Thanks for your comment. Just trying to share what I know. Compressor is a really useful program if you know how to use it. I'll be doing another in in a few weeks talking about using multiple computers to render at the same time. Its a crazy good feature that I see little documentation on. Thanks for watching. -Stanislaw
Just getting into FCPX. I bought a MacBook Pro (2015) and it only has 128GB of storage. I bought this laptop specifically for video editing and have been working on several projects before my storage space filled up completely. I was really thrown off because I only made about 3 videos. Knowing how to use Compressor is going to be super helpful. Thanks boss. Cheers
+StupiderThanYou Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately video editing and production takes a lot of space. In my home office I'm pushing about 18 TB current and will likely be expanding. The good news storage and storage options have never been cheaper! You can easily pick up a 4TB drive to edit projects with for around $100. I'd recommend picking one up anyway as a little tip- When exporting you typically need DOUBLE the space of the main export. Half is for the work in progress as it's making the file, the other for the final file. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Awesome inroduction! I've always loved making videos, starting for skating videos with my brother back in the day on windows movie maker, and now doing little shorts for friends or family of events they wanted on Final Cut. Motion and Compressor look like a must have and I don't know what I have been missing! Thanks again for the video!
very easy to understand I'm try to upload into you tube but its not accepting my mov so I'm going to try to compress to your suggestion of mpeg4 thanks for education
Sir, My source file is apple prores 422 HQ with 5.1 surround audio .mov file and needed to convert from .mov to .mp4 with 5.1 surround. In adobe premier pro and Adobe media encoder its no confusion coz there is an option to convert .mp4 with mono or stereo or 5.1 or dolby digital like ac3.. but in apple compressor (also fcpx mp4 export shows only mono and stereo options) shows only mono and stereo options in audio tab please give me any suggestion to convert videos .mp4 format with 5.1 surround or dolby digital (ac3) through apple compressor..
Hi there- thats an interesting question. Based on what i know, compressor should see that its a 5.1 and give you options in the audio settings. Heres apples official documentation on it. Hopefully that has some more technically detailed information for you. support.apple.com/kb/PH21206?locale=en_US Sorry I cant help more but thanks for writing! -Stanislaw AV-Ultra
Thanks for the info. Looks like the new compressor is a lot better than the one back in the FCP7 days? I have been using Wondershare's iSKYsoft Video Converter successfully but they are not keeping up with Mac upgrades and thus at times I have no way to convert video at times. This looks amazing. Is it a little better or WAY better than the old compressor 3 i think it was?
It’s way better in a lot of ways and worse in others. It’s faster and way better tools and setting up clusters actually works and works well on a lan. There’s very little post encode options. You use to be able to bundle scripts and send stuff automatically and have some really great features but I’m guessing no one really used it that much and it was likely scaled back.
@@AVUltra i'll go ahead and pick it up. Thanks. At the moment, I just export from FCPX and use whatever settings it has. I've found that their settings for Apple Devices seems to give a nice resolution for a 30 minute program and yet quite nice looking for 1.92gb file.
I figuren it out. I had to install ffmpeg on my Mac to convert a .mov to WebM vp9 with alpha. Managed to Get a 55 MB file down to 1.4 MB in size. With the same quality
While it may be "Visually lossless" I would wager upon closer inspection of luminance and chrominance channels, it will look vastly different. If it works it works though. Glad you found an answer.
Sir, when I export dpx image sequence in compressor that exported sequences loses all worked Colors and effects and its come back to its original raw footage step(colour washed out) please suggest any solution for this issue
Don't think theres anything I can offer you. Sounds like an apple Issue. The good news is the props team are pretty quick on changes and updates. I would for sure file a bug report. You can search for Apple Compressor bug report of Google and it will pop up. Sounds like a awful bug! I bet all the code for the new color tools weren't piped properly to the export encoding channel for the dpx on the programming side or something. Thanks for the question! Hopefully if others run into it, now it's searchable here, and maybe apple will fix it faster?
Hi Robert, At 6:32, you were able to change your Codec and even specify what bit-rate you can choose. I don't seem to have that option. When I click Codec, it just gives me a list of other codecs I can choose (and not nearly as much as the list you had in the video (I know I'm 4 years late to this video, sorry haha)), but I'm extremely desperate, as I need to turn a video around at 1080i/ 59.94i as soon as possible. Thank you for your help.
Austin- happy to help. Based on your specific codec it sounds like it might be ending up for OTA broadcast somewhere? If so, you are likely working with AVID Codecs like DNXHD DNXHR ETC. Step one: install codecs. Those are a separate download from Avid systems. Any other codecs you want need to be installed. Ice been extremely lucky to have done work worldwide, and those bring their own codecs which is why I have so many listed. So if you need specific codecs, get them installed. Part two- not all codecs let you adjust bitrate because some are already locked to specific bitrate to ensure there’s less errors in the pipeline. I suspect this is the exact reason for the DNX family. Some codecs like h264 let you specify bitrate because they were designed to do that for more control for size of file vs quality to the best of my knowledge. Hopefully that answers your questions, and if you have any more questions, I’ll do my best to answer them. My first name is Stanislaw. My middle name is Robert.
Really enjoyed this one! I just wonder why Compressor changes the color a bit so that they look a little bit washed out? I tried different codecs and resolutions but the colors always differ from the original colors I set up in Final Cut. I hope you can help me. Thank you so much.
The long and short of it is- It doesn’t- but your codec/OS/browser will ALL display things differently. For example- h264 is always going to look different than a prores 4444. A DNxHD is going to look different in QuickTime Pro than it does in different players like vlc. Even watching the same video on TH-cam on chrome VS. safari will show slightly different colors. Then there’s full gamut or broadcast spec of having a clamped 16-235 vs 0-255 color range etc. I see tons of these post online- and the best you can do is test it against a waveform monitor or identically calibrated monitors to help mitigate the loss. As an example- I work at a television studio. I cut in avid or premiere or final cut. I color it the way I need etc- I send it off- by the time it gets to your tv over the air it goes through like 5 appliances that might clamp the signal or normalize the audio etc. That’s one of the reasons why workflow from top to bottom is so important. I might do an in-depth video about this with some of the engineers I work with but it’s so technical I’m afraid it might have a limited audience. Anyway thanks for watching hope it helped and if you have any other questions I’ll do my best to answer them. -Stanislaw Luberda AV-Ultra
Thank you so so much for your detailed reply! So eventually I can use Apple Compressor with now doubt since the color settings remain the same and it is only the video player / program that causes different shades ? Thank you again.
when in doubt always use scopes. You can have 20 different screens in the same room and depending on like 100 things the color etc can look different on each and every one.
Extremely useful video. I'm struggling to work out something and hoping someone can explain what I'm missing. In the output preview, I am led to believe this should be what my file should look like. So, I can take a 4k video, change the resolution to 480p, and I can visibly see the video looking lower resolution. Should I also expect to see the bit rate change the output view? I'm taking a very high bit rate video here, changing it to the lowest in order to see the extremely low rate compression, but the output window looks no different. When I render out, the video looks as bas as expected. Of course, I don't plan to actually use this, but unless I see the accurate output, I'm having to run multiple 'experiments' to find a bit rate I'm happy with. Again, I was hoping the preview would help me out.
That’s a great question! While I don’t have a definitive answer to this, not can I find any documentation about it, the following is my best guess. The preview monitor is likely doing one of a couple things- 1. It’s rendering out a super quick frame view and approximating it. Why not even internally take a screen shot and automate the down sample save process and serve it to you in a temp file. Regardless of process, compressor is doing something to show you that preview and has a pretty good guess based on the frame output. 2. It’s making a best guess of size based on codec duration etc. Bitrate can be variable- therefore is dependent of frames preceding and following it to determine ( based on codec )the best possible bitrate. In terms of single constant bitrate, i would imagine it could be something like updating the preview renderer to reference the bitrate, however if that’s possible or even correct, I can’t see. In terms of variable bitrate such a preview would not be possible as it would need to render sections of frames and still wouldn’t really be right as you can’t average the total from a sample. It sounds like you are trying to find the best look vs size and that is a science all it’s own. What I tend to do it render a compound clip out, or just a small section and send to compressor. I can compare the outputs. Lastly, Compressor is incredibly powerful, but many features changed or vanished. Over the last couple years there’s been issues with compressor working with other proapps (fcp + Motion). Apple has a feedback page for compressor for bugs and suggestions and they have written me back a few times when encountering issues. Thanks for the question.
