Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 179)

Chapter 7 Advanced functions 179
As you drag, a help tag displays a numeric representation of your frame cropping dimensions.
Hold down the Shift key to constrain the crop to either the source aspect ratio, the source height,
or the source width.
Drag the red frame
bars (by the handles)
to adjust the output
file frame size.
If you select a batch’s target, any
resizing in the Preview window is
reflected in the Geometry pane.
You can also directly enter numbers
into these cropping fields.
3 To save the changes, click Save.
For more information, see Geometry pane on page 179 or Preview media as source or with
settings applied on page 52.
Geometry pane
Use the following parameter controls in the Geometry pane to choose cropping settings, output
media file frame sizes, and the aspect ratio (the ratio between image frame width and height) of
your output video file.
Cropping
Scaling
Padding