The phrase "heavy editing" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to a thorough or extensive revision process for something such as a written work, an audio or video recording, or other material. For example, "The article underwent heavy editing before we published it."
The videos would need heavy editing and compression, reducing their quality.
Much of the show's dialogue is improvised, and the show requires heavy editing.
The film has had a troubled post-production, with rumoured reshoots and heavy editing required.
There was heavy editing to the first lineup card posted by the Yankees' hitting coach, Chris Chambliss, tonight.
Aloha has suffered a troubled route to the big screen with rumoured reshoots, heavy editing and a release date change.
Heavy editing was required, which Mr Grandage saw as a challenge: "It gives you quite a lot of leeway," he says.
But one publisher finally took a chance on it – despite calling for heavy edits to the original manuscript.
Probing and sometimes leading questions were asked by those impersonating the tissue procurement workers, the process for obtaining the fetal tissue and reimbursing the healthcare organization is discussed, the video gets a heavy edit and sometimes includes stomach-churning images of aborted fetal tissue.
(Maysles at this stage of his career tends to watch cuts and give notes; the heavy edit lifting is done by others).
An attached note suggests Bainbridge was initially enlisted for the project: "Some sample heavy edits that missed the remix deadline... Love to KM, KB & DR".
So, with that vision in mind, we've done a write-through of the AP's story ― a heavy edit that relies in many places on their words and reporting, but casts the article in a broader light.
