Sorenson Squeeze 8 Review via Andrew Gormley
A program I used quite often when I first started video editing was Sorenson Squeeze. It offered way more output formats than Final Cut Pro at the time and had a wide selection of presets to choose from, which made it easy for a novice to output great looking video. I recently looked into Squeeze 7 because it offered a quick and efficient way to export WebM video, but was turned off by the $799 price tag. This week Sorenson released Squeeze 8 ($599) with an updated encoding engine and a Lite version ($199). I set out to see if this was the right encoder for the job.
Am I going to purchase Squeeze 8 Lite? Yes, despite some interface nitpicks and an encoding process that requires just a little more fine tuning to keep it in line with the source material, it delivers reliable results and thus far is the only WebM encoder that hasn’t made me want to rip my hair out.
Squeeze 8 is available at an educational/nonprofit/government discount price of $449.
Squeeze 8 Lite is available at an educational/nonprofit/government discount price of $149.
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