Compressor User Guide

• Welcome
• What’s new
• Compressor basics
  • What is Compressor?
  • Compressor workflow
  • Compressor interface
  • Set up a simple transcoding job
• Import media
  • Intro to importing media
  • Import video and audio
  • Import an image sequence
  • Import surround sound audio
  • Import other video files
    • Import third-party formats with media extensions
    • Import Canon Cinema RAW Light video
    • Import and adjust RAW video in Compressor
  • View and modify job properties
  • Job properties
• Apply transcoding instructions
  • Intro to applying transcoding instructions
  • Add presets
    • Add and remove presets
    • View and modify a preset’s properties
    • Built-in presets
    • Create custom presets
    • Save and share custom presets
    • Preset formats
    • Properties of presets
      • General properties
      • Video properties
      • Audio properties
  • Add job actions
    • Add and modify job actions
    • Job actions
  • Apply a destination
    • Add a destination to a job
    • View destination properties
    • Built-in destinations
    • Create a custom destination
  • Adjust the filename and save location
    • Change an output’s filename
    • Change an output’s save location
    • Built-in locations
    • Create custom locations and filename formats
  • Make adjustments
    • Modify timing and timecode
    • Transcode a specific time range
    • Modify frame size
    • Modify frame rate and duration
    • Set retiming and resizing quality
    • Modify color space and HDR metadata
    • Add video and audio effects
      • Add and remove effects
      • Video effects
      • Audio effects
  • Add markers
  • Marker types
  • Set a poster frame
  • Work with metadata
• Preview and transcode
  • Intro to previewing and transcoding
  • Preview jobs
  • Review batch details
  • Review errors and warnings
  • Transcode a batch
  • Transcode Final Cut Pro and Motion projects
• Automate your workflow
  • Create a preset group
  • Chain jobs in a batch
  • Create and use watch folders
  • Create and use droplets
• Advanced transcoding
  • Work with stereo 3D video
    • Encode spatial video for Apple Vision Pro
    • Modify stereoscopic and spatial properties in Compressor
  • Work with 360-degree video
  • Work with audio
    • Modify audio tracks
    • Audio channel layouts
    • Add descriptive audio
  • Work with captions
    • Import captions
    • Edit caption properties
    • Adjust caption timing
    • Export captions
  • Work with interlaced footage
    • Use deinterlacing
    • Use reverse telecine
  • Create iTunes Store packages
    • Build an iTunes Store package
    • Build an HDR package
    • Build a stereo-3D package
    • Work with burned-in text
  • Create IMF packages
    • Build an IMF package
    • Build an HDR package
  • Use distributed processing
    • Create Compressor instances
    • Transcode with multiple computers
    • Configure file sharing
  • Use the command line to submit Compressor jobs
    • Submit a job to Compressor in Terminal
    • Common command options
• Settings and shortcuts
  • Compressor settings
    • Change settings
    • General settings
    • My Computer settings
    • Shared Computers settings
    • Advanced settings
  • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Built-in keyboard shortcuts
    • Customize keyboard shortcuts
      • View keyboard shortcuts
      • Modify keyboard shortcuts
      • Export and import command sets
    • Touch Bar shortcuts
• Glossary
• Copyright and trademarks