Thank you for this tutorial very much. I would like to ask one question. If i have many files to encode and i dont want compressor to change their names, is there any possibilty to remain all the names same as sourse files, or i have to change them manualy? Thenk you very much
Hi there and YES you can totally have it keep their source name. The best way I have found to do this is based on "LOCATIONS" in Apple Compressor. When you use compressor you choose your setting and Location. Set a custom Location- then use the inspector to set the "File name Format" field- theres a little dropdown + and choose "Source" Now it should have the same name as the source file. Hope that helps, and thanks for watching. -Stanislaw
In my experience I’ve found compressor and exporting through compressor for fcpx, gives the smallest files with the highest quality out of different encoders. As all things it depends on your input and output. Overall however, compressor is designed as an app that gives more control, more options, than just exporting through fcpx. In compressor you can specify bitrate, normalize audio etc, there’s just more control to produce high quality given the options.
Its a short 2 part answer- 1. Yes you can set your own bitrates for exports in Apple compressors in codecs that allow for that. 2. Once you set custom settings for codecs in Apple compressor, you can use those same compressor settings inside FCPX without having to go to compressor at all- Export using SHARE-> Add Destination. Then you can choose the custom one you set up right in FCPX. Hope that helps! -S
Hi great video. Does this work for videos in the apple photos library? Or would I need to export my videos out of my library first for compressor to see the video files?
Hmm good question! Technically you should be able to put any supported video into compressor. if you have a lot of videos- use Final cut (if you have it) because there you can access your Photo library videos and send them to compressor. Tends to make things a little faster if you have a ton you want to transcode. Either way should work.
I want to know that in what format we should export for UFO or movies, PVR format after to broadcast in Indian cinema theatres. Please make one video on this. Thank You
I have absolutely no idea whatsoever. Apologies. I’m not familiar with Indian cinema formats. If it’s anything like the US- it’s likely a format like DCP, which isn’t possible right now with compressor really. Your best bet would to contact the theatre and ask them for more info
Daaaaaamn, this is a Zuuuppa' useful tutorial Dude!!! Though I have a macMini 2012 with 4GB RAM and edit everything in iMovie LOL. I'm planning on buying Motion and Compressor to piggybank my way to a MacPro line and Final Cut... gotta´start somewhere right? : )
So the best part about compressor is if you have a couple macs- you can use them all at the same time to render out stuff in Prores and DNxHD. so like imagine if you had a render that would take 1 hour- this way it would take around 23 minutes give or take. Compressor is super useful and a lot of people dont really know about it.
Well if you already have AdobeLand software- you likely have Adobe Media Encoder which does much of the same thing that Compressor does (no multiple computer renders thought)
Ooooohhhh!!! Well, I'm still making up mi mind wether buy Motion & Compressor ...or paying Adobeland monthly fee... LOL still looking at my wallet. : )
you can set it by using a custom setting, or just rename it in finder if its a h.264. .mp4 are just containers they don't do anything but tell which program how to open something for the most part.
Good tutorial, very informative ! Question: My problem is that when I shoot - let's say - 5 minute long video in 4K of total size of about 2GB, than I want to reduce it to send via FB Messenger, I cannot find a way to reduce the clip to the 25MB or less, the maximum size FB Messenger allows you to post. Can it be done in Compressor? Cannot figure out the settings. Thank you very much !
Very informative information. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Can you show how to change the bitrate on video? For example how to go from 12mbs to 25mbs or higher. Thanks in advance.
Hey Robert, I just got a maxed out mb pro 16 (8tb ssd, 64gb ram, etc) and when I run multiple files in Compressor after a few mins (or sometimes longer) it stops responding, freezes, and then my RAM usage goes to almost 64gb and fans go wild. Any thoughts? Thanks
Jeff- that sounds like something isn’t working right. Perhaps try reinstalling the apps again. Another thing is make sure all the app are up to date. So if you recently updated compressor but not final cut, this could be the problem. Fcp compressor and motion all need to be the same release version. Easiest way to do this is update all your apps. Check to see if there is a problematic codec. Does it do the same with single files? Outside of that, I’d contact Apple support.
Quick question and it might sound obvious but can I use this program to compress files? Such as 200mbs to 40mbs etc etc?? A lot of times my files are to large to move around and need to compress them without losing quality
Thank you for this very informative Tutorial. At the very end of this video you talk about rendering on multiple computers. And there is the problem i have. When ever i send a renderproject from Final Cut to Compressor it greys out the option to render it on other selectet computers. I cannot chose this option, and only render on my main computer. Did you make a video, how to solve this problem, i did not find? Thanks a lot for information. Best regards Marian
Did I miss it... You need to export max quality from FCPX first, to make sure that Compressor gets max quality file, right? I think I heard people saying that you can use compressor presets directly in FCPX when exporting, but not sure if it make sense. Comment very welcome
in newer versions of final cut, whenever you export and have proxies, now it asks if you want that or originals i believe. And yes, any presets you make in Compressor, you can bring into fcp. The whole point of Compressor is to dial in specifics settings for codecs, or watermarking, etc. Most people may not need compressor, but having it is a massive time saver. You could create a preset in compressor to do a 25% export, with timecode and watermark, and have a second full quality using a second preset and do it all in FCP after you set it up.
@@AVUltra Yes, this is awesome. Ive just created 5 separate setup exports in few seconds, when it would take at least 30min just if FCPX. Also found File->Send to Compressor - it does the job perfectly. Will see how to import settings into FCPX, but I think sending to Compresson does the job for me very well for now. Thanks a lot for the reply.
It as a very useful tutorial. Just needed some additional help/info. I have some old .m2t and .mts files. How can I use Compressor to get them converted to ProRes to use in my FCP X workflow? Would you be able to help me out?
+Dilson Abraham Hi there. You should be able to bring those directly into final cut without need of compressor. When importing in fcpx by choosing make optimized media- it should make printed copies. Compressor is better suited for finishing than for pre flighting in my opinion. Hope that helps.
Hmmm- I was under the impression that the newest version of Final cut had it supported. If not, you'll likely need a third party tool. Whenever I have some specialty formats I typically use Handbrake which is a free transcoder. However you may only be able to output to an mp4. you might want to try it. Apologies I don't have more information for you. Thanks for the question -Stanislaw
By quick look, using this Apple Compressor the result file (after processed by Compressor) will become "Bigger" file in size (from 1.6GB to Bigger file in any format??)
Apologies but that’s not entirely correct. File size is determined by a number of factors ranging from codec type, resolution, duration etc. Compressor typically makes file sizes SMALLER than the same export options in fcpx because you have control of several parameters not available in fcpx natively. An example being creating an h264 straight out of fcpx is typically going to be larger than one out of compressor because in compressor you can freely change the bitrate, number of passes, encoding type etc. Lastly- in video production large file sizes are very common and just part of creating high quality deliverables. Media has never been faster or cheaper ever and it’s common for things like a single episode of a tv show or a short film to run in double digits of terabytes Hope that helps and thanks for the question.
