Apple Compressor 3 - Manual (Page 271)

• Transcoding from interlaced sources to H.264 for DVD Studio Pro and H.264 for Apple
Devices (progressive) output files
Resizing Controls Area
Use the controls in this area to choose the algorithm with which frames are resized.
• Resize Filter: Use this pop-up menu to choose from the following resizing options. This
decision is a trade-off between faster processing time and higher output quality in
projects that involve a change in resolution.
• Fast (Nearest pixel): This option provides the fastest processing time.
• Better (Linear filter): This option provides a medium trade-off between processing
time and output quality.
• Best (Statistical prediction): This option provides highest output quality, but takes
longer.
• Output Fields: Use this pop-up menu to choose the output scanning method (either
the field dominance or a conversion to progressive scanning).
• Same as source: No change to the scanning method.
• Progressive: Scanning method where each frame is complete (not divided into fields).
Use this setting in place of the Compressor Deinterlacing filter (a legacy filter in the
Filters pane) as it will always provide much higher quality.
• Top first: Interlaced field dominance (field order), also known as field two, the upper
field, or the odd field.
• Bottom first: Interlaced field dominance (field order), also known as field one, the lower
field, or the even field.
• Deinterlace: Use this pop-up menu to choose from different techniques for deinterlacing.
This decision is a trade-off between faster processing and higher-quality deinterlacing
of motion areas within the frame. In all cases, each higher-quality deinterlacing option
yields the same or better results than the next lower quality option. However, if
downward resizing is also applied to the frame, improvements in quality may not be
noticeable. Under these circumstances, Fast or Better will likely provide sufficiently high
quality, depending on the amount of downward resizing.
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