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
165Compressor User Guide
New setting
When you tap the New Setting button, the following controls appear in the Touch Bar:
Item Name Description
Close Returns you to the previous Touch
Bar screen.
Add Setting Opens a dialog to add a new custom
setting to the Settings pane.
Add Destination Opens a dialog to add a new custom
destination to the Settings pane.
Add Group Opens a dialog to add a new folder
in the Settings pane.
See Apply transcoding instructions.
iTunes Store Package
When you add an iTunes Store package to the batch area, the following controls appear in
the Touch Bar:
Item Name Description
Add i TMS Files Opens Touch Bar controls for
adding i TMS (i Tunes Media Store)
files. See i TMS files options.
Add Poster Frame Available when your i Tunes Store
package contains media. Adds
a poster frame at the current
playhead position. See Set a poster
frame in Compressor.
Add Marker Available when your i Tunes Store
package contains media. Adds
a default marker at the current
playhead position. (If a marker
is already present at the current
frame, that marker is deleted.)
Touch and hold to display controls
for adding a marker different
from the default type. See Add
nondefault markers.
Display Preview Available when your i Tunes Store
package contains media. Opens
preview controls in the Touch Bar.
See Preview navigation.