Hello, I have a question, Do you know why the compressor slows down after ten or more clips get done? I store all my footage in a hard drive but now the software is not compressing anymore. Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your question. unfortunately there could be a lot of reasons. I typically am rendering lots of files at once and dont notice a slowdown due to more than 10 files. It could be your hard drive is set to sleep after x amount of time in your energy settings. It could be its choking on heavy transcodes of multipass h.264 or something equally intense. It could be the projects you are sharing. Is it from FCPX? Is it from Motion? Is it rendering and transcoding? Compressor is great for a couple things- Transcoding, batch Renders and Multi machine rendering. I find if i have lots of heavy effects from third parties in Motion or FCPX- compressor can have a harder time with it- especially if you are going straight from fcpx or motion to h.264. As a good rule of the, export your master as prores, the render will go much faster than if you are rendering to a deliverable user format like h.264 Once you have your masters, then transcode them. Keep in mind if you are trying to make the most of parallel rendering (multiple frames at once) not all codecs support that. Hope that helps, and thanks for watching.
I am transferring media from sd card and saving it to my hard drive. I am basically converting drone shots to hd, proress 422, 4k, Hd 720 and small format. after 10 or 20 batches, the software stopped compressing in three different computers
+Crazy Cross 45 Hmm. I haven't actually heard of this particular problem. I'd make sure you're on the newest compressor version. The only thing I can think of is the chance that if you were using GoPro footage. GoPro uses a gpu accelerated codec which might give some issues, but I haven't heard of it just stopping by like that. That's got to be really annoying. I'd also reach out to apple and fill a bug report. If you search on google for compressor feedback, you should be able to get to a page where they will read your comment. Sorry I don't have any more answers. Good luck!
Hi mate, thanks a lot for your tutoriel, but i do have a problem when i import the video like you do at 1:10 I've got the message : "compressor error trying to open media source" and i've no idea how to fix that. Do you have any idea? it's mp4 video from my sony ax53
HI there and thanks for your question. I haven't worked personally with that specific camera before but it seems like a AVCHD type of file. In my experience files like that packaged in a way you need another program to present them in a way where its usable. If thats the case- I'd recommend using quicktime to get the specific file saved out. Hope that helps and apologies I couldn't help more. -Stanislaw.
Don't believe mkv containers are supported so you'll have to use something like handbrake first. h.265 is dependent on high sierra. Due to lots of reasons Im not running HS on any of my machines as of Jan 2018 Thanks for the question. -Stanislaw
As far as I know- yes. I hear there’s a way to add compressor settings and pick Apple devices 4k- but it doesn’t work in some versions. In compressor you get access to any codecs available as well of the settings.
I suspect this will change in the new releases of fcp 10.5 and above as it’s going to be the new delivery codec for a while. So hopefully you’ll be able to get it in fcp soon.
I just purchased the new Compressor 4.4.6 and it won't allow me to add CUSTOM specs to my batch file. CUSTOM is grayed out. Any ideas? Also, I can't use the Vimeo specs either because Compressor wants to publish it online and it WON'T allow me to just create the file first... so I can upload it on my own. UGH.... HELP!
There’s custom preset, and custom destination. The UI can be a little tricky but I make my own preset by hitting the add button and then container- typically .mov and from there in the video inspector- I set the codec and not rate. If you are using Vimeo, you can duplicate the video sharing preset and customize it. That typically gives me better results.
Hi there, a quick question. Can you convert sony xavc-s code to prores in compressor?i know i can do this ni FCP X directly but sometimes i need this for other editors. Is it possible?
Hi there and thanks for the question. I actually shoot a lot with the a7s which records in AVC and X-AVC. I just did a test and dropped a couple files in compressor and had no issues. I believe you may need the Pro Videos codecs update installed so your results may vary. Hope that helps, and thanks for reaching out. -Stanislaw
Which version of Mac OS and Compressor are you using? In my own machine here Im using El Capitan and Compressor 4.2.1 Perhaps Im mistaken and Im dropping AVC files. Are you also working with sony footage? Tell you what- when I get to my main edit machine tonight/ tomorrow I'll do some more tests and see. -Stanislaw
Sure send me an email with a link to a clip and I'd be happy to test it out. Please use the email address on my about page if possible. I try not to post it places because of spam bots.
Hello Stanislaw I was wondering if you can help me with something. I am using a Logitech 930e and I have a question. I record videos with a green screen so that I can have a background in my videos. After recording these videos I place them in Final Cut Pro. However when I record the videos with the green screen and then place the videos in Final Cut Pro the videos do not look as clear as they do when I see myself in the camera. The video resolution seems to be distorted. It looks fine when the video is minimized but when I view it at 100% full screen ut looks very unclear and distorted a little bit. I have my video settings in Final Cut Pro at 1920 x 1080. Can you tell me what I can do or what settings in Final Cut Pro I should set it to in order to get the video recordings from the green screen to be more clear?
Well this is really a bit rate and codec question. Long story short- by the time you Bring it into final cut- you are viewing it at full res and it’s a low bit rate with a lot of compression. Is it an h264 video you are bringing in? Did you use a lot of light for the green screen? Those two things usually make getting a good key a lot more challenging. I wouldn’t really recommend a webcam for full quality green screening because of the compression and quality of video they tend to output.
Here the thing though, when I use a webcam with Screenflow it comes out great however when I use Quicktime to record a video it comes out good but then when I export the quicktime video into Final Cut Pro it looks distorted and the video quality is not good. But when I export a video from Screenflow into Final Cut Pro X it looks great unlike the export into Final Cut Pro X from Quicktime.
I figured out what it was. In Final Cut Pro right at the top of the video window there is a "View" dropdown option. In that dropdown option you can choose "Better Video Performance or Better Video Quality. Mine was checked for Better Video Performance. As soon as I changed it and selected Better Video Quality it fixed the distortion and bad video quality right away. All it took was a simple check of a specific option. Had I not found this out I would have been looking into a whole bunch of unnecessary things. Thank God I figured it out.
Thanks- I really appreciate the feedback- I try my best to get right to the important info. Most people (myself included) have problems to solve RIGHT NOW and its usually work related. No one wants to sit through fluff.
If i have a file that i should compress and burn to 2 dvds(because of the file size)..can i do that in compressor..or should i cut the video in to two..and then take it back to compressor?... please help..
I wouldn’t even bother rendering to a disk. Chances are you’re better off with a usb storage device or shrinking it down. Compressor really does an excellent job of making small files. My advice is avoid burning a disk unless necessary. Most devices play some sort of file nowadays unless you need a disk solution.
@@AVUltra tried compressing the file as much as possible..still had a big size..so had to cut it into two in premiere..and compressed them individually and burn..
Hi there- Yes you can- but you are basically removing frames- Compressor does a good job of it but the older "Cinema tools" from Final cut Studio 3 was a bit better in my opinion. Hope that helps.
In the inspector, with your job selected, change the Action from Save only to Publish to TH-cam. That being said, I personally wouldn't bother. If anything happens and the upload fails, the render is gone too. Means wasted time. Save a copy first always, look it over one last time, then upload.
Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate your comment. Compressor is really useful and often overlooked. For the price and quality its one of the best out there.
Hi there and thanks for your comment. I apologize but I'm not understanding the question here. as far as I know the metadata feature is different in iTunes as it is in TH-cam. Different platforms.
Ok I will rephrase my question for better clarity. Which apple program has been used to finalize all movies on iTunes because they do have full metadata on them including Clip Art/Thumbnail that represents the movie front cover design/sleeve?
I was looking for the software that finalizes movies for iTunes which incorporates all Metadata, Subticles for different languages as well as the ArtWork for the movie. Its seems as Compressor is not the one however I did find one. Follow the link: www.bitfield.se/isubtitle/
Ah got it. Thats really interesting that Compressor CANT do those things as far as I know. Thanks for the link, hopefully it helps other people too. Thanks for watching.
When you have different items in the queue you can select them all and just drag and drop a specific setting droplet. Hope that helps. Thanks for checking it out, and thanks for the comment. -S
It ultimately depends on what kind of 10 bit video, as there are several differences, but according to Apple's compressor page, 10bit HDR video should convert. support.apple.com/kb/PH26730?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US Don't work with 10 bit video really so I don't know first hand.
