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Table of Contents
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
View and modify job properties
Job properties
Image sequence job properties
Surround sound 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
Preset formats
Properties of presets
General properties
Video properties
Audio properties
Add job actions
Add and modify job actions
Job action properties
Apply a destination
Add a destination to a job
View destination properties
Built-in destinations
Create a custom destination
Set a save location
Change the save location
Built-in locations
Create custom locations and filename formats
Make adjustments
Modify frame size
Conform to a video frame
Modify timing and frame rate
Set retiming and resizing quality
Wide color gamut and HDR
Intro to wide color gamut and HDR
Change video color space
Add video and audio effects
Add and remove effects
Video effects
Audio effects
Transcode time ranges
Modify starting timecode
Change an output’s filename
Add markers
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
Use watch folders
Work with watch folders
Add a watch folder
Activate a watch folder
Access watch folder settings and properties
Add and remove transcode presets from watch folders
Create and use droplets
Advanced transcoding
Encode spatial video for Apple Vision Pro
Work with 360-degree video
Intro to 360-degree video
View 360-degree video metadata
Work with audio
Modify audio tracks
Audio channel layouts
Add descriptive audio
Work with captions
Intro to captions
Import and preview captions
Edit caption properties
Adjust caption timing
Export captions
Create iTunes Store packages
Intro to iTunes Store packages
iTunes store package fields
Build iTunes Store packages
Work with burned-in text
Submit HDR content
Submitting to the iTunes Store
Create IMF packages
Intro to IMF packages
IMF package fields
Build IMF packages
Prepare an HDR package
Work with interlaced footage
Use deinterlacing
Use reverse telecine
Create Compressor instances
Use distributed processing
Transcode with multiple computers
Configure file sharing
Use the command line to submit Compressor jobs
Intro to shell commands
Syntax
Common command options
Code examples
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
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