Size needn’t be a problem when editing videos.
Many business owners shy away from outsourcing video editing services to overseas professionals because of the file sizes involved.
Editing can be a fascinating task, but it is so time-consuming that you need to have some help, or you won’t find time for the other important tasks, which will enable your business to grow.
A video editing service contractor can save you a lot of valuable time. In fact, there are ways to outsource video editing effectively by using a combination of common sense and web tools available today. You simply need to decide what editing to outsource overseas and what to keep in-house.
Firstly, before deciding how to edit a video, consider whether the quality needs to be the highest, how long it is and what the file size is as these will vary for different types of video.
You may want to keep the editing in-house for high-quality corporate videos. On the other hand, you may need to use a specific video editing service for videos created specifically to drive traffic to your website. They will sit on YouTube and other video hosting sites. The quality demanded will not be as high, and there will be limits on the video length, which will affect the file size. These types of videos may be just the type that can be sent overseas for editing.
Of course, you want a great job done for any videos you make, but you can change the way you edit videos by considering their intended use and the quality they need to be.
There are several tools you can use to send larger files overseas. There is YouSendIt, one of the most popular and secure online sharing software products, which allows you to easily send large files and email attachments from a desktop or mobile device. Then you have Transfer Big Files, which allows you to send and share large files that are generally too large to email. It allows you to upload a file to their servers and sends a link to a page where the recipient can then retrieve the file.
DropBox is a web-based file hosting service that uses cloud storage to enable users to store and share files and folders with others across the internet using file synchronisation. There are free and paid services, each with varying options.
LogMeIn is another service that allows you to provide a contractor with access to your computer, so editing can be done remotely on your workstation. TeamViewer, another service, connects to any PC or server around the world in just a few seconds. You can remote control your partner’s PC as if you were sitting right in front of it.
Another very effective way to share large files is to use FTP. This is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another over the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilises separate control and data connections between the client and server.
Whether to outsource your video to professional video editing companies overseas or handle your video editing service in-house will depend largely on the production quality you’re after and the ease with which you can provide access to the files.
For further tips regarding video making, contact our team at Melbourne Video Production. We’re there to help.
