Compressor

Compressor Overview

Compressor integrates tightly with Final Cut Pro to add power and flexibility to your video conversions. A simple interface lets you quickly customize output settings, enhance images, and package your film for sale on the iTunes Store. For even faster conversions, easily set up distributed encoding using other Mac computers.

Features of Compressor

• Advanced Encoding for Final Cut Pro
  • Use Compressor to customise encoding settings for use in Final Cut Pro and Motion
  • Set up batch processes to streamline the encoding of large numbers of files
  • Create self-contained Droplets to encode on the desktop with drag-and-drop ease
  • Automatically encode videos that are added to selected folders in the file system
  • Encode videos recorded on iPhone in Cinematic mode (requires macOS Monterey or later)
  • Unrivalled performance with optimisations for the M3 Pro, M3 Max and M2 Ultra chips
• iTunes Store Package Creation
  • Import and organise your movie, trailer, closed captions, audio descriptions and subtitles into an iTunes Store–compliant package for submission to an Apple-certified iTunes delivery partner
    Audition video with any audio, caption or subtitle to verify sync
  • Built-in error detection helps you identify issues with your iTunes Store Package
  • Deliver HDR video as P3 D65 PQ, Rec. 2020 HLG and Rec. 2020 PQ for HDR10
  • Support in the iTunes Store Package to link a Dolby Vision graded video file to a Dolby Vision XML
• Support for Industry Standards
  • Encode to a broad range of industry standard formats including HEVC, H.264, MXF and ProRes
  • Import Targa, DPX, TIFF, PSD, PNG or OpenEXR image sequences and encode them using any setting
  • Create, view, adjust and deliver closed captions in CEA-608, SRT and iTT formats
• Pristine Format Conversions
  • Convert any file between formats — such as NTSC to PAL, SD to HD or progressive to interlaced video
  • Import and manipulate wide colour video, then deliver in standard Rec. 601 and Rec. 709 colour spaces, or in wide Rec. 2020 colour space
  • Deliver High Dynamic Range (HDR) video with controls for colour space conversions and HDR metadata
  • Deliver HDR video as P3 D65 PQ, Rec. 2020 HLG and Rec. 2020 PQ
  • Add effects to your content like custom LUTs, a timecode overlay and watermarks
  • Speed up video, slow it down or adjust the frame rate to make the duration match a runtime
  • Convert log-encoded video to SDR and HDR colour spaces using built-in camera LUTs for Panasonic, Sony, Canon, Blackmagic, Nikon and ARRI, or add a custom camera LUT
  • Convert ProRes Raw and ProRes Raw HQ media to other professional file formats
    Play and transcode Canon Cinema RAW Light to other video codecs and formats
• Distributed Encoding
  • Save time by distributing encoding work among multiple workstations
  • Install Compressor on any Mac to activate it as a node for distributed encoding

System Requirements for Compressor

RAM: 2 GB

Operating System: macOS 14.6 or later

Space Required: 200 MB