Due to how large the files are in codecs like prores, there’s much more chance for error. There’s so much data and organizing which machine is doing what it still hasn’t been possible to really do this well wirelessly. Not going to stop you from trying, but you’re much better off just getting a cheap router, and plug it all in. No wondering which machine or which one is failing etc.
To properly answer your question- yes. But mp4 is just a format. You can export an mp4 with just final cut. The benefit and usage of compressor if you can use multiple machines, export to a wide variety of codecs, and change the settings of the codecs to best for your needs.
Sorry for a negative review, Stanislaw. This did not assist learning the simplest actions at all. Too detailed about stuff I don't need. How do I get the Start Batch to light up? I'm stymied.
Skip- Sorry to hear about that you are having trouble. Basically as soon as yo load a file in compressor, choose a codec and destination, it should light up. If thats all you are needing it for, something that might help you out is making a compressor setting so you can basically use compressor inside final cut. Compressor is typically for those that need specific codecs, post render actions and post effects etc. Might be time for me to do a few more lessons all about Compressor. Appreciate the feedback and hopefully another video I make in the future will help you out more. -Stan
I need some help with compressor4 ASAP. My church broadcast it's services on TV with closed captioning. When the program aired on tv it was out of sync. The TV station stated that I need to have a AVCHD (M2T) format. Also needs to be 1080i and not 1080P. I am not sure how I would do this. Can you suggest how I can go by doing this?
Hi there- I might be wrong but i dont think M2T is supported in compressor (at least with the stock compressor you might need to install additional codecs from the camera manufacturer) And changing from 1080 progressive to interlaced would be set in your inspector under video properties. Cant help anymore than that. -Stanislaw AV-Ultra
Have you done some export to webm format? I'm looking for a fix to export overlays with alpha channel from pro res 4444 to webmformat with alpha layers intact
I havent been able to get a clean alpha with webM, and honestly doubt its possible specifically because its already so compressed. I dont think its possible without heavy filtering on the fly and really then its not worth even having the alpha and youre better off with a Key instead. If this is for OBS- Theres way way way better solutions out there. Im using Resolume for Live stream composite, key or whatever. Apologies and good luck.
I use to think so too. I thought why even have this here at all and why is everything buried in different tabs? Its pretty incredible they took qmaster and a lot of the compressor tools and post render action things and simplified it all into a single app with different views. The things that changed my mind overall was that compressor compared to other media encoding software (Handbrake, Adobe media Encoder, Sorenson squeeze to name a few) Compressor is pretty self explanatory for those who go out of their way to purchase it, and it looks really nice, and offers windows setup only in ways you need/want. If you are someone looking for specific codecs/bitrates/etc. finding things in compressor is fairly straightforward, but it does take a bit of exploration and digging in a help file for certain things. Once you understand there terminology they use everything makes sense. You bring up something interesting though. How would you want the UX of compressor to be outside of final cut? I imagine the core things to care about are the before after, presets, destination, review and cluster. Overall it could use a facelift, but I look at adobe media encoder it looks like a spreadsheet from 1990. Thanks for the comment.
Great video, I have a question about rendering video using compressor. How do you get clear HD videos from Compressor. This is something I've struggled with since I started using motion 5 and compressor. Here's a link to a video I rendered using 1080p setting in Compressor. vimeo.com/197254222 if you have any tips, pointers, or advice I'm all ears. Thanks for this tutorial.
+Albert Stephens Hey thanks for the question! It's tough to say without seeing the original file but from just looking at it- it seems just a little fuzzy. Is your motion set to full quality etc? If it is- keep in mind that h.264 is a delivery codec that's really compressed. Stuff on Vimeo and TH-cam will always look a little worse than like an avid or pro res file. If you're committed to h.264 try upping your bit rate. Bitrate can make a big difference. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching. -Stanislaw
Thanks for the reply. Here is a Dropbox link to the motion project. Feel free to take a look at it nd provide feedback if you have time. Thanks again. dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35531255/New%20Braves%20Logo.motn
+Albert Stephens Cool thanks! I'm actually on my way out of the country for a week but I'll grab the link and take a look and let you know if I see anything after I get back.
After a really quick look over it looks like your file is set to "normal" quality instead of "best" Changing it to best already smoothes out some of the edges. Another think I would do is soften the image up a little, Very little is super sharp in real life, Id throw a camera in there and give just a little depth of field. It smoothes out the edges, adds a nice little blur and gives a little depth. Hope that helps. Nice logo design/extrusion too! Happy New Years! -Stanislaw
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Very detailed overview. Much appreciated. So glad that you donate your time to make these efficient and useful videos. Thank you.
Thanks for your comment. Just trying to share what I know. Compressor is a really useful program if you know how to use it.
I'll be doing another in in a few weeks talking about using multiple computers to render at the same time.
Its a crazy good feature that I see little documentation on.
Thanks for watching.
-Stanislaw
Best tutorial on Compressor I have ever watched. I finally CLEARLY understand what Compressor is all about and how to use it. Thank you.
Wonderful overview and very helpful for getting someone brand new to compressor up and running in 15 minutes. Thanks!
Great to hear!
Just getting into FCPX. I bought a MacBook Pro (2015) and it only has 128GB of storage. I bought this laptop specifically for video editing and have been working on several projects before my storage space filled up completely. I was really thrown off because I only made about 3 videos. Knowing how to use Compressor is going to be super helpful. Thanks boss. Cheers
+StupiderThanYou
Thanks for the comment.
Unfortunately video editing and production takes a lot of space. In my home office I'm pushing about 18 TB current and will likely be expanding.
The good news storage and storage options have never been cheaper! You can easily pick up a 4TB drive to edit projects with for around $100.
I'd recommend picking one up anyway as a little tip-
When exporting you typically need DOUBLE the space of the main export. Half is for the work in progress as it's making the file, the other for the final file. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Wow! That's a lot. I have a 1TB external currently. Probs gonna have to buy a bigger one eventually. Cheers
Really helpful. Thanks. I bought Compressor for one specific use but this tutorial has opened my eyes to so many more useful features.
Best intro to Compressor i have found on TH-cam. Have subscribed and will now check out your Motion & FCPX tutorials too ! Big thanks !
Thanks for checking it out!
Awesome inroduction! I've always loved making videos, starting for skating videos with my brother back in the day on windows movie maker, and now doing little shorts for friends or family of events they wanted on Final Cut. Motion and Compressor look like a must have and I don't know what I have been missing! Thanks again for the video!
+FleaRHCP36 thanks for the kind words. I'm trying to put stuff online that I use daily in television production that I never learned in college.
very easy to understand I'm try to upload into you tube but its not accepting my mov so I'm going to try to compress to your suggestion of mpeg4 thanks for education
Great video!
Compressor is a must have, very useful. I really love shared computer.
Super helpful to get through Compressor and find my videos afterward!
Glad I could help!
Best Tutorial ever! straight to the point...thumbs up!
What a great Video! You are one the best presenters on You Tube. I will subscribe.
Thanks for the comment.
Hope it makes your work easier.
-Stanislaw
Sir,
My source file is apple prores 422 HQ with 5.1
surround audio .mov file and needed to convert from
.mov to .mp4 with 5.1 surround. In adobe premier
pro and Adobe media encoder its no confusion coz
there is an option to convert .mp4 with mono or
stereo or 5.1 or dolby digital like ac3..
but in apple compressor (also fcpx mp4 export
shows only mono and stereo options) shows only
mono and stereo options in audio tab please give
me any suggestion to convert videos .mp4 format
with 5.1 surround or dolby digital (ac3) through
apple compressor..
Hi there-
thats an interesting question.
Based on what i know, compressor should see that its a 5.1 and give you options in the audio settings.
Heres apples official documentation on it.
Hopefully that has some more technically detailed information for you.
support.apple.com/kb/PH21206?locale=en_US
Sorry I cant help more but thanks for writing!
-Stanislaw
AV-Ultra
Sir,
Thank you for your valuable response...
