Chapter 1: what’s new in compressor, What’s new in compressor 4.1, What’s new in compressor – Apple Compressor (4.1.2) User Manual
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What’s new in Compressor 4.1?
Compressor 4.1 introduces a new design and various new features, detailed below.
New interface
The interface in Compressor 4.1 has been updated with the following new features:
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A dark, neutral background—identical to the backgrounds in Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5—to
enhance color perception and put the focus on your media
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Three different interface views:
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Current view—the default view—where you prepare transcoding jobs and submit
batches. In Current view, you can access the Settings and Locations pane, which contains
preconfigured transcoding settings, destinations, and save locations that you can assign
to your media files. In Current view, you can also access the inspector pane, which displays
information about your transcoding settings and jobs.
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Active view, which shows information about jobs currently being transcoded.
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Completed view, which shows information about jobs that have been
successfully transcoded.
For more information, see
on page 8.
Basic transcoding workflow
Compressor 4.1 offers a simplified transcoding workflow that speeds up common tasks. For more
information, see
on page 12.
Destinations
Destinations are transcoding instructions combined with a scripted job action, such as burning
a DVD disc or uploading to a video-sharing website. You can choose from a number of built-in
destinations, or create your own destinations for custom transcoding tasks. In Compressor
4.1, destinations replicate much of the functionality previously available in batch templates in
Compressor 4.0. For more information, see
View and modify destination properties
on page 50.
Distributed transcoding
Compressor 4.1 simplifies distributed processing—the act of sharing transcoding work among
multiple computers or computer processors.
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What was previously referred to as a “cluster” in Compressor 4.0 is now called a “group” of
computers. To configure a group of computers and set up distributed processing, you turn
on access to your computer and then create a set of shared computers. If you can’t find a
computer on your network, you can manually add it to the computer list.
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Options for turning on access to your computer, as well as for setting up a group of shared
computers, are located in Compressor preferences. For more information, see
batches with multiple computers
on page 98.
For more help and information about new features in Compressor 4.1, see the white paper,
What’s new in Compressor?
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