models but some allow frame-accurate shot selections to be made with the resulting ‘cuts decision lists’ used to conform a broadcast quality version.