Thanks for the info. Looks like the new compressor is a lot better than the one back in the FCP7 days? I have been using Wondershare's iSKYsoft Video Converter successfully but they are not keeping up with Mac upgrades and thus at times I have no way to convert video at times. This looks amazing. Is it a little better or WAY better than the old compressor 3 i think it was?
It’s way better in a lot of ways and worse in others.
It’s faster and way better tools and setting up clusters actually works and works well on a lan.
There’s very little post encode options. You use to be able to bundle scripts and send stuff automatically and have some really great features but I’m guessing no one really used it that much and it was likely scaled back.
@@AVUltra i'll go ahead and pick it up. Thanks. At the moment, I just export from FCPX and use whatever settings it has. I've found that their settings for Apple Devices seems to give a nice resolution for a 30 minute program and yet quite nice looking for 1.92gb file.
I figuren it out. I had to install ffmpeg on my Mac to convert a .mov to WebM vp9 with alpha. Managed to Get a 55 MB file down to 1.4 MB in size. With the same quality
While it may be "Visually lossless" I would wager upon closer inspection of luminance and chrominance channels, it will look vastly different. If it works it works though. Glad you found an answer.
Sir, when I export dpx image sequence in compressor that exported sequences loses all worked Colors and effects and its come back to its original raw footage step(colour washed out) please suggest any solution for this issue
Don't think theres anything I can offer you. Sounds like an apple Issue. The good news is the props team are pretty quick on changes and updates. I would for sure file a bug report. You can search for Apple Compressor bug report of Google and it will pop up.
Sounds like a awful bug!
I bet all the code for the new color tools weren't piped properly to the export encoding channel for the dpx on the programming side or something.
Thanks for the question!
Hopefully if others run into it, now it's searchable here, and maybe apple will fix it faster?
Hi Robert,
At 6:32, you were able to change your Codec and even specify what bit-rate you can choose. I don't seem to have that option. When I click Codec, it just gives me a list of other codecs I can choose (and not nearly as much as the list you had in the video (I know I'm 4 years late to this video, sorry haha)), but I'm extremely desperate, as I need to turn a video around at 1080i/ 59.94i as soon as possible. Thank you for your help.
Austin- happy to help. Based on your specific codec it sounds like it might be ending up for OTA broadcast somewhere? If so, you are likely working with AVID Codecs like DNXHD DNXHR ETC. Step one: install codecs. Those are a separate download from Avid systems. Any other codecs you want need to be installed. Ice been extremely lucky to have done work worldwide, and those bring their own codecs which is why I have so many listed. So if you need specific codecs, get them installed. Part two- not all codecs let you adjust bitrate because some are already locked to specific bitrate to ensure there’s less errors in the pipeline. I suspect this is the exact reason for the DNX family. Some codecs like h264 let you specify bitrate because they were designed to do that for more control for size of file vs quality to the best of my knowledge. Hopefully that answers your questions, and if you have any more questions, I’ll do my best to answer them. My first name is Stanislaw. My middle name is Robert.
Really enjoyed this one! I just wonder why Compressor changes the color a bit so that they look a little bit washed out? I tried different codecs and resolutions but the colors always differ from the original colors I set up in Final Cut. I hope you can help me. Thank you so much.
The long and short of it is-
It doesn’t- but your codec/OS/browser will ALL display things differently.
For example- h264 is always going to look different than a prores 4444.
A DNxHD is going to look different in QuickTime Pro than it does in different players like vlc.
Even watching the same video on TH-cam on chrome VS. safari will show slightly different colors.
Then there’s full gamut or broadcast spec of having a clamped 16-235 vs 0-255 color range etc.
I see tons of these post online- and the best you can do is test it against a waveform monitor or identically calibrated monitors to help mitigate the loss.
As an example- I work at a television studio.
I cut in avid or premiere or final cut.
I color it the way I need etc- I send it off- by the time it gets to your tv over the air it goes through like 5 appliances that might clamp the signal or normalize the audio etc.
That’s one of the reasons why workflow from top to bottom is so important.
I might do an in-depth video about this with some of the engineers I work with but it’s so technical I’m afraid it might have a limited audience.
Anyway thanks for watching hope it helped and if you have any other questions I’ll do my best to answer them.
-Stanislaw Luberda
AV-Ultra
Thank you so so much for your detailed reply! So eventually I can use Apple Compressor with now doubt since the color settings remain the same and it is only the video player / program that causes different shades ? Thank you again.
when in doubt always use scopes. You can have 20 different screens in the same room and depending on like 100 things the color etc can look different on each and every one.
Extremely useful video. I'm struggling to work out something and hoping someone can explain what I'm missing.
In the output preview, I am led to believe this should be what my file should look like. So, I can take a 4k video, change the resolution to 480p, and I can visibly see the video looking lower resolution.
Should I also expect to see the bit rate change the output view? I'm taking a very high bit rate video here, changing it to the lowest in order to see the extremely low rate compression, but the output window looks no different. When I render out, the video looks as bas as expected.
Of course, I don't plan to actually use this, but unless I see the accurate output, I'm having to run multiple 'experiments' to find a bit rate I'm happy with. Again, I was hoping the preview would help me out.
That’s a great question! While I don’t have a definitive answer to this, not can I find any documentation about it, the following is my best guess.
The preview monitor is likely doing one of a couple things-
1. It’s rendering out a super quick frame view and approximating it. Why not even internally take a screen shot and automate the down sample save process and serve it to you in a temp file.
Regardless of process, compressor is doing something to show you that preview and has a pretty good guess based on the frame output.
2. It’s making a best guess of size based on codec duration etc.
Bitrate can be variable- therefore is dependent of frames preceding and following it to determine ( based on codec )the best possible bitrate.
In terms of single constant bitrate, i would imagine it could be something like updating the preview renderer to reference the bitrate, however if that’s possible or even correct, I can’t see.
In terms of variable bitrate such a preview would not be possible as it would need to render sections of frames and still wouldn’t really be right as you can’t average the total from a sample.
It sounds like you are trying to find the best look vs size and that is a science all it’s own.
What I tend to do it render a compound clip out, or just a small section and send to compressor. I can compare the outputs.
Lastly,
Compressor is incredibly powerful, but many features changed or vanished. Over the last couple years there’s been issues with compressor working with other proapps (fcp + Motion).
Apple has a feedback page for compressor for bugs and suggestions and they have written me back a few times when encountering issues.
Thanks for the question.
Thank you very much. It's exactly the description of this program that I was looking for. 😄
Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.
-Stanislaw
Fantastic explanation. Thank you!
Great overview! Thank you for your effort!
Thank you for this tutorial very much. I would like to ask one question. If i have many files to encode and i dont want compressor to change their names, is there any possibilty to remain all the names same as sourse files, or i have to change them manualy? Thenk you very much
Hi there and YES you can totally have it keep their source name.
The best way I have found to do this is based on "LOCATIONS" in Apple Compressor.
When you use compressor you choose your setting and Location.
Set a custom Location- then use the inspector to set the "File name Format" field- theres a little dropdown + and choose "Source"
Now it should have the same name as the source file.
Hope that helps, and thanks for watching.
-Stanislaw
+AV-Ultra thank you very much I ve just followed your instructions and it helped thank you!
Very useful! Now I’d like to know if using compressor I could export a better quality than using FCPX only. Than you.
In my experience I’ve found compressor and exporting through compressor for fcpx, gives the smallest files with the highest quality out of different encoders.
As all things it depends on your input and output.
Overall however, compressor is designed as an app that gives more control, more options, than just exporting through fcpx.
In compressor you can specify bitrate, normalize audio etc, there’s just more control to produce high quality given the options.
@@AVUltra and can you overpower the quality of FCPX export, setting the nítrate in Compressor? I mean, has Compressor better bitrates than FCPX?
Its a short 2 part answer-
1. Yes you can set your own bitrates for exports in Apple compressors in codecs that allow for that.
2. Once you set custom settings for codecs in Apple compressor, you can use those same compressor settings inside FCPX without having to go to compressor at all-
Export using SHARE-> Add Destination. Then you can choose the custom one you set up right in FCPX.
