I love you batches! (bunches :P)

I have a 21.5-inch iMac, Late 2012, 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB 900 MHz GDDR5, running 10.11
(Compressor runs amazingly on this system)

I’m a content producer for a company that sells multiscreen art for use in tv broadcasts, stage concerts, & various group services. When I create an asset (video footage or motion animation) I’m required to send in multiple sizes/versions of it. Compressor makes this so easy! Instead of creating each version on my own I just make one full size project in Motion and then send it over to Compressor. Ive setup custom presets in Compressor for each size:

Triple Screen HD 3840x720, 29.97 fps, .mov, key frame every 5 frames, 0 cropping & padding
Double Screen HD 2560x720, 29.97 fps, .mov, key frame every 5 frames, crop left-640, crop right-640
Single Screen HD 1280x720, 29.97 fps, .mov, key frame every 5 frames, crop left-1280, crop right-1280
Triple Screen SD 1920x480, 29.97 fps, .mov, key frame every 5 frames, crop left-480, crop right-480
Double Screen SD 1280x480, 29.97 fps, .mov, key frame every 5 frames, crop left-960, crop right-960
Single Screen SD 640x480, 29.97 fps, .mov, key frame every 5 frames, crop left-1440, crop right-1440

I add all six of these output presets to my file in Compressor, start the batch, and voilà! Compressor generates six correctly sized/cropped files. A metric ton of work has just been done for me.

Compressor can also use multiple machines to process batches. Setting up a group of computers for collective batching is very straightforward. A+

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