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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
18Compressor User Guide
You can also add a set of image sequence files or surround sound files. See Import an
image sequence in Compressor and Create a surround sound job in Compressor.
2. To add transcode settings to a job, click Add on the right side of the Setting/Location/
Filename row in the batch area.
3. To continue chaining jobs, repeat step 1 above.
Add additional jobs to a batch
Optionally, you can add additional source files (and transcode instructions) to a batch.
1. In Compressor, click the Add pop-up menu under the batch area, then choose
Add File.
You can also add a set of image sequence files or surround sound files. See Import an
image sequence in Compressor and Create a surround sound job in Compressor.
2. In the file window that appears, select one or more media files, then click Add.
Tip: Shift-click to select consecutive settings; Command-click to select
nonconsecutive settings.
The batch area displays a new job for each source file you add.
3. To add transcode settings to a job, click Add on the right side of the Setting/Location/
Filename row in the batch area.










