G2

Caleb B.

Design Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 7/7/2020

"Necessary for any Video Editor"

4/5

What do you like best about Compressor?

I love the fact that Compressor helps make video files far more manageable in size. Final Cut Pro will export a far larger file. This gets it down to the right size. Plus, it has a ton of options for how to export the file. Whenever I make a ceremony video for a wedding client, Compressor makes it far easier to deliver the video to the client, especially with the longer weddings. And when I back up the footage and projects for the weddings, I'm able to do so without using as much space for the final exported video. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Compressor?

I don't like that sometimes Compressor fails without much reason during an export. It doesn't happen a lot but it does happen and it is frustrating when it happens on a 2 hour export. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Compressor:

You won't regret using Compressor because it makes files so much easier to work with post-editing. I would recommend you have a computer that has enough processing power because it will get hot when compressor is running. Overall, I've been able to using it very effectively with just a laptop but it will use a lot of processing power. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Compressor solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it almost entirely for wedding videos that I film. I then put the films on USB flash drives and send to my clients. Compressor solves my problems by making the files much smaller for the flash drives. And it retains a lot of the quality of the videos. I love the number of options that Compressor gives for exporting these videos as well, in terms of file types. Plus, it's so integrated into Apple's package of software, it makes it easy to import projects to Compressor from Final Cut Pro X or Motion. One of the benefits I've realized is that it is simple in how it's set up. It makes it fairly easy to find the file types I want to use for exporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.