The Movie-making Process
The process of making movies — whether film or video — is comprised of:

• Pre-production — preparation including scripting, casting, budgeting, etc.
• Production — shooting film or video, recording audio
• Post-production — gathering visual and audio assets (aka "clips"); developing visual effects, titles and graphics; editing the production, and distributing the finished product

Thomson Grass Valley makes tools designed for use in the post-production portion of the movie-making process.

Thomson Grass Valley Workflow
Thomson Grass Valley makes innovative products that streamline all aspects of the video post-production process. Post-production can be broadly broken down into three types of tasks: Create, Purpose and Deliver. These tasks may not always be undertaken in a linear order, but they are all critical components comprising the post-production process. Correspondingly, Thomson Grass Valley products can be organized into categories that address these three types of workflow tasks:

• Gather your visual and audio assets and capture or transfer them to your digital editing system
• Modify, adjust or sweeten your assets and trim them into clips
• Develop visual effects, titles, and graphics
• Assemble your assets onto a layered timeline with transitions and effects

• NLE (Nonlinear Editing) Software
• NLE Systems
  (Software + Hardware)
• NLE Edit Stations
  (Full Turnkeys)
• NLE Hardware
• Visual Effects Software

• Convert your assets from one format to another (such as analog to digital)
• Prepare your production for distribution in any of a wide variety of popular formats

• Transcoding
• Video Conversion
• Video Capture/Archival
• Scan Conversion
• Realtime MPEG Encoding

• Distribute your productions in the formats your audiences require or prefer

• Video Distribution
• Digital Disk Playout/Recording
• NLE Media