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Transcode Final Cut Pro and Motion projects using Compressor
If you have Final Cut Pro X or Motion 5 installed on the same computer as Compressor 4.1, you
can send sequences or clips from Final Cut Pro or Motion directly to Compressor for transcoding.
Transcode a Final Cut Pro or Motion project using Compressor
Do one of the following:
m Send a project from Final Cut Pro to Compressor: Select the project and choose File > Send
to Compressor.
m Send a project from Motion to Compressor: Open the project and choose Share > Send to Compressor.
Note: You can also drag a Motion project le to the batch area in Compressor.
For more information about using Compressor settings in Final Cut Pro, see Final Cut Pro Help.
For more information about using Compressor settings in Motion, see Motion Help.
After the Final Cut Pro or Motion le appears in Compressor as a source le in a job, you can add
a setting and other information to the job’s output rows and then transcode the batch.
Enable one or more instances of Compressor
You can increase the processing power of a single computer, and thus reduce the time it takes to
process batches, by enabling one or more additional instances of the Compressor application.
Enable instances of Compressor
1 Choose Compressor > Preferences (or press Command-Comma).
2 Click Advanced.
3 Select the “Enable additional Compressor instances” checkbox, then choose a number of
instances from the pop-up menu.
The number of instances available in the pop-up menu changes automatically based on the
amount or RAM and number of CPU cores in your computer. It’s recommended that you rst
enable all the additional instances, transcode several test batches, and then, if performance is
slow, decrease the number of instances to use fewer of your computer’s resources. You can use
the Activity Monitor application in OS X to determine how of your CPU is being used.
Note: If the computer has a hardware encoder, and if you enable multiple instances of
Compressor, the time it takes to process a batch can potentially increase, because the hardware
encoder can only be used with single-pass, nonsegmented jobs. If you nd that processing time
has increased signicantly, turn o additional Compressor instances by deselecting the “Enable
additional Compressor instances” checkbox.
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