Back in the day,
Cleaner ($600) was an important cog in my editing workflow but then Apple released Compressor, and with the combination of Quicktime, Cleaner became obsolete. However, it was not because Compressor was neccessarily better but just that it was integrated with all of Apple's other softwares. I have not worked with Cleaner in a while but I think it was the superior product especially in terms of flexibility and power. The user interface was actually easier than Apple's Compressor. It might be time for me to reconsider what to use as Autodesk has upgraded Cleaner to 6.5. Here are some of the new features:
- Export to the widely adopted DivX format
- Export to Flash video FLV and SWF for playback using the Macromedia Flash Player ·
- Support for QuickTime 7, including H.264
