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Sorenson
Hearing a lot about Sorenson software as a way to get superior-looking video for web with files that are small and load smartly.
Pricey though!
Is this software worth the cost,—are there alternatives?
Am using .wmv at 512 for client jobs. Sometimes they’re pretty big files.
256 loads more quickly, but sucks rather badly in quality department.
Any suggestions to achieve great quality with smaller files?
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Go with Sorenson!
I use Combustion, AE 6.5 Pro, particleIllusion, etc. Needless to say, a one minute promotional video can be in excess of 2 gigs by the time I composite it, render it and edit it in Vegas. I use Sorenson to output as Flash, Quicktime and Windows Media. I absolutely love it. It is worth the money. Also, look into Discreet’s, um, er, Autodesk’s Cleaner XL. A worthwhile investment and tool for web delivery and presentation purposes. Good Luck.
Seth
wordtoyomutha
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I have to disagree with the previous comment – Cleaner XL has less and less functionality because Discreet/Autodesk has not updated the product in years, and it is slowly dying on the vine.
If it is working for Seth, great! He must be avoiding bugs that trip up many users. Most people looking to buy something today will go with Sorenson.
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Seth Hancock wrote: I use Sorenson to output as Flash, Quicktime and Windows Media. I absolutely love it. It is worth the money.
Obviously, I use Sorenson. I was just trying to provide the fellow with options. It’s better to be informed than base decisions on one person’s bias. I love Sorenson and would recommend it to anyone and everyone. I have used Cleaner XL and prefer their audio and video “clean-up” tools. You can make certain your video and audio are just perfect before compressing. But if you are good enough at that in post then you don’t have to worry about it and will be happy with Sorenson. Again, worth the money.
Seth
wordtoyomutha
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