Editing Steenbeck

{{short description|Flatbed film editor manufacturer}}
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| founder = [[Wilhelm Steenbeck]] 
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[[File:Steenbeck 16mm flatbed ST 921 (6498601571).jpg|thumb|Steenbeck 16mm flatbed ST 921]]
'''Steenbeck''' was a company that manufactured [[flatbed editor]]s.  Steenbeck is a brand name that has become synonymous with a type of [[Flatbed editor|flatbed]] [[film editing]] suite which is usable with both [[16 mm film|16 mm]] and [[35mm movie film|35 mm]] [[Sound-on-film|optical sound]] and [[Sound-on-film|magnetic sound]] film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/preservation/audiovisual_terms/audiovisual_item.php?term=Steenbeck|title=Steenbeck|year=2007|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)|access-date=2008-04-20}}</ref>

The Steenbeck company was founded in 1931 by [[Wilhelm Steenbeck]] in [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]]. Since then, Steenbeck editing tables have become ubiquitous in the [[film editing]] community and have seen significant use in television production.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=John|first=Ellis|last2=Nick|first2=Hall|date=2018-04-11|title=ADAPT|journal=Figshare|language=en-US|doi=10.17637/rh.c.3925603.v2}}</ref> In total, more than 25,000 machines are in operation around the world.<ref name=":0" /> The company relocated to [[Venray]], [[Netherlands]], in September 2003, and went out of business in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.steenbeck.com/history.html |website=Steenbeck |title=Steenbeck Company History |access-date=2023-01-11}}</ref>https://www.faillissementsdossier.nl/en/bankruptcy/1841457/steenbeck-b-v.aspx
[[File:Steenbeck-rollers.jpg|thumb|Steenbeck film editing machine rollers]]
Despite the move away from physical [[film stock]] – much editing is now based on [[digital media]] – devices such as the [[Lightworks]] [[non-linear editing|non-linear film editing]] controller and archives still use the Steenbeck for controlling the process. The Steenbeck's lower light levels and controllable speed make it a preferred piece of equipment for film archives (such as the [[Library of Congress]]'s motion picture collection) and restoration facilities as prints can be quickly and easily inspected with less risk of damage compared with a [[movie projector]]. Because there is no intermittent movement, the image is created through a rotating prism which scans the frames. Steenbeck machines were known to be exceptionally easy on film stock, due to their use of soft-edged [[nylon]] rollers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[https://doi.org/10.17637/rh.5987590.v1 Demonstration of Steenbeck 16mm editing table by former BBC film editors]
*[http://www.steenbeck.com Official company site]

[[Category:Filmmaking]]
[[Category:Film production]]
[[Category:Film and video technology]]
[[Category:Film editing]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1931]]
[[Category:1931 establishments in Germany]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies of the Netherlands]]


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