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How To Edit Video: Reducing File Size

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Video file size can be tricky and the concept of reducing video file size has many technical variables associated with it. You may want to reduce file size to more easily send to your co-workers, or complete your upload to YouTube quicker. Takeaway: Use the MP4 file type to keep quality and reduce file size.

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Preventing Blurry Pictures: The Keys to Clear Images

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There’s nothing more frustrating than blurry pictures. While you can try tinkering in a photo editing program, or shrinking the image and crossing your fingers in hopes that no one looks too closely, the best strategy is to start with crystal clear pictures. But there are, indeed, a bajillion different file types.

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How to Extract Text From An Image: The Definitive Guide

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Capture the text in a file directory (filename, file size, date modified). Luckily, there’s a dead simple way to capture text or convert a picture of text to editable text. The post How to Extract Text From An Image: The Definitive Guide appeared first on TechSmith Blog.

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How to Edit Videos: The Not So Complex World of Video Encoding

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This is because encoding is only half the picture. 265 is to provide a standard that offers greater compression (smaller file size) with better picture quality than is offered by current encoding standards. It’s an exciting prospect to imagine, smaller video files that load faster with better picture.

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What is hi-res?

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Images are made of tiny pixels (picture elements), or squares of color. You usually don’t notice individual pixels because they all blend together to form the picture that you recognize. You can see pixels when you zoom in really closely to a picture, or if you try to enlarge an image beyond what it can handle.

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How to Edit Videos: The Not So Complex World of Video Encoding

TechSmith Camtasia

This is because encoding is only half the picture. 265 is to provide a standard that offers greater compression (smaller file size) with better picture quality than is offered by current encoding standards. It’s an exciting prospect to imagine, smaller video files that load faster with better picture.

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How to Edit Videos: The Not So Complex World of Video Encoding

TechSmith Camtasia

This is because encoding is only half the picture. 265 is to provide a standard that offers greater compression (smaller file size) with better picture quality than is offered by current encoding standards. It’s an exciting prospect to imagine, smaller video files that load faster with better picture.

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