The destinations available in Motion provide many options for exporting projects. If you need more options, you can create highly customized export settings using Compressor, the professional transcoding app designed to work directly with Motion. For example, you can use the Compressor frame resizing and retiming controls to make high-quality frame size and frame rate adjustments in your output files.
Important: To export using Compressor, you must have a compatible version of Compressor installed. Compressor must be purchased separately. See the Compressor website.
There are two ways you can use Motion and Compressor together:
Use the Compressor Presets destination in Motion to apply Compressor presets (either the Apple-supplied setting or custom presets you create). Exporting a project this way lets you render your project using Compressor presets without opening your project in Compressor. Each Compressor preset you select results in an additional version of your project being rendered. After you choose settings and click Save, your project is rendered in the background.
You can send your project to Compressor using the File > Send to Compressor command, to take advantage of the options available in Compressor to customize your output.
Using this method, you add destinations in the Share menu that are based on Compressor presets.
Choose File > Share, then choose the destination you created in step 1 from the submenu.
On the right side of the toolbar, click Share, then choose the destination you created in step 1.
In the Info pane of the share window that appears, view or modify project attributes, such as the title and description.
In the Settings pane of the share window, choose your preferred export settings:
Change: Click to select a different Compressor preset.
Duration: Select whether to export the entire project or a play range set in the Timeline.
Export selected layer only: Select to export a single layer selected in the project. If no layer is selected, or if an object that does not render is selected (such as a rig, a light, or a camera), this option is dimmed.
When you send an Automatic project to Compressor, automatic color processing is retained for certain settings. You can choose a different color space in the Compressor Video Properties pane.
In Motion, choose File > Send to Compressor.
In Compressor, click Add in the batch area, select one or more output presets that support automatic color processing (such as Uncompressed 8-bit or 10-bit 422, OpenEXR Image Sequence, or an Apple ProRes option), then click OK.
In Video Properties (in the Video inspector), the “Color space” pop-up menu is set to Automatic.
Optional: To change a preset’s color space, select the preset in the batch area, then click the “Color space” pop-up menu and choose an option (such as Rec. 709 or Rec. 2020 HLG).
Note: Choosing a color space other than Automatic may result in output that appears different than in Motion. You can preview what your transcoded project will look like in Compressor’s preview area. See Preview jobs in the Compressor User Guide.
