How to compress a video so it fits a WhatsApp status
WhatsApp re-compresses everything you post and caps status length. Compressing first gives you control over what gets thrown away.
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Why saved WhatsApp statuses look worse than the original
The quality was lost before it reached you. What actually happens to a video on its way to a status, and what you can still control.
The best video settings for a WhatsApp status
WhatsApp re-encodes whatever you give it. These settings survive that process with the least damage.
Posting a video longer than 30 seconds as a status
WhatsApp caps status video length. Two ways around it, and why one produces a much better result.
WhatsApp's HD setting and what it does for statuses
HD changed how photos are sent. Whether it applies to statuses, and what that means for anything you save.
Turning a status video into a GIF
Worth doing for short loops, and a bad idea for anything longer. The size maths explains why.
Getting the full resolution of a status photo
Saving already gives you the maximum available. Here is what that maximum is, and why a screenshot is usually smaller.
Editing a saved status without wrecking the quality
It is already a compressed file. What that means for cropping, and the order that costs you least.