Design Center Tutorial
Manic compression
Bob Donlon
Table of Contents
At some point in the life of a digital video clip, it gets compressed (often several times). The whole idea behind compression is to lower the amount of data in the video to reduce its file size, lower the date rate, or both. Smaller files take up less storage space, and are easier to move around, while video with a lower data rate can be streamed over the Internet, or played back on a slow computer. If it were not for compression, there would be no way to fit a feature film onto something as small as a DVD, or to record high-quality video on a tape as small as the Mini-DV format.
Requirements
To complete this article, you will need the following software:
Adobe After Effects 7.0
Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
Adobe Flash Professional 8
Prerequisite knowledge:
Basic knowledge of digital video
About the author
Bob Donlon, a Senior Manager on the Digital Video & Audio team at Adobe Systems, is an award-winning musician, editor, animator, and author whose credits include “Beavis and Butthead” and “Late Night with Conan O'Brien.”
Bob is the author of several books and magazine articles on video and film production, and has moderated user forums for editors and motion graphics designers. He uses his deep experience in multimedia content creation to educate Adobe users on the skills and techniques of working with Adobe's Digital Video & Audio tools.
