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Table Of Contents
- Compressor User Manual
- Contents
- An Introduction to Compressor
- Getting Started Quickly
- The Basic Transcoding Workflow
- The Compressor Interface
- Importing Source Media Files
- Creating, Previewing, and Modifying Settings
- Creating Jobs and Submitting Batches
- Assigning Settings to Source Media Files
- Assigning Destinations to Source Media Files
- Submitting a Batch
- About the History Drawer
- Resubmitting a Batch
- Saving and Opening a Batch File
- Submitting a Final Cut Pro Project for Transcoding
- Resubmitting a Final Cut Pro Project
- Transcoding Different Clips From One Source Media File
- Creating Dolby Digital Professional Output Files
- Creating H.264 DVD Output Files
- Creating MPEG-1 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-2 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-4 Output Files
- Creating QuickTime Movie Output Files
- Creating QuickTime Export Component, AIFF, and TIFF Files
- Adding Filters to a Setting
- Adding Frame Controls, Geometry, and Actions to a Setting
- Using the Preview Window
- Creating and Changing Destinations
- Using Droplets
- Customer Support
- Command-Line Usage
- Index
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3 The Compressor Interface
The Compressor interface consists of a number of core
windows in which you do most of your transcoding
preparation work.
This chapter covers the following topics:
 Compressor Windows and the Transcoding Workflow (p. 38)
 Batch Window (p. 39)
 Toolbar Buttons (p. 39)
 Presets Window (p. 40)
 Inspector Window (p. 42)
 History Drawer (p. 49)
 Preview Window (p. 50)
 Batch Monitor (p. 51)
 Droplet Windows (p. 52)
 General Compressor Keyboard Shortcuts (p. 53)
 Preview Window Keyboard Shortcuts (p. 54)