Apple Compressor (4.1.2) - Manual (Page 86)

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3 In the inspector pane, click Video to switch to the Video inspector.
4 In the Video Properties area, set the following values:
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Frame size: 1920 x 1080
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Pixel aspect ratio: Square
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Frame rate: 23.976
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Field order: Progressive
5 In the Cropping & Padding area, choose Preserve Source Aspect Ratio from the Padding
pop-up menu.
6 In the Quality area, set the following values:
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Resize filter: Best (Statistical Prediction)
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Retiming quality: Best (Motion Compensated)
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Adaptive details: Select this checkbox.
Note: By setting these properties to the values described, transcoding may take significantly
longer than if you use the “Better” settings. You might choose to experiment with some
sample files and judge for yourself if you think the quality improvement is worth the extra
transcoding time.
You can apply this custom setting to any type of source footage (any frame rate or size), and the
output will always be a 1080p HD file.
Note: The ultimate quality of the resulting files will be highly dependent on the format and
quality of your source footage.
Example: Create daily review copies of footage
Many multi-day video productions create copies of each day’s footage for distribution to
producers, clients, executives, and others. These clips are called “dailies” or “rushes.” The priority is
to rush to get them done quickly and then notify the recipients that they are available to watch.
This example will show how to use Compressor to generate such review copies for a variety of
distribution methods. The concepts presented here can be applied to creating destinations for
many other workflows.
Note: The steps in the tasks below assume you are working with HD source footage.
Create dailies to be hosted on a private server
To create files to be stored on an internal server, or to be uploaded to a web server, follow the
steps below.
1 In the Settings pane, choose New Destination from the Add pop-up menu .
2 In the dialog that appears, do the following:
a Expand the Video Sharing Services group and select Large 540p.
Note: Alternatively, you can choose one of the other settings in this group based on the
bandwidth of the server where you will be hosting the video.
b Choose Send Email from the “Job action” pop-up menu.
c In the Name field, type “Dailies output.”
d In the Description field, type “540p output for daily review.”
e Click OK.
The custom destination is added to the Settings pane.
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