Download the Video Compress app
Open the App Store on your iPhone, search for "Video Compress", and download it. It's free, and you only need to do this once.
FREE · 30 SECONDS
SCION MEDIA
Client Onboarding
A quick walkthrough to compress your phone videos and drop them — along with your photos — into Google Drive, so our team can use them on your website without slow load times or playback issues.
You'll need a Google account to upload to the Drive folder we shared with you. If you already use Gmail or Google Photos, you're set.
Whether you used your iPhone or an Android, make sure the clips and photos you want on your website are saved to your camera roll or gallery.
Pick your phone, then follow along. Same end result for both — a small, web-ready video file in your Google Drive folder.
Open the App Store on your iPhone, search for "Video Compress", and download it. It's free, and you only need to do this once.
FREE · 30 SECONDSTap the + button in the app, then select the video from your camera roll. The app will ask for permission to access your Photos — say yes.
When the size options come up, pick Medium. The video will compress in a few seconds and save automatically to your Photos. This is the converted version we need.
100 MB → ~5 MBOpen the Google Drive app, go to the folder we shared with you, tap the + button → Upload → Photos and Videos, and select the compressed video. Done.
Open the Google Play Store, search for "Video Compressor" by SunshineApps (the one with the orange icon works great), and install it. Free, one-time setup.
FREE · 30 SECONDSTap "Select Video", then choose the clip from your gallery. Grant the app permission to access your media when it asks.
Pick the Medium compression option. After it processes, the new file saves to your gallery in a "Video Compressor" folder. That's the file we need.
100 MB → ~5 MBOpen the Google Drive app, navigate to the folder we shared with you, tap the + button → Upload, and select the compressed video from your gallery. Done.
No app needed for photos — they're already small enough for the web. Just drop them straight into the same Google Drive folder we shared with you.
Tap the Google Drive app on your iPhone and sign in with the Google account you shared with our team. Open the folder we set up for your project.
FREE · ALREADY ON MOST IPHONESInside the folder, tap the + button in the bottom-right corner, then choose Upload → Photos and Videos.
Tap each photo you want us to use — interior shots, team photos, products, finished work, anything that shows off the business. You can pick multiple at once. Tap Upload when you're done.
TIP · 10–20 PHOTOS IS PLENTYYou'll see each photo upload one by one. Once they all show a green checkmark, you're done — our team gets notified automatically.
Tap the Google Drive app on your Android device — it comes pre-installed on most phones. Sign in with the Google account you shared with our team and open your project folder.
FREE · ALREADY ON MOST ANDROIDSInside the folder, tap the + button in the bottom-right corner, then tap Upload.
Browse your gallery and tap each photo you want on your website. Hold and drag to select multiple at once. Tap Open or Upload to send them.
TIP · 10–20 PHOTOS IS PLENTYEach photo will show a progress bar, then a green checkmark when finished. Once everything is uploaded, our team gets notified automatically.
Once your videos and photos land in the Drive folder, our team handles the rest — formatting, embedding, and optimizing them for fast load times.
We re-compress and reformat for the web — smaller files, faster load times, perfect playback on every browser.
Your media goes live where it makes the biggest impact — hero sections, service pages, testimonials. We handle placement and styling.
Properly compressed media keeps your Core Web Vitals in the green — better Google rankings and a better visitor experience.
Reply to the email that brought you here, or give us a call — we'll jump on a quick screen-share and convert your first video together in five minutes.