Hope that helps!
-S
@@AVUltra you are so kind! Thank you!
Hi great video.
Does this work for videos in the apple photos library? Or would I need to export my videos out of my library first for compressor to see the video files?
Hmm good question! Technically you should be able to put any supported video into compressor.
if you have a lot of videos- use Final cut (if you have it) because there you can access your Photo library videos and send them to compressor. Tends to make things a little faster if you have a ton you want to transcode.
Either way should work.
thank you so much, this is really good tutorial!!
I want to know that in what format we should export for UFO or movies, PVR format after to broadcast in Indian cinema theatres. Please make one video on this. Thank You
I have absolutely no idea whatsoever.
Apologies. I’m not familiar with Indian cinema formats. If it’s anything like the US- it’s likely a format like DCP, which isn’t possible right now with compressor really.
Your best bet would to contact the theatre and ask them for more info
Daaaaaamn, this is a Zuuuppa' useful tutorial Dude!!! Though I have a macMini 2012 with 4GB RAM and edit everything in iMovie LOL. I'm planning on buying Motion and Compressor to piggybank my way to a MacPro line and Final Cut... gotta´start somewhere right? : )
So the best part about compressor is if you have a couple macs- you can use them all at the same time to render out stuff in Prores and DNxHD. so like imagine if you had a render that would take 1 hour- this way it would take around 23 minutes give or take. Compressor is super useful and a lot of people dont really know about it.
Thanks a lot Stanislaw!!! Will definitely look forward buy Compressor while using Adobe Creative Cloud programs: After Effects and Premiere... : )
Well if you already have AdobeLand software- you likely have Adobe Media Encoder which does much of the same thing that Compressor does (no multiple computer renders thought)
Ooooohhhh!!! Well, I'm still making up mi mind wether buy Motion & Compressor ...or paying Adobeland monthly fee... LOL still looking at my wallet. : )
...here's a sample of what I do: www.behance.net/saggproduc3f87
brilliant worth the 15 minutes
Thank you very much. How do I change the output extension from mov to let's say mp4?
you can set it by using a custom setting, or just rename it in finder if its a h.264. .mp4 are just containers they don't do anything but tell which program how to open something for the most part.
@@AVUltra Thank you. Got it
Good tutorial, very informative ! Question: My problem is that when I shoot - let's say - 5 minute long video in 4K of total size of about 2GB, than I want to reduce it to send via FB Messenger, I cannot find a way to reduce the clip to the 25MB or less, the maximum size FB Messenger allows you to post. Can it be done in Compressor? Cannot figure out the settings. Thank you very much !
Try hevc. Don’t know if getting it to that size is possible but hevc is pretty amazing.
@@AVUltra Will try. Thank you !
Very informative information. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Can you show how to change the bitrate on video? For example how to go from 12mbs to 25mbs or higher. Thanks in advance.
Depends on the codec- just click video and then change the bitrate.
Thank you. It really does depend on codec. Some of them will not allow for changes.
Thanks for your videos. I appreciate the information. You have brought so much value to me 🤙🏾
Thanks so much for the comment.
I’m really glad you found it useful.
Hey Robert, I just got a maxed out mb pro 16 (8tb ssd, 64gb ram, etc) and when I run multiple files in Compressor after a few mins (or sometimes longer) it stops responding, freezes, and then my RAM usage goes to almost 64gb and fans go wild. Any thoughts? Thanks
Jeff- that sounds like something isn’t working right. Perhaps try reinstalling the apps again. Another thing is make sure all the app are up to date. So if you recently updated compressor but not final cut, this could be the problem. Fcp compressor and motion all need to be the same release version. Easiest way to do this is update all your apps. Check to see if there is a problematic codec. Does it do the same with single files? Outside of that, I’d contact Apple support.
Quick question and it might sound obvious but can I use this program to compress files? Such as 200mbs to 40mbs etc etc?? A lot of times my files are to large to move around and need to compress them without losing quality
Compressor works with media files only. For what you may likely looking for is a standard file compressor. If that’s the case I’d recommend keka.
So it CAN compress video? That’s the only issue I’m having. Thank you for the speedy response!
Its made specifically to compress video.
Thank you for this very informative Tutorial. At the very end of this video you talk about rendering on multiple computers. And there is the problem i have. When ever i send a renderproject from Final Cut to Compressor it greys out the option to render it on other selectet computers. I cannot chose this option, and only render on my main computer. Did you make a video, how to solve this problem, i did not find? Thanks a lot for information. Best regards Marian
Did I miss it... You need to export max quality from FCPX first, to make sure that Compressor gets max quality file, right? I think I heard people saying that you can use compressor presets directly in FCPX when exporting, but not sure if it make sense. Comment very welcome
in newer versions of final cut, whenever you export and have proxies, now it asks if you want that or originals i believe.
And yes, any presets you make in Compressor, you can bring into fcp.
The whole point of Compressor is to dial in specifics settings for codecs, or watermarking, etc.
Most people may not need compressor, but having it is a massive time saver.
You could create a preset in compressor to do a 25% export, with timecode and watermark, and have a second full quality using a second preset and do it all in FCP after you set it up.
@@AVUltra Yes, this is awesome. Ive just created 5 separate setup exports in few seconds, when it would take at least 30min just if FCPX. Also found File->Send to Compressor - it does the job perfectly. Will see how to import settings into FCPX, but I think sending to Compresson does the job for me very well for now. Thanks a lot for the reply.
It as a very useful tutorial.
Just needed some additional help/info. I have some old .m2t and .mts files. How can I use Compressor to get them converted to ProRes to use in my FCP X workflow?
Would you be able to help me out?
+Dilson Abraham
Hi there.
You should be able to bring those directly into final cut without need of compressor.
When importing in fcpx by choosing make optimized media- it should make printed copies.
Compressor is better suited for finishing than for pre flighting in my opinion.
Hope that helps.
I did try that. But FCP X doesnt let me select the .m2t or .mts files. They appear greyed out.
Hmmm- I was under the impression that the newest version of Final cut had it supported.
If not, you'll likely need a third party tool.
Whenever I have some specialty formats I typically use Handbrake which is a free transcoder. However you may only be able to output to an mp4.
you might want to try it.
Apologies I don't have more information for you.
Thanks for the question
-Stanislaw
thank you , very helpful
By quick look, using this Apple Compressor the result file (after processed by Compressor) will become "Bigger" file in size (from 1.6GB to Bigger file in any format??)
Apologies but that’s not entirely correct. File size is determined by a number of factors ranging from codec type, resolution, duration etc.
Compressor typically makes file sizes SMALLER than the same export options in fcpx because you have control of several parameters not available in fcpx natively.
An example being creating an h264 straight out of fcpx is typically going to be larger than one out of compressor because in compressor you can freely change the bitrate, number of passes, encoding type etc.
Lastly- in video production large file sizes are very common and just part of creating high quality deliverables. Media has never been faster or cheaper ever and it’s common for things like a single episode of a tv show or a short film to run in double digits of terabytes
Hope that helps and thanks for the question.
@@AVUltra Thanks for your comment above. I will have to try the Compressor then...just to experience myself..
Hello, I have a question, Do you know why the compressor slows down after ten or more clips get done? I store all my footage in a hard drive but now the software is not compressing anymore. Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your question. unfortunately there could be a lot of reasons.
I typically am rendering lots of files at once and dont notice a slowdown due to more than 10 files.
It could be your hard drive is set to sleep after x amount of time in your energy settings. It could be its choking on heavy transcodes of multipass h.264 or something equally intense.
It could be the projects you are sharing. Is it from FCPX? Is it from Motion? Is it rendering and transcoding?
Compressor is great for a couple things-
Transcoding, batch Renders and Multi machine rendering.
I find if i have lots of heavy effects from third parties in Motion or FCPX- compressor can have a harder time with it- especially if you are going straight from fcpx or motion to h.264.
