Encoding options with Compressor
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Compressor 3
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High-Performance Encoding
- H.264 Apple devices, web, mobile devices, and HD DVD
- Compatible I-frame insertion
- Full QuickTime support
- MPEG-2 encoding
- MPEG-1 encoding
- MPEG-4 encoding
- Distributed encoding with segmentation options
- Two-pass VBR encoding for MPEG-2
- Provides Dolby-certified encoding to Dolby Digital Professional AC-3 format
- Accepts QuickTime (single-channel or multichannel), AIFF, Sound Designer, and WAV files
- Advanced chaptering for AppleTV and podcasting
- Closed caption support for QuickTime and MPEG-2
- Scaling and down-converting
- Standards conversions
- Retiming
- Preview with split-screen comparison
- High-quality image processing
- More than 100 presets included
- Automated encoding with droplets
- Automatic and custom cropping
- Automatic and custom padding
- 14 image processing filters: brightness/contrast; highlight, midtone, and shadow color corrections; deinterlacing; gamma correction; noise removal; sharpen edge; black/white restore; watermark; text overlay; timecode generator; fade in/out; and letterbox
- Four audio filters: dynamic range; peak limiter; Apple: AUGraphicEQ and fade in/out
- Post encoded files to iDisk or FTP
- Reverse Telecine
- Deinterlacing
- Droplets for automation
Dolby Digital Professional Encoding
- Dolby-certified encoding to Dolby Digital Professional AC-3 format
- Accepts QuickTime (single-channel or multichannel), AIFF, Sound Designer, and WAV format sound files for encoding
- Support for all channel formats from mono to 5.1 surround sound
- Automatically creates 2.0 or 5.1 based on number of channels in the source media file
- Confidence decoding for preview of AC-3 files
Video Filters
- BlackWhite Restore
- Brightness and Contrast
- Color Correct Highlights
- Color Correct Midtones
- Color Correct Shadows
- Deinterlacing
- Fade In/Out
- Gamma Correction
- Letterbox
- Noise Removal
- Sharpen Edge
- Text Overlay
- Timecode Generator
- Watermark (Image, animated with QuickTime or Motion files)
Audio Filters
- Dynamic Range
- Peak Limiter
- Apple: AUGraphicEQ
- Fade In/Out
Input Video Formats
- QuickTime
- Apple ProRes 422
- Animation
- BMP
- Video
- Cinepak
- DV
- DVCPRO
- DVCPRO HD
- H.261
- H.263
- H.264
- JPEG 2000
- M-JPEG A
- M-JPEG B
- Photo JPEG
- Planar RGB
- PNG
- Sorenson 2
- Sorenson 3
- TGA
- Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit video
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2
- Elementary
- Program
- MPEG-4
- AVI
Input Audio Formats
- QuickTime
- AIFF
- Sound Designer
- WAV
- Dolby Digital (AC-3)
- Soundtrack Pro STAP
Over 100 Presets
- Apple Devices
- Podcasting
- Advanced Format Conversions
- Audio Formats
- SD DVD
- HD DVD
- Motion Graphics
- Web
- Modify Apple presets
- Create your own
Apple Qmaster
- Provides distributed encoding and rendering for DVD Studio Pro (via Compressor) and Shake and image-based rendering applications
- Distribute jobs to up to 10 nodes
- Segment jobs to multiple computers or send complete movies to single nodes
- AutoCluster provides easy setup for unmanaged services
- Create virtual render farms by turning on services to split processor performance
- Control managed services with Qadministrator
- Scheduling allows additional Mac systems to be used during off-hours
- Specify cluster storage location to be on local disk or Xsan
- Note: AVI, 3G, Dolby Digital, and AIFF cannot be segmented to multiple systems
Output Video Formats
- AVI
- QuickTime
- Animation
- Apple Pixlet
- BMP
- Video
- Cinepak
- DV
- DVCPRO
- H.261
- H.263
- H.264
- JPEG 2000
- M-JPEG A
- M-JPEG B
- Photo JPEG
- Planar RGB
- PNG
- Sorenson 2
- Sorenson 3
- TGA
- Video
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2
- Elementary
- Transport
- Program
- MPEG-4
- M4V
- M4A
- MP4
- Sequential TIFF and TGA
- 3G (3GPP)
Output Audio Formats
- QuickTime
- AIFF (PCM)
- AAC
- Alaw 2:1
- Dolby Digital Professional
- IMA 4:1
- Linear PCM
- MACE 3:1
- MACE 6:1 QDesign Music 2
- Qualcomm PureVoice
- uLAW 2:1
- Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2.0 and 5.1 surround sound
- MP3