Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1765)

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Important: QuickTime reference movies are useful for temporary use on your local
system, but be careful not to send these movies to remote systems that don’t have all
the required media.
Creating Encoding Jobs in Compressor
To add a QuickTime movie to the Compressor encoding queue, you need to create an
encoding job. An encoding job contains a single source media file and settings for one
or more output files.
To open Compressor:
1 In the Finder, choose Go > Applications.
The frontmost Finder window displays the Applications folder on your computer.
2 Navigate to the Compressor application in the Applications folder, then double-click
the Compressor icon.
To submit a QuickTime movie to Compressor for encoding:
1 Choose Job > New Job With File (or press Command-I).
2 Select a media file, then click Open.
An encoding job for the selected media file appears in the Batch window.
You can also create QuickTime movies by dragging one or more media files from the
Finder directly to the Batch window.
Applying Encoder Settings and Submitting Jobs
The steps for encoding QuickTime movies with Compressor are covered in detail in the
Compressor User Manual. This section provides a brief overview to get you started quickly.
To select encoding settings for your job in Compressor:
m In Compressor, drag an appropriate setting from the Settings tab to the job in the
Batch window.
If you can’t find a setting that suits your needs, you can customize an existing setting or
create a new one. A Compressor setting defines all aspects of the conversion, such as
image dimensions, aspect ratio, encoding bit rate, frame rate, and so on.
If you want to export multiple versions of this job, you can drag additional settings
from the Settings tab to the job in the Batch window. For example, you might want to
export both AIFF and AC-3 files.