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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
9Compressor User Guide
Compressor basics
What is Compressor?
Compressor is an application that transcodes media files into a variety of formats.
Export and display anything
• Export video for viewing on Apple devices in standard-definition (SD), high-definition
(HD), and 4K formats (including H.264 and HEVC, also known as H.265).
• Export content for video-sharing websites, including Facebook, Vimeo, and YouTube.
• Export and upload immersive 360° video viewable on video-sharing websites or in a
virtual-reality (VR) headset.
• Burn video and audio content to disc (DVD or Blu-ray) using H.264, for DVD, and Dolby
Digital formats.
• Export audio and video podcasts in H.264, AAC, and MP3 formats.
• Submit video content to the iTunes Store in standard- and high-quality formats—
including 4K HDR.
• View high-dynamic-range video in the preview window on a supported display.
• Export HDR video for viewing on HDR-capable TVs and displays.