Calibrated Software MPEG2-X Create v1 - Manual (Page 36)

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Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2 - MOV
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. Earlier versions of Compressor have not
been tested.
2. Please make sure that the Calibrated MPEG2-X 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 either run the Calibrated MPEG2-X Create Compressor
presets installer or you can manually copy them to that folder from this folder:
/Applications/Calibrated/Presets/MPEG2X Create/Compressor [version]/Calibrated MPEG2X Create MOV
To clarify, you would copy the folder ‘Calibrated MPEG2-X Create MOV’ to the Compressor folder for the version
you are using.
Please restart your computer if you had to manually install the presets.
3. For FCP7 Sequences: To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sur e you have the ‘Render 8-bit YUV’
selected OR any of the other YUV processing options selected in your FCP7 ‘Sequence Settings’ if you send a
sequence to Compressor 3.5.3.
4. Please note for Compressor 3.5.3 – that the Calibrated MPEG2-X Create Compressor Presets the ‘Frame
Controls’ are turned OFF in Compressor 3.5.3. This means that the proper field dominance (Upper Field First or
Progressive) is assumed to match the Calibrated MPEG2-X 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 it’s own separate license of Calibrated MPEG2-X Create.
Using a Preset Setting for exporting in Compressor
1. If you’ve already installed our MPEG2-X 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 MPEG2-X Create
Compressor presets.
2. In the Compressor ‘Settings’ window, please open the ‘Settings’ tab and navigate to the ‘Custom’ folder.
3. Under the ‘Custom’ folder will be the folder ‘Calibrated MPEG2-X Create MOV files’, please look under this folder
for the presets. Choose the preset that best matches your resolution, frame rate, and field type that you want to
encode into.
4. And you’re ready to export