Apple Pro Training Series: Compressor 3.5

Chapter 3. Batch Encoding

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• Export a QuickTime movie from Final Cut Pro

• Import QuickTime media to Compressor

• Export files from Soundtrack Pro

• Submit a batch (source media) for encoding

• Check status and manage the encoding process with Batch Monitor

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Compressor not only delivers media from Final Cut Studio to the rest of the world, it’s also the post-production workhorse for transcoding media files from one format to another. While it can, for example, transform a Final Cut Pro sequence into H.264 and Dolby Digital Professional assets that are appropriate for a Blu-ray Disc, it can also use the Apple ProRes production codecs to transcode HD camera footage into formats suited to workflows inside Final Cut ...