Sorenson Squeeze 4.5

I will assume that you have seen already some HD videos or HD movie trailers. Isn’t that image quality just awesome? It’s like a pure bliss for the eyes, every detail is in its best shape and light. Have you ever wondered what kind of software the film makers use to create such trailers? I can tell that they have many tools, especially for splitting and joining, but also for encoding the final version of the trailer movie file. I have used my “special contacts” to find out: one of the widely used pieces of software is Sorenson Squeeze, created by Sorenson Media, a famous video encoding technology company.

The Sorenson Squeeze suite is considered by many video editors as being the leading-video encoding tool, and we’re just about to see why. First you have to notice the interesting interface that comprises all the complicated functions and the options in a single sleek looking interface. Like I said to one of my friends – not every developer knows how to create professional software – I have to admit – Sorenson Squeeze is not something you get to see everyday – it’s more like you find out about it if you’re a movie producer or something like that.

It’s not the problem of the quality of the software, as it is pretty good and impressive (encoding two or more videos in one go? awesome!), I think the promotion would have to be increased so that it would reach a higher popularity, even outside the “elite” Hollywood circles. From the interface you can already see the exporting formats have some ready-made presets for HD video settings, DVD/CD/VCD/HD DVD/Blu-ray, and also for lower resolutions optimized for the web streaming: MPEG 4 generic, Macromedia Flash Movie and Video, QuickTime MOV files, Windows Media Video, Real Media, MPEG 1-2 and MP3 audio.

Obviously this video encoder has a lot to bring on the table and it is quite capable to satisfy the demands of any customer. The beauty of it is that both professionals and amateurs can work with it without hassle and they can reach the expected results easily.

Applicability: Movie producers, film makers, occasional video editors, all of you can use this software to bring the best out of your videos – a compact size but amazing visual quality. Is there anything else you could ask for?

Pro(s): Yes, like I said, this piece of software is highly effective and very good at encoding videos – well, if the professionals from Hollywood use it, there must be something special about it, right? I would have been tempted to say otherwise but I had a go with it and I was very impressed.

Con(s): There are times when you would have to wait a LOT for the videos to be encoded, especially if you use the multi pass encoding option. But that’s not really a downside – it’s the big and daring price that makes you think twice before buying a license for it about $500, no matter it is a shipped CD or electronic download option. Yeah, it “dares” to have a price even higher than a Windows Ultimate DVD (full 32 and 64 bit version).

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