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the Add Video Effect pop-up menu or from the Add Audio
Effect pop-up menu.
If the inspector pane is not visible, click the Inspector button
in the upper-right corner of the Compressor window.
After you choose an effect from the pop-up menu, its
adjustable properties appear at the bottom of the inspector.
For detailed information about these properties, see
and . You can apply multiple video and
audio effects. When you add an effect, a checkmark appears
beside the effect name in the pop-up menu.
3. Preview effects that you’ve added to a setting by clicking the
Play button in the preview area.
Because effects may interact in unexpected ways, be sure to
preview the transcoded file each time you add an effect.
Note: Depending on your system, the source media file type
and the number of effects in the job, the preview area showing
the filter settings may update at a lower frame rate than the
source frame rate.
Change the order in which effects are
applied to a source file
Because effects are processed one by one during transcoding—
starting with the first item in the list—it’s important that you order
the effects appropriately. For example, it’s sensible to place a text
overlay effect last in your list of effects so that its text color isn’t
Video
effects Audio effects