Black/White Restore | Compresses the solid black and white areas in the video. This effect can restore nearly black colors to pure black and restore nearly white colors to pure white without affecting colors in the rest of the image. Drag the sliders to set the black and white values between 0 and 100. |
Brightness and Contrast | Brightens or darkens the overall color and luminance of the video. Drag the sliders to set brightness and contrast values between –100 and 100. |
Color Correct Highlights, Color Correct Midtones, Color Correct Shadows | Corrects white balance inaccuracies and creates color effects on the bright, midtone, or dark areas of the video. Drag the sliders to set red, green, and blue values between –100 and 100. |
Custom LUT | Applies a custom lookup table (LUT) to the video. This effect has the following properties: |
Fade In/Out | Adds a dissolve and a matte color at the beginning and end of the clip. This effect has the following properties: Fade in duration/Fade out duration: Enter a time in the text field to set the duration of the fade-in and fade-out effects. Fade in opacity/Fade out opacity: Drag the sliders to set the opacity of the clip’s video at the first and last frames. A value of 0.0 sets the clip video to be completely covered by the matte color; a value of 0.5 sets the clip to be 50 percent covered by the matte color; and so on. Fade color: Click the color well to set the fade-in and fade-out color.
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Gamma Correction | Controls the range of brightness in an image. This effect can be used to remove detail from an underexposed clip or to reduce the saturation of an overexposed clip. Drag the slider to set gamma values between 0.1 and 4.0. |
Noise Removal | Reduces random flecks of noise in the video file, including noise introduced by codecs, allowing you to blur areas of low contrast while leaving high-contrast edges sharp. This effect has the following properties: Apply to: Use this pop-up menu to set the channels from which noise is filtered. Choose “All channels” to filter noise from all channels including the alpha channel. Choose “Chroma channels” to filter noise from the two chroma channels (U and V) in YUV. Iterations: Choose the number of noise-smoothing passes from this pop-up menu. The file resulting from the first pass is used for the second pass, and so on, so that the more times a pass is performed, the fuzzier the image becomes. Algorithm: Choose a noise-smoothing algorithm from this pop-up menu. Choose Average to modify each pixel’s color by taking an average of pixels around it, including its own color value. Choose Replace to modify each pixel’s color by taking an average of pixels around it, while ignoring its own color value. Choose Merge to modify each pixel’s color by taking a weighted average of surrounding pixels and itself (with the pixel’s own color value given greater weight).
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Sharpen Edge | Sets the contrast around object edges. This effect can counteract the softening caused by noise removal or blurred source material and increase the perception of sharpness in the video. Drag the slider to set sharpening between 0.0 and 100.0. |
Text Overlay | Superimposes text onto the image. This effect has the following properties: Position: Choose a position for the text overlay from the pop-up menu. Alpha: Drag the slider to set the text opacity between 0 (completely transparent) and 1 (completely opaque). Overlay text: Type text in this field. Text color: Click the color well to set the text color. Font: Click the Select button to set the font, style, and size. Automatic font size: Select this checkbox to have Compressor automatically choose the size of the font based on the frame size of the source material.
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Timecode Generator | Superimposes the clip’s timecode onto the video. This effect has the following properties: Position: Choose a position for the timecode overlay from the pop-up menu. Alpha: Drag the slider to set the text opacity between 0 (completely transparent) and 1 (completely opaque). Label: Optionally, type text that you want to appear to the left of the timecode number. Start timecode at 00:00:00:00: Select this checkbox to have the timecode start at zero. When the checkbox is not selected, the timecode starts at the video’s timecode. Text color: Click the color well to set the text color. Font: Click the Select button to set the font, style, and size. Automatic font size: Select this checkbox to have Compressor automatically choose the size of the font based on the frame size of the source material.
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Watermark | Superimposes a still image or a movie file onto the video. This effect has the following properties: Position: Choose a position for the watermark from the pop-up menu. Scale by: Drag the slider to set the watermark image’s scaling between 1 (actual size) and 10 (10 times the actual size). Alpha: Drag the slider between 0 (completely transparent) and 1 (completely opaque) to adjust the watermark’s opacity. Repeat: If you are using a video clip for the watermark image, select this checkbox to loop the playback of the watermark clip throughout the duration of the source file. Watermark: Click the Select button to specify a still image or video file to use for the watermark.
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