As a good rule of the, export your master as prores, the render will go much faster than if you are rendering to a deliverable user format like h.264
Once you have your masters, then transcode them.
Keep in mind if you are trying to make the most of parallel rendering (multiple frames at once) not all codecs support that.
Hope that helps, and thanks for watching.
I am transferring media from sd card and saving it to my hard drive. I am basically converting drone shots to hd, proress 422, 4k, Hd 720 and small format. after 10 or 20 batches, the software stopped compressing in three different computers
+Crazy Cross 45
Hmm.
I haven't actually heard of this particular problem. I'd make sure you're on the newest compressor version. The only thing I can think of is the chance that if you were using GoPro footage. GoPro uses a gpu accelerated codec which might give some issues, but I haven't heard of it just stopping by like that.
That's got to be really annoying.
I'd also reach out to apple and fill a bug report. If you search on google for compressor feedback, you should be able to get to a page where they will read your comment.
Sorry I don't have any more answers. Good luck!
hey no problem, thanks for your time ill look for more info on google
Hi mate, thanks a lot for your tutoriel, but i do have a problem when i import the video like you do at 1:10 I've got the message : "compressor error trying to open media source" and i've no idea how to fix that. Do you have any idea? it's mp4 video from my sony ax53
HI there and thanks for your question.
I haven't worked personally with that specific camera before but it seems like a AVCHD type of file. In my experience files like that packaged in a way you need another program to present them in a way where its usable.
If thats the case- I'd recommend using quicktime to get the specific file saved out.
Hope that helps and apologies I couldn't help more.
-Stanislaw.
Very good review thanks I’m considering getting FCP and compressor and motion
Hi there can i put my 1080p MKV File on to this program and make it 4kHEVC/H.265 mp4 for iTunes??
Don't believe mkv containers are supported so you'll have to use something like handbrake first.
h.265 is dependent on high sierra.
Due to lots of reasons Im not running HS on any of my machines as of Jan 2018
Thanks for the question.
-Stanislaw
AV-Ultra Thank you for the information
Hi, is the Compressor the only way to export h.265 from FCPX? Thanks for a reply. Have a nice day.
As far as I know- yes.
I hear there’s a way to add compressor settings and pick Apple devices 4k- but it doesn’t work in some versions.
In compressor you get access to any codecs available as well of the settings.
I suspect this will change in the new releases of fcp 10.5 and above as it’s going to be the new delivery codec for a while.
So hopefully you’ll be able to get it in fcp soon.
Thank you! Very clear and informative.
having problems encoding Canon c200 crm files, files cannot open. Any suggestions?
Canon is a tough codec for whatever reason in final cut in general. Haven’t found a good solution for it yet. Sorry.
I just purchased the new Compressor 4.4.6 and it won't allow me to add CUSTOM specs to my batch file. CUSTOM is grayed out. Any ideas? Also, I can't use the Vimeo specs either because Compressor wants to publish it online and it WON'T allow me to just create the file first... so I can upload it on my own. UGH....
HELP!
There’s custom preset, and custom destination. The UI can be a little tricky but I make my own preset by hitting the add button and then container- typically .mov and from there in the video inspector- I set the codec and not rate.
If you are using Vimeo, you can duplicate the video sharing preset and customize it. That typically gives me better results.
Hi there, a quick question. Can you convert sony xavc-s code to prores in compressor?i know i can do this ni FCP X directly but sometimes i need this for other editors. Is it possible?
Hi there and thanks for the question.
I actually shoot a lot with the a7s which records in AVC and X-AVC.
I just did a test and dropped a couple files in compressor and had no issues.
I believe you may need the Pro Videos codecs update installed so your results may vary.
Hope that helps, and thanks for reaching out.
-Stanislaw
Ok, interesting. I have all the pro video codes on the Mac...Is it possible to check this somewhere. I get Error trying to open source media file...
Which version of Mac OS and Compressor are you using?
In my own machine here Im using El Capitan and Compressor 4.2.1
Perhaps Im mistaken and Im dropping AVC files. Are you also working with sony footage?
Tell you what- when I get to my main edit machine tonight/ tomorrow I'll do some more tests and see.
-Stanislaw
I am on OS X 10.12 and I Use 4.4 compressor....I can send one of mine clip so you can test it...and yes I use sony footage...
Sure send me an email with a link to a clip and I'd be happy to test it out.
Please use the email address on my about page if possible. I try not to post it places because of spam bots.
Hello Stanislaw
I was wondering if you can help me with something. I am using a Logitech 930e and I have a question. I record videos with a green screen so that I can have a background in my videos. After recording these videos I place them in Final Cut Pro. However when I record the videos with the green screen and then place the videos in Final Cut Pro the videos do not look as clear as they do when I see myself in the camera. The video resolution seems to be distorted. It looks fine when the video is minimized but when I view it at 100% full screen ut looks very unclear and distorted a little bit. I have my video settings in Final Cut Pro at 1920 x 1080. Can you tell me what I can do or what settings in Final Cut Pro I should set it to in order to get the video recordings from the green screen to be more clear?
Well this is really a bit rate and codec question.
Long story short- by the time you Bring it into final cut- you are viewing it at full res and it’s a low bit rate with a lot of compression.
Is it an h264 video you are bringing in?
Did you use a lot of light for the green screen? Those two things usually make getting a good key a lot more challenging.
I wouldn’t really recommend a webcam for full quality green screening because of the compression and quality of video they tend to output.
Here the thing though, when I use a webcam with Screenflow it comes out great however when I use Quicktime to record a video it comes out good but then when I export the quicktime video into Final Cut Pro it looks distorted and the video quality is not good. But when I export a video from Screenflow into Final Cut Pro X it looks great unlike the export into Final Cut Pro X from Quicktime.
Well with screenflow what is the codec and Rez? If you are using QuickTime try matching that. Otherwise it could be a QuickTime issue.
I figured out what it was. In Final Cut Pro right at the top of the video window there is a "View" dropdown option. In that dropdown option you can choose "Better Video Performance or Better Video Quality. Mine was checked for Better Video Performance. As soon as I changed it and selected Better Video Quality it fixed the distortion and bad video quality right away. All it took was a simple check of a specific option. Had I not found this out I would have been looking into a whole bunch of unnecessary things. Thank God I figured it out.
Very useful Thank You...
Compressor i believe is really underrated for what it does. Thanks for the message.
-Stanislaw Luberda
AV-Ultra
Thank You so much for this tutorial.. Righ to the point and very detailed.
Thanks- I really appreciate the feedback- I try my best to get right to the important info. Most people (myself included) have problems to solve RIGHT NOW and its usually work related. No one wants to sit through fluff.
If i have a file that i should compress and burn to 2 dvds(because of the file size)..can i do that in compressor..or should i cut the video in to two..and then take it back to compressor?... please help..
I wouldn’t even bother rendering to a disk. Chances are you’re better off with a usb storage device or shrinking it down. Compressor really does an excellent job of making small files.
My advice is avoid burning a disk unless necessary. Most devices play some sort of file nowadays unless you need a disk solution.
@@AVUltra tried compressing the file as much as possible..still had a big size..so had to cut it into two in premiere..and compressed them individually and burn..
Excellent work. Well done and thank you!
+DGrieux glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.
You rock man! Great video
+iEdit Projects thanks for watching glad it helped.
Super useful tutorial. Thanks!
Thank you sir , very helpful and easy to understand
Thanks for watching hope I helped.
Very thorough. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for watching. Compressor is often misunderstood.
Very insightful, thanks for your clear explanation!
Thanks for watching. Hope it helped explain things. Compressor is actually pretty cool if you get to know it.
-Stanislaw
The earlier versions were difficult to navigate, these versions are reasonably intuitive. Thanks again.
Superb job!
Thank you! Cheers!
Can we convert a movie in NTSC 30 IPS to PAL 25 IPS ? and still have a fluidly footage ??
