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
4Compressor User Guide
What’s new
What’s new in Compressor 4.5.3
Compressor 4.5.3 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.
System requirements
The recommended system requirement for Compressor 4.5.3 is macOS 11 Big Sur.
The minimum system requirement is macOS 10.15.6. For more information, go to the
Final Cut Pro Tech Specs webpage, then click Compressor at the top of the page.
Vertical and square video
Compressor can transcode video to and from all aspect ratios. See Modify a frame size in
Compressor.
Descriptive audio
Compressor can create accessible video content by adding descriptive audio tracks to
describe the action in your video. See Add descriptive audio tracks in Compressor.
Notifications
Compressor will send notifications to Notification Center when a job succeeds, fails, or is
canceled.
Indexed color
Compressor can create image sequences with new indexed color and dithering options.
See Image Sequence settings in Compressor.
Starting timecode
Compressor can modify the starting timecode for transcoded media. See Modify starting
timecode in Compressor.