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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
66 Chapter 5 Creating, Previewing, and Modifying Settings
Inspector panes
The Inspector window contains the following panes that let you create and modify all the
settings related to your output media file, such as filters, geometry, and output format:
 Summary pane: Provides a detailed summary of a selected setting. See “Summary
Pane” on page 42 for more information about this pane.
 Encoder pane: Allows you to select an output file format and other related video and
audio settings. See the following specific sections for more information about the
different encoder panes:
 “About the AIFF Encoder Pane” on page 180
 “About the Dolby Digital Professional Encoder Pane” on page 94
 “About the H.264 Encoder Pane” on page 110
 “About the MPEG-1 Encoder Pane” on page 117
 “About the MPEG-2 Encoder Pane” on page 129
 “About the MPEG-4 Encoder Pane” on page 154
 “About the QuickTime Export Components Encoder Pane” on page 178
 “About the QuickTime Movie Encoder Pane” on page 164
 “About the TIFF Encoder Pane” on page 183
 Filters pane: Allows you to add filters to your setting. (See “About the Filters Pane” on
page 188 for more information.)
 Geometry pane: Allows you to crop and set the frame size for your output media file.
(See “About the Geometry Pane” on page 201 for more information.)
 Actions pane: Allows you to execute AppleScripts and send email notifications. (See
“About the Actions Pane” on page 205 for more information.)