User Manual

Chapter 7 Advanced functions 167
Apply frame controls to a setting
Use the Frame Controls pane in the Inspector to add frame processing and retiming adjustments
to a custom saved setting in the Settings tab or to a setting already applied in the Batch window.
Note: In the Settings tab, frame controls can be applied only to custom settings. If you want to
apply frame controls to an Apple-supplied setting in the Settings tab, you must rst duplicate
that setting and save it to the Custom folder. For more information, see Create and modify
settings on page 35.
Add automatic frame controls adjustments to a setting
1 Do one of the following:
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To apply frame controls to a custom setting in the Settings tab: Select a setting in the Custom folder.
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To apply frame controls to a setting already applied to a source media le in the Batch window:
Select the setting in the target area.
2 Click the Frame Controls button in the Inspector window.
The Frame Controls pane opens.
3 Click the Automatic button (with a gear icon) next to the Frame Controls pop-up menu.
Compressor analyzes the transcoding job (the source media le and the applied setting), and
automatically determines the appropriate frame controls attributes.
In automatic mode, frame controls technology is engaged in the following two types of
transcodes only:
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Transcoding from high-denition (HD) sources to standard-denition (SD) MPEG-2 output les
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Transcoding from interlaced sources to H.264 for Apple Devices (progressive) output les
Add custom frame controls adjustments to a setting
You can override the automatic frame controls adjustments assigned by Compressor by making
manual adjustments in the Frame Controls pane.
1 Repeat steps 1 to 3 from “Add automatic frame controls adjustments to a setting,” above.
2 Choose On from the Frame Controls pop-up menu.
The manual controls in the Frame Controls pane become available.
Note: If the Automatic button is active, you rst need to click it to turn it o, and then on again.
3 Make changes to any of the controls in the Frame Controls pane.
For more information, see Frame Controls pane on page 168.
4 To save the changes, click Save.
A new custom setting containing your manually adjusted frame controls appears in the Custom
folder of the Settings tab. You can now apply this setting to other source media les in the Batch
window. For more information about assigning settings in the Batch window, see Assign settings
to source media on page 32.