1993-2000

Timeline 6

by John Buck

About The Book

Timeline traces the amazing story of editing's evolution from repairing prints to creating stories. Read how Ubillos, Maltz, Warner, Rady, Kroeker and Molinari defined a new environment for editors. Explore the stories of Scitex, Media 100, KeyGrip, QuickTIme, Final Cut, Premiere, Pinnacle, and others as they build wondrous new tools for editing

“I worked with many of these people but there were many parts of the story I did not know, and learned from Timeline.”

Al Alcorn, founder Atari, Digital F/X

“This is the best history of film/video editing development I've ever seen in one place.”

Ralph Guggenheim, Lucasfilm

“This book will be used as an industry bible for decades to come.”

Basil Pappas, editor, CBS New York

John Buck

Award winning media professional & industry historian.

John has worked in content creation and broadcasting for Australian and international audiences for over 30 years, producing work in multiple genres including documentary, drama, television commercials and web-based media.

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