Apple Compressor 2 - Manual (Page 11)

Preface An Introduction to Compressor 11
 Filters: The selection of available Compressor filters gives you dynamic artistic control
while you convert your source media to other formats, and allows you to create a
final product to your precise specifications. A selection of the available filters includes
gamma correction, noise removal, letterbox, watermark, color adjustment, and
deinterlacing.
 Previewing: You can preview and adjust all your filter settings in real time using the
Preview window. This lets you tweak the settings to your satisfaction, before
transcoding the source media file.
 Destination settings: You can create and save destinations for your output files, which
can then be selected from a pop-up menu. You can even include FTP or remote
locations. A destination can also specify the file naming convention to use.
 Geometry: You can adjust your frame size using the geometry numerical and
graphical controls. These features allow you to crop unwanted image areas of your
source media file and reduce file size. Compressor also allows you to resize your
image to other aspect ratios such as 4:3, 16:9, and 2.35:1 for delivery onto other
platforms, such as DVD.
 Publishing: You can use Compressor to upload output files to a QuickTime Streaming
Server or other locations for DVD authoring.
 AppleScript usage: You can add specialized AppleScript information to any
output file, which gives you the flexibility to automate and customize any post-
encoding operations.
 Interoperability: Compressor is an integral component of other Apple professional
video applications such as Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro. You can export
sequences directly from Final Cut Pro into Compressor for transcoding, and drag
MPEG-2 files transcoded from Compressor into DVD Studio Pro to simplify the DVD
authoring process.
 Transcoding activity in the background: Compressor lets you begin transcoding a
batch and then continues processing in the background, allowing you to perform
other tasks at the same time.
 Email notification: You can set up Compressor to send an email notification to any
location to notify you when the batch transcode is complete.
 Distributed processing: Certain bundled versions of Compressor offer distributed
processing, distributing the work to multiple computers that have been chosen to
provide more processing power. The Compressor 2 distributed processing feature is
limited to computers that have either Final Cut Studio or DVD Studio Pro 4 installed.
For more details, see the Distributed Processing Setup guide.
 Command-Line Features: Compressor now has a number of command-line options
for submitting jobs, enabling and disabling service node and cluster controlling
services, and monitoring batches.