Overall, video compression makes it possible and easier to share files between any number of sources. If you shoot video footage on your smartphone for example, chances are it’s being compressed immediately and will be compressed even more throughout your transfer, editing, exporting and uploading process. In today’s modern digital video production process, video compression is quite regular and necessary as the majority of video files which you’ll deal with need to be reduced in order to make workflows possible. However, when done with the wrong software or in the wrong way, video compression can sometimes corrupt a file and make it unusable - so you want to make sure you’re using the proper software and following the right steps. When done properly, a good video compressor can reduce the size of a video file to nearly 1,000 times smaller than the original. This is done by using a specific compression algorithm to reduce the total number of bits needed for each frame (or image) contained in the video clip.
Hey, that’s a great question! Like compression itself, video compression is the process of reducing the overall file size of a video file or clip. Host your videos (and keep ’em high quality) with Vimeo.
