Web video is everywhere, playing on laptops, through video game consoles, in digital magazines on tablet computers, and even on TVs and mobile phones.
There are many web enabled devices (electronics which connect to the Internet) that produce video and have made quite an impact on our everyday lives. All this web video comes from somewhere, but most camcorders typically don’t record video fit for immediate viewing on the web. Herein lies the challenge: how to get our video playing on the web, and to make sure it looks its best! Some tweaking to the video is needed; our video must be compressed for the web.
Video compression is needed to change our large video files into smaller video files so that they can be shared more easily and viewed online. Luckily for us, there’s a whole world of video compression software to get our video ready for the web. Basic video editing software like Windows Live Movie Maker, usually includes an AVI compressor option for the web. Professional video editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, gives us more advanced, detailed compression options. There are even stand-alone compression software tools like Sorenson’s Squeeze, Apple’s Compressor 4 and MPEG Streamclip that handle video compression without the need for any other software. So whether you want your video looking its best on YouTube, or playing loud and proud on an iPad, video compression software makes it happen.
