Editor (disambiguation)

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An editor 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