Editor (disambiguation)

An

is a person who edits (i.e. makes changes to) documents or audio-visual works. The term can also apply to software and hardware tools used to accomplish such changes.

People referred to as editor

• Authors' editor
  , works with authors (rather than publishers) to make draft texts fit for purpose (sometimes called “manuscript editor”)
• Contributing editor, a magazine or book-publishing title, sometimes honorary, with a variety of meanings
• Copy editor
  , making formatting changes and other improvements to text (sometimes called "manuscript editor" in academic publishing)
• Developmental editor
  , an editor who supports authors before and during the drafting of a manuscript
• Editor-at-large, a special kind of journalist
• Editor-in-chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies
• Film editor
  , person who selects and edits the raw footage of a film to create a finished motion picture
• Literary editor, in a newspaper or similar, deals with reviews or literary criticism
• Managing editor, senior member of a publication's management team
• Music editor (filmmaking), type of sound editor responsible for music
• Picture editor, or photo editor, collects and reviews photographs and/or illustrations for publication
• Script editor, works with the screenwriter and producer of television dramas and comedies
• Sound editor (filmmaking), prepares the sound on a film or television production
• Sound editor or audio editor, a role of an audio engineer

Computer tools referred to as editor

• Digital audio editor
  , for editing audio data
• Graphics editor
  , for creating and manipulating visual images
  • Raster graphics editor, for editing pictures in bitmap or raster format
  • Vector graphics editor, for editing pictures in vector format
• Hex editor, for editing binary data
• HTML editor, for editing web pages
• Level editor
  , for editing levels of computer games
• MS-DOS Editor, a plain-text editor for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
• Source code editor
  , for editing source code
• Text editor, for editing plain text
• Visual editor, an editing program that displays text on screen as it is edited
• Word processor, for producing and editing any sort of printable material
• WYSIWYG editor
  , for editing and visualizing formatted text or graphics
• XML editor, for editing XML data

Other uses of editor

• The Editor, a 2014 Canadian black comedy giallo film
• The Editor (Doctor Who)
  , a fictional character
• Editors (band), an English rock band
• SS Editor
  , an American cargo ship in service 1919-41

See also

• EDITED (company), a retail technology company based in London, England
• All pages with titles beginning with editor
• All pages with titles containing editor