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Geek Speak / Re: Is it OK to flip the image?
« on: 25/01/2014 21:26:04 »
Another reason to flip the video is to avoid "crossing the line" and thus maintain the 180-degree rule of camera positioning and video editing. Breaking this rule presents a reverse cut which most audiences find disorienting. Normally camera positions are well thought out to avoid this unless the disorienting effect was intended by the director. Once in the editing room, it is often too late to go back, reposition the cameras and reshoot the scene, so digital image manipulation may be used as a last resort.