Hi there- Yes you can- but you are basically removing frames- Compressor does a good job of it but the older "Cinema tools" from Final cut Studio 3 was a bit better in my opinion.
Hope that helps.
This is a very useful overview thanks.
When you start the batch how do you publish it to TH-cam
In the inspector, with your job selected, change the Action from Save only to Publish to TH-cam.
That being said, I personally wouldn't bother. If anything happens and the upload fails, the render is gone too. Means wasted time. Save a copy first always, look it over one last time, then upload.
@@AVUltra thanks
nice video, well done :)
Thank you for the information. Very informative.
Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate your comment.
Compressor is really useful and often overlooked. For the price and quality its one of the best out there.
It seems not showing all metadata on iTunes as filled in and where to load a thumbnail when Exporting to iTunes as well as to You tube?
Hi there and thanks for your comment. I apologize but I'm not understanding the question here.
as far as I know the metadata feature is different in iTunes as it is in TH-cam. Different platforms.
Ok I will rephrase my question for better clarity. Which apple program has been used to finalize all movies on iTunes because they do have full metadata on them including Clip Art/Thumbnail that represents the movie front cover design/sleeve?
I was looking for the software that finalizes movies for iTunes which incorporates all Metadata, Subticles for different languages as well as the ArtWork for the movie. Its seems as Compressor is not the one however I did find one. Follow the link: www.bitfield.se/isubtitle/
Ah got it. Thats really interesting that Compressor CANT do those things as far as I know.
Thanks for the link, hopefully it helps other people too.
Thanks for watching.
For those who need it. Actually, the correct one is called RoadMovie. See the following Link : www.bitfield.se/roadmovie/index.html
What about batch export ? How to set 1 setting at once for different videos ?
When you have different items in the queue you can select them all and just drag and drop a specific setting droplet.
Hope that helps. Thanks for checking it out, and thanks for the comment.
-S
Thank you for this super helpful video!
great tutorial:)
Is it possible to convert from 10bit video source?
It ultimately depends on what kind of 10 bit video, as there are several differences, but according to Apple's compressor page, 10bit HDR video should convert.
support.apple.com/kb/PH26730?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US
Don't work with 10 bit video really so I don't know first hand.
great video. Thx
AV-Ultra
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Great tutorial! Thanks!
You're welcome!
Thank you a lots.
Glad it helped
13:48 do you mean wired network as Multiple macs connected to the same router ( home office for instance?) why wireless ( very fast) doesn't work.
Due to how large the files are in codecs like prores, there’s much more chance for error. There’s so much data and organizing which machine is doing what it still hasn’t been possible to really do this well wirelessly.
Not going to stop you from trying, but you’re much better off just getting a cheap router, and plug it all in. No wondering which machine or which one is failing etc.
Can this compressor export to an mp4 file?
To properly answer your question- yes. But mp4 is just a format. You can export an mp4 with just final cut. The benefit and usage of compressor if you can use multiple machines, export to a wide variety of codecs, and change the settings of the codecs to best for your needs.
Thx a bunch !
Glad it could help.
I don’t get it 🤦🏽♂️
Sorry you are having trouble. Is it about compressor in general or a feature? Let me know and if I can help, id be happy to answer any questions.
Sorry for a negative review, Stanislaw. This did not assist learning the simplest actions at all. Too detailed about stuff I don't need. How do I get the Start Batch to light up? I'm stymied.
Skip- Sorry to hear about that you are having trouble.
Basically as soon as yo load a file in compressor, choose a codec and destination, it should light up.
If thats all you are needing it for, something that might help you out is making a compressor setting so you can basically use compressor inside final cut.
Compressor is typically for those that need specific codecs, post render actions and post effects etc.
Might be time for me to do a few more lessons all about Compressor.
Appreciate the feedback and hopefully another video I make in the future will help you out more.
-Stan
LOL YOU HAVE THE EXACT SAME NAME AS MEE!!!! are you polish?
i am Stanisław as well
Yup!
Sure am.
-S
nice
WPT, cool I live in WI
+Boodieman72 It's a great place and I'm lucky to be there! We have tours every once and a while if you ever want to see the place.
Are you based in Madison? I am up near Green Bay. I'd love to do video production.
Yes, in Madison.
I need some help with compressor4 ASAP. My church broadcast it's services on TV with closed captioning. When the program aired on tv it was out of sync. The TV station stated that I need to have a AVCHD (M2T) format. Also needs to be 1080i and not 1080P. I am not sure how I would do this. Can you suggest how I can go by doing this?
Hi there-
I might be wrong but i dont think M2T is supported in compressor (at least with the stock compressor you might need to install additional codecs from the camera manufacturer)
And changing from 1080 progressive to interlaced would be set in your inspector under video properties.
Cant help anymore than that.
-Stanislaw
AV-Ultra
Have you done some export to webm format? I'm looking for a fix to export overlays with alpha channel from pro res 4444 to webmformat with alpha layers intact
I havent been able to get a clean alpha with webM, and honestly doubt its possible specifically because its already so compressed. I dont think its possible without heavy filtering on the fly and really then its not worth even having the alpha and youre better off with a Key instead. If this is for OBS- Theres way way way better solutions out there. Im using Resolume for Live stream composite, key or whatever.
Apologies and good luck.
A more unintuitive app I haven't seen in a very long time. Kudos to Apple for reminding how irksome a crappy UX job can be.
I use to think so too. I thought why even have this here at all and why is everything buried in different tabs? Its pretty incredible they took qmaster and a lot of the compressor tools and post render action things and simplified it all into a single app with different views. The things that changed my mind overall was that compressor compared to other media encoding software (Handbrake, Adobe media Encoder, Sorenson squeeze to name a few) Compressor is pretty self explanatory for those who go out of their way to purchase it, and it looks really nice, and offers windows setup only in ways you need/want.
If you are someone looking for specific codecs/bitrates/etc. finding things in compressor is fairly straightforward, but it does take a bit of exploration and digging in a help file for certain things.
Once you understand there terminology they use everything makes sense.
You bring up something interesting though.
How would you want the UX of compressor to be outside of final cut? I imagine the core things to care about are the before after, presets, destination, review and cluster.
Overall it could use a facelift, but I look at adobe media encoder it looks like a spreadsheet from 1990.
Thanks for the comment.
Great video, I have a question about rendering video using compressor. How do you get clear HD videos from Compressor. This is something I've struggled with since I started using motion 5 and compressor. Here's a link to a video I rendered using 1080p setting in Compressor. vimeo.com/197254222 if you have any tips, pointers, or advice I'm all ears. Thanks for this tutorial.
+Albert Stephens Hey thanks for the question! It's tough to say without seeing the original file but from just looking at it- it seems just a little fuzzy. Is your motion set to full quality etc?
If it is- keep in mind that h.264 is a delivery codec that's really compressed. Stuff on Vimeo and TH-cam will always look a little worse than like an avid or pro res file.
If you're committed to h.264 try upping your bit rate. Bitrate can make a big difference.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for watching.
-Stanislaw
Thanks for the reply. Here is a Dropbox link to the motion project. Feel free to take a look at it nd provide feedback if you have time. Thanks again. dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35531255/New%20Braves%20Logo.motn
+Albert Stephens Cool thanks! I'm actually on my way out of the country for a week but I'll grab the link and take a look and let you know if I see anything after I get back.
Thanks, have a safe trip.
After a really quick look over it looks like your file is set to "normal" quality instead of "best"
Changing it to best already smoothes out some of the edges.
Another think I would do is soften the image up a little, Very little is super sharp in real life, Id throw a camera in there and give just a little depth of field. It smoothes out the edges, adds a nice little blur and gives a little depth.
Hope that helps.
Nice logo design/extrusion too!
Happy New Years!
-Stanislaw
You need to put a circle around your mouse. You go so fast I can't keep up with where your mouse is going. What's the hurry? Let us follow you. Jeez.
Apologies, Mr. Ken.
Excellent explanation! Thank you.