Conclusion
Being aware of these preprocessing techniques is great and will no doubt make you a better compressionist. However, the application you use determines how well you will succeed with your content almost as much as the skill set you're developing. Each application, through supporting multiple formats, typically has one or two specific workflows or techniques it does better than most, so knowing how to use several applications can be crucial to successful compression. In the next chapter, we'll dive into the various applications and then spend time focusing on some specific delivery platforms.