Digital Commons at Penn State

Since the computer has control over each pixel of each frame of every video clip, digital video allows for a wide range of special effects. These include adding titles (text), adjusting brightness and contrast, compositing (combining multiple images), and performing 2D and 3D digital video effects (DVEs).

Digital video also allows "nonlinear editing," which allows you to take parts of a video and paste them together in any order that you wish.