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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
21Compressor User Guide
Preview jobs in Compressor
Before you process a job, you can preview what your transcoded files will look like. The
preview area has a number of tools to help you visualize how your final output will appear.
Note: Property adjustments made in the video pane of the inspector to retiming, color
space, and interlacing are not displayed in the preview area.
Change how the timecode is displayed
You can change how the timecode is displayed in the preview area.
1. In the Compressor batch area, select the output row for the job containing closed-
caption data.
2. In the preview area, click the timecode pop-up menu, then select Timecode, Seconds,
or Frames.
Preview how a transcoded file will look and sound
1. In a job in the Compressor batch area, select the output row that includes the setting
you want to preview.
2. If the Comparison button in the preview area isn’t already selected (highlighted),
click it to turn on comparison previewing.
3. Click the Play button
.
The source file video plays on the left side of the preview area, and a preview of the
transcoded file plays on the right side. The transcoded audio plays through your
computer speakers (or through connected speakers).
Zoom in or out in the preview area
In Compressor, do one of the following:
• Pinch open or closed on a trackpad.
• Double-tap with two fingers on a trackpad to toggle the zoom level between 100% and
Zoom to Fit.