Over the last year we have made a lot of video recordings or ourselves playing.

Smartphones and Tablets have truly incredible cameras. For example, my iPhone 11 can record HD video at 4k and 60 frames per second! This is great if you want to preserve memories or make a summer blockbuster. Unfortunately it often makes files that are too large to send  by eMail.

There are a few workarounds:

• Record at a lower resolution (iphone only)
  • Go to ‘SETTINGS’
  • Scroll down to ‘CAMERA’
  • Choose ‘RECORD VIDEO’
    • select a lower quality. 720p is often plenty. If you want to make a high-quality video, choose 1080p.
  • You can return to your original settings as soon as you’re done
• Compress the video after the fact
  • There are a number of Video Compressor apps for both iPhone and android and you should be able to find them fairly easily. These will lower the resolution of the video after the fact so be sure to duplicate your video before trying this for the first time.
• Use the cloud to share your original video
  • Cloud storage systems such as Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, etc. allow you to share very large files. The main limitation is going to be your budget (how much space you need) and how much data you already have stored on the cloud.