Calibrated Software AVC-LongG Create v1 - Manual (Page 16)

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Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2
Getting Started
1. If you are using Compressor 3.5, please make sure you have Compressor 3.5.3 installed, and if you are using
Compressor 4, please make sure you have Compressor 4.1.2 installed. Other versions of Compressor have not
been tested.
2. Please make sure that the Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Compressor presets are installed in the folder
For Compressor 3.5.3 use this folder:
/Users/[YOUR_ACCOUNT]/Library/Application Support/Compressor/
For Compressor 4.1.2 use this folder:
/Users/[YOUR_ACCOUNT]/Library/Application Support/Compressor/Settings
(Please note that is the Library folder from your User directory and you need to install the presets to every user
account that will use the presets)
If the presets are NOT in the above folder, you can use our presets installer to install them or manually copy them
to the above folder(s) from this folder:
/Applications/Calibrated/Presets/AVC-LongG Create/Compressor/Calibrated AVC-LongG Create MXF
To clarify, you would copy the folder
‘Calibrated AVC-LongG Create MXF ‘ to the Compressor folder for the
version of Compressor that you are using.
Please restart your computer after installing.
3. For FCP7 Sequences: To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sur e you have the ‘Render 10-bit
material in high- precision YUV’ selected OR ‘Render all YUV material in high-precision YUV selected in your
FCP7 ‘Sequence Settings’ if you send a sequence to Compressor 3.5.3.
4. Please note that in the Calibrated AVC- LongG Create Compressor Presets the ‘Frame Controls’ are turned OFF
for Compressor. This means that the proper field dominance (Upper Field First or Progressive) is assumed to
match the Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Compression Type you are encoding into.
5. Please note that if you are rendering using multiple render nodes (i.e. different computers) then each computer
would need its own separate license of Calibrated AVC-LongG Create.
Using a Pre-made Preset for exporting in Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2
1. I f you’ve already installed our AVC-LongG Create Compressor Presets skip to step 2. If you haven’t installed the
presets, please go to the above section ‘Getting Started’ to learn how to install our Calibrated AVC-LongG Create
Compressor presets.
2. In the Compressor ‘Settings’ window, please open the ‘Settings’ tab and navigate to the ‘Custom’ folder.
3. The presets are organized by resolution, field type and framerate. Choose the preset that best matches your
source resolution, frame rate, and field
4. Preset Defaults:
a. Video: The video bitrate will be the maximum bitrate for that resolution/framerate (either 50Mb or
25Mb).