The properties of a job containing an image sequence media file are described below. The job’s properties are displayed in the Job inspector.
Note: To learn how to import a set of image sequence files, see Work with image sequence files.
Displays the name, location, file information, and duration of the source file.
Provides the timecode for the Start point, In point, and duration of the image sequence output file.
The following properties are available in the Image Sequence Properties section of the Job inspector:
Frame Rate: Choose a frame rate for the image sequence file from the pop-up menu, or type a custom value in the text field.
Audio File: Add an audio file to the image sequence job file by clicking the Choose button, selecting a file, and clicking Open.
The following properties are available in the Video Properties section of the Job Inspector:
Field order: Use the pop-up menu to set the order in which video fields are transcoded. There are three options:
Progressive: All lines sampled at the same instant in time.
Top First: The field containing the top line (even lines) is sampled at an earlier instant in time than the field containing the bottom line (odd lines). Top-first field order is commonly used for high-definition video and standard-definition PAL video.
Bottom First: The field containing the bottom line (odd lines) is sampled at an earlier instant in time than the field containing the top line (even lines). Bottom-first field order is commonly used for standard-definition NTSC video.
Color space: Use the pop-up menu to select a color space to apply to the source clip in the job. This defines how Compressor interprets the color data in the clip. It doesn’t convert the clip to another color space. To convert from one color space to another, change the “Color space” pop-up menu in the Video pane for each specific setting in the batch.
Note: If the source file is tagged with a color space (such as Rec. 709), Compressor adds an asterisk (*) to the item in the pop-up menu. If the source file is untagged or tagged with an unrecognized color space, Compressor chooses the most likely color space and adds a dagger (†) to the item in the pop-up menu.
Displays the image sequence files, in order.
The following properties are available in the Metadata section of the image Job inspector:
Closed captions: Use this pop-up menu to add closed captions to your output file.
Add Job Annotation: Use this pop-up menu to add job annotation metadata to your output file. For more information about metadata, see Add metadata.
For information about each job action and the properties it contains, see Job action properties.