Editing Home and Away (section)

===Opening titles===
The ''Home and Away'' opening titles sequence was initially used to introduce the regular characters in the show. The sequences often featured the characters in couple shots or with family and friends, and showed them in familiar settings around Summer Bay such as the beach.<ref name="Classic Credits"/> The titles for the show's earlier years featured black brush stroke cutouts around the character shots.<ref name="Classic Credits"/> 2004 saw ''Home and Away'' introduce new picture frame-style opening titles, with characters shown posing in and out of large picture frames in front of beach backgrounds.<ref name="Classic Credits"/> In January 2007, the show debuted new opening titles along with a new version of the theme song.<ref name="2007 Credits"/><ref name="Classic Credits"/> The picture-frame style was still used, but this time the titles featured framed pictures of the characters.<ref name="2007 Credits"/><ref name="Classic Credits"/> In 2009, the opening was reduced to 15 seconds and the characters were removed from the titles for the first time in ''Home and Away''{{'}}s history. They were replaced by a large photo collage showing various locations around Summer Bay.<ref name="2009 Credits"/> The decision to remove the cast and shorten the titles was due to time restrictions.<ref name="Credits Cut 2011"/><ref name="Series Producer 2012 Interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/soaps/s15/home-and-away/interviews/a401497/home-and-away-producer-lucy-addario-talks-storylines-future-plans.html|title=Exclusive: 'Home and Away' producer Lucy Addario talks storylines, future plans|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|work=Digital Spy|date=24 August 2012|access-date=8 August 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225414/http://www.digitalspy.com.au/soaps/s15/home-and-away/interviews/a401497/home-and-away-producer-lucy-addario-talks-storylines-future-plans.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since then, many viewers in Australia and the United Kingdom have wanted the full-length title sequence with the cast to return.<ref name="Credits Cut 2011"/><ref name="Series Producer 2012 Interview"/>

From 2013 until 2017, ''Home and Away'' used a series of five-second opening titles, which changed every week. The various titles mostly featured scenes of bikini-clad women and shirtless men with surfboards at the beach.<ref name="2013 Opening Titles"/> In 2018, a new series of eight-second titles were introduced along with the return of the show's theme song. The new titles, which currently change during each week, mostly feature two men or two women running down to the ocean for a surf.<ref name="2018 theme"/> A 30-second version of the titles, not aired on Australian television, was released on the ''Home and Away'' website.<ref name="2018 opening"/> The removal of the opening titles was unpopular with ''Home and Away'' fans who wanted them to return.<ref name="returntitle">{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Home and Away makes major change to episodes after 17 years |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a63685703/home-and-away-change-17-years/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=7 February 2025 |date=6 February 2025}}</ref> In January 2025, Wade Sellers of ''[[TV Week]]'' confirmed that the opening titles would return that year following a seventeen year absence.<ref name="TitlesReturn"/> The titles debuted on 6 February 2025 and featured the return of the show's characters in the sequences.<ref name="returntitle"/> The characters were seen posing on the show's familiar beach setting. Some of the cast shots had already been used previously in the show's promotional trailers.<ref name="returntitle"/> The sequence was designed to allow production to easily update the titles following cast departures and arrivals.<ref name="returntitle"/> The titles are only used for certain episodes due to creative reasons.<ref name="returntitle"/>