4.5
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- What’s new
- Compressor basics
- Simple transcoding
- Advanced adjustments
- Intro to advanced adjustments in Compressor
- Work with settings
- View and modify a setting’s properties in Compressor
- Create custom settings in Compressor
- Formats and settings in Compressor
- Properties of settings
- Apple Devices settings in Compressor
- Common Audio Formats settings in Compressor
- Dolby Digital settings in Compressor
- H.264 for Blu-ray setting in Compressor
- Image Sequence settings in Compressor
- MP3 settings in Compressor
- MPEG-2 setting in Compressor
- MPEG-4 settings in Compressor
- MXF settings in Compressor
- QuickTime Export Components setting in Compressor
- QuickTime Movie settings in Compressor
- Work with destinations
- Work with locations in Compressor
- Work with jobs
- Work with batches in Compressor
- Advanced tasks
- Import an image sequence in Compressor
- Work with surround sound files
- Work with 360-degree video
- Work with captions
- Create iTunes Store packages
- Create IMF packages
- Modify frame size
- Modify playback speed
- View and modify audio tracks in Compressor
- Add video and audio effects
- Work with metadata annotations in Compressor
- Add descriptive audio tracks in Compressor
- Set a poster frame in Compressor
- Add markers using Compressor
- Transcode time ranges in Compressor
- Modify starting timecode in Compressor
- Work smarter
- Compressor preferences
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Wide color gamut and HDR
- Create and use droplets in Compressor
- Create additional instances of Compressor
- Transcode Final Cut Pro and Motion projects in Compressor
- Use distributed processing
- Glossary
164Compressor User Guide
Item Name Description
Close Returns you to the previous Touch
Bar screen.
Preview Navigation bar Displays a timeline for the selected
media. Poster frames, markers, and
the current playhead position are
indicated with icons.
Add Poster Frame Adds a poster frame at the current
playhead position. See Set a poster
frame in Compressor.
Add Marker Adds a default marker at the current
playhead position. (If a marker
is already present at the current
frame, that marker is deleted.) See
Add a marker to a media file.
Item selected in the Settings pane
When you select a setting or destination in the Settings pane, the following buttons appear
in the Touch Bar:
Item Name Description
New Setting Opens controls in the Touch
Bar for adding custom settings,
destinations, or groups to the
Settings pane. See New setting.
Add to Batch Adds the currently selected setting
or destination to all jobs in the
batch area.
Add to Selected Adds the currently selected setting
or destination to selected jobs in
the batch area. (This button appears
in the Touch Bar only when one or
more jobs are selected in the batch
area.)
Save as Droplet Saves the currently selected
setting or destination to a droplet.
See Create and use droplets in
Compressor.










