Compressor User Guide

Compressor Help

• Welcome
• What’s new
  • Compressor 4.4.2
  • Compressor 4.4.1
  • Compressor 4.4
• Compressor basics
  • What is Compressor?
  • Compressor workflow
  • Compressor interface
• Simple transcoding
  • Intro to simple transcoding
  • Transcode files
  • Preview jobs
  • Built-in destinations
  • Built-in settings
  • Built-in locations
• Advanced adjustments
  • Intro to advanced adjustments
  • Work with settings
    • Modify setting properties
    • Create custom settings
    • Formats and settings
    • Setting properties
      • Apple Devices
      • Common Audio Formats
      • Dolby Digital
      • H.264 for Blu-ray
      • Image sequence
      • MP3
      • MPEG-2
      • MPEG-4
      • MXF
      • QuickTime Export Components
      • QuickTime Movie
  • Work with destinations
    • Modify destination properties
    • Create custom destinations
  • Work with locations
  • Work with jobs
    • Working with jobs
    • Modify job properties
    • Job properties
      • Standard media
      • Image sequence
      • Surround sound
    • Work with job actions
      • Add and modify job actions
      • Job action properties
  • Work with batches
• Advanced tasks
  • Import an image sequence
  • Work with surround sound files
    • Create a surround sound job
    • Audio channel layouts
  • Work with 360° video
    • Intro to 360º video
    • View 360º video metadata
  • Work with captions
    • Intro to captions
    • Import and preview captions
    • Edit caption properties
    • Adjust caption timing
    • Export captions
  • Create iTunes Store packages
    • Intro to building iTunes Store packsges
    • iTunes store package fields
    • Build iTunes Store packages
    • Work with burned-in text
    • Submit HDR content
    • Submitting to the iTunes Store
  • Modify frame size
    • Modifying frame size
    • Crop the video frame
  • Retime frame rate
    • Intro to retiming options
    • Retime video and audio
    • Modify timing and frame rate
    • Deinterlacing
    • Intro to reverse telecine
  • Modify audio tracks
  • Add video and audio effects
    • Add and remove effects
    • Video effects
    • Audio effects
  • Add metadata
  • Set a poster frame
  • Add markers
  • Transcode time ranges
• Work smarter
  • Compressor preferences
    • Intro to Compressor preferences
    • General
    • My Computer
    • Shared Computers preferences
    • Advanced
  • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Built-in keyboard shortcuts
    • Customize keyboard shortcuts
      • View keyboard shortcuts
      • Modify keyboard shortcuts
      • Use command sets
    • Touch Bar shortcuts
  • Wide color gamut and HDR
    • Intro to wide color gamut and HDR
    • Change video color space
  • Create and use droplets
  • Create Compressor instances
  • Transcode Final Cut Pro and Motion projects
  • Use distributed processing
    • Transcode with multiple computers
    • Manually configure file sharing
    • Use the command line to submit Compressor jobs
      • Intro to shell commands
      • Syntax
      • Common command options
      • Code examples
• Glossary