FORscene

Forscene is an integrated internet video platform, video editing software, covering non linear editing and publishing for broadcast, web and mobile.

Designed by Forbidden Technologies plc to allow collaborative editing of video, it is capable of video logging, reviewing, publishing and hosting to HD quality. The system is implemented as a mobile app for Android and IOS devices and as a web application with a Java applet as part of its user interface. The latter runs on platforms without application installation, codec installation, or machine configuration and has Web 2.0 features.

Forscene won the Royal Television Society's award for Technology in the post-production process in December 2005, and is now used internationally. The underlying compression technology and the user interface are covered by separate patents.

Forscene's functionality makes it suitable for multiple uses in the video editing workflow.

For editors and producers wanting to produce broadcast-quality output, Forscene provides an environment for the early stages of post-production to happen remotely and cheaply (logging, shot selection, collaborative reviewing, rough cutting and offline editing, for example) and more recently fine cut editing. Forscene then outputs instructions in standard formats which can be applied to the high-quality master-footage for detailed and high-quality editing prior to broadcast.