Compressor 4 Powerful encoding. Delivered.

Compressor tightly integrates with Final Cut Pro to add customised output settings, distributed encoding and extensive delivery features. With support for 360° video, HDR, HEVC and MXF output, it’s the most powerful, flexible way to export your Final Cut Pro projects.

Seamless integration with Final Cut Pro.
A simple interface and intuitive controls make Compressor the perfect companion for customised encoding with Final Cut Pro.

Interface

Performance

Custom Settings
A sleek interface matches Final Cut Pro and makes it simple to navigate compression projects. Browse encoding settings in the left sidebar, and open the inspector to quickly configure advanced audio and video properties. Your batch appears in the centre, directly below a large viewer that lets you view and navigate your file.

A 64-bit engine takes advantage of all the memory in your Mac for high-performance encoding of
high-resolution video. Compressor also leverages available hardware encoders for H.264 and HEVC exports, spreads work across multiple CPU cores and uses the high-speed GPU on the graphics card to speed up demanding image processing tasks.

Whether you customise an existing Compressor setting in Final Cut Pro or create an entirely new one, you can share the results with other Final Cut Pro editors — even if they don’t have Compressor installed on their systems. You can also create Destinations, which combine an encode setting with a post-encode action to automate tasks like emailing, copying and moving files or executing a customised script.

Support for industry standards.
With support for a wide range of popular device outputs as well as professional video and audio formats, Compressor expands on the encoding options built into Final Cut Pro.

Closed Captions New
Easily view, adjust and export closed captions, with the ability to import caption files — even in multiple languages — into a single batch or iTunes Store package. Compressor supports CEA-608, iTT and SRT formats. You can also choose to embed captions’ metadata in the exported video or deliver a separate sidecar file.

HEVC
Export video in the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) format to create high‑quality files that are up to 40 per cent smaller than those encoded as H.264. Adjust image quality parameters to optimise your output, then save your HEVC export setting and access it directly in Final Cut Pro.

HDR
Compressor supports High Dynamic Range (HDR) export to deliver incredibly realistic images for both batches and iTunes Store Packages. Deliver in Rec. 2020 PQ or Rec. 2020 HLG, and easily convert HDR to Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) output.

360 VR Export
Compressor supports monoscopic and stereoscopic 360° video export in a wide range of formats and frame sizes. Easily share 360° video directly to YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo with industry‑standard spherical metadata embedded in the files.

Encoding Video for Apple Devices
A variety of presets make it easy to deliver content for Apple devices — including iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. The inspector clearly identifies supported Apple devices, and you can modify any preset to get the perfect file for your final delivery.

MXF Encoding
Create MXF files with a wide collection of codecs including AVC‑Intra, D‑10/IMX, ProRes and XDCAM HD. Adjust parameters and choose from a variety of frame rates and resolutions.

Web Sharing and Disc Burning
Upload files to popular video websites, including YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook. You can also choose from a set of menu templates to create basic Blu-ray discs and DVDs directly from Compressor.*

Broad Format Support
Quickly set up encoding jobs for a broad range of industry‑standard formats including MPEG‑2, H.264, QuickTime, MXF and more. Use the advanced features of Compressor to add closed-caption files to MPEG and QuickTime files. And if you encode video for HTTP live streaming, Compressor delivers all the files you need in a single web-ready folder.

Pristine format conversions.
Compressor uses optical flow processing to perform format and standards conversions at exceptional quality. You can also take advantage of built-in image filters and tools for audio processing.

Video Retiming

Dynamic Image Filters

Audio Options
Speed up video, slow it down or adjust the frame rate to make the duration match a specific runtime. Compressor produces pristine retiming effects, complete with automatic pitch adjustment for audio.

Customise and clean up your content as you encode. Add a timecode overlay or animated watermarks to identify your work. Or apply colour correction, noise reduction, brightness or contrast filters to fix video problems.

Display and assign channels to QuickTime audio tracks, including an optional matrix stereo downmix. Then add audio effects like Peak Limiter and Time Pitch to fine-tune your sound before export.

iTunes Store Package
Compressor makes it simple to package your film for submission to the iTunes Store.

View the iTunes Store Package Quick Start Guide (PDF)

Add Content
Easily import and organise your movie, trailer, closed captions and subtitles. Open the inspector to view information and add metadata to any video or audio file.

Audition
Audition video with any audio, caption or subtitle to verify sync. Continuous playback lets you check sync while switching between alternative audio tracks, subtitles and captions.

Package
Collect all your assets in an iTunes Store Package, with the option to use your ProRes source video and audio files without additional compression. Reassign audio channels and use automatic subtitle language detection to add key metadata.

Accessibility New
Enhance the movie-watching experience for viewers with vision or hearing impairments. Create and edit closed captions directly in Compressor without the need for third-party software, and bundle audio description files in your iTunes Store package.

Validate
Built-in error detection helps you identify issues with your iTunes Store Package. Use the validation interface to select an error or warning and navigate directly to the source of the issue.

Submit
Compress your package in a few simple steps and submit it to an Apple‑certified delivery partner for sale on the iTunes Store.

Learn more about iTunes delivery partners

Distributed encoding.
With distributed encoding features built into Compressor, you can easily use other Mac computers on your network to speed up encoding jobs.

Built into Compressor
Distributed encoding features are part of Compressor, with no need for a separate application. Just install Compressor on any Mac on your network and activate it as a cluster node for distributed encoding.

Shared Computers
Encode jobs without dedicated hardware by using pre-configured groups of Mac computers on your network. The Shared Computers feature sets up clusters of encoding nodes based on the availability of designated computers. It can even tap idle processing cores on a single computer, using all the processing power of multicore systems.

Third-party tools to make your workflow flow.
Choose from thousands of custom transitions, titles and motion graphics. Work directly with powerful applications through workflow extensions in Final Cut Pro. And take advantage of other third-party tools for advanced tracking, EDL and AAF interchange, and more.