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General properties
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Name: Displays the name of the setting.
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Description: Displays the description of the setting.
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Extension: Displays the extension of the output le, based on the setting chosen in the
“Encoder type” pop-up menu, described below.
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Allow job segmenting: This option is not available for the default encoder types that are
included with Compressor. It may be available for other encoders.
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Default location: Select an item from the pop-up menu to set the default save location for
transcoded les.
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Encoder type: Use this pop-up menu to choose from the available export component output
formats (plug-ins). For some encoder types, you can customize the plug-in via the Settings
property, described below.
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Settings: You can modify the export component output format that you selected in the
Encoder type pop-up menu by clicking the Congure button and adjusting the format’s
properties in the window that appears.
Important: Use the third-party export module user interface to explicitly enter the image size
and frame rate for the output le. Do not leave the Image Size and Frame Rate settings in the
third-party user interface at their default values.
Video properties
The properties in this section are set based on the le format assigned to the setting. You can
change the le format in the General pane of the inspector; for more information, see the
"Settings” property in the “General properties” section, above.
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Frame size: For settings that use the QuickTime Export Component format, this property is set
to Automatic.
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Pixel aspect ratio: For settings that use the QuickTime Export Component format, this property
is set to Square. You can also modify the aspect ratio of the output le using cropping and
padding properties; for more information, see Modify frame size overview on page 69.
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Frame rate: Use this pop-up menu to set the playback rate (the number of images displayed
per second) for the output le. For more information, see Frame rate options overview on
page 71.
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Field order: For settings that use the QuickTime Export Component format, the eld order is
set automatically.
Cropping and Padding
Customize the nal cropping, sizing, and aspect ratio using the Cropping & Padding properties.
Cropping removes video content from an image. Padding scales the image to a smaller size while
retaining the output image’s frame size. For more information about these properties, see Modify
frame size overview on page 69.
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Cropping: This pop-up menu sets the dimension of the output image. The custom option
allows you to enter your own image dimensions in the elds; other options use predetermined
sizes. The Letterbox Area of Source option detects image edges and automatically enters crop
values to match them. This is useful if you want to crop out the letterbox area (the black bars
above and below a widescreen image) of a source media le.
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Padding: For settings that use the QuickTime Export Component format, the Padding property
is not available.
Video eects
For a list of available video eects and instructions on how to add a video eect to a setting, see
Add and remove eects on page 76.
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