Compressor 3.5 Reviews & Tests

Expert review by : Mike Curtis (macworld.com.au)

Review: Compressor 3.5

Apple's Compressor has always had a sole mission: to compress video footage to other formats. Version 3.5 enhances these capabilities by making the power of the program easier and faster to get to, and extending Compressor's mission beyond merely...

New Share feature; improved Droplets; Batch Templates; disc burning including Blu-ray; support for new ProRes and image sequences

Compression still can be time consuming for large files

Bottom line. All in all Compressor, one of my favourite nerdy utilities, is now more powerful, easier to use, and does more–a win-win proposition if ever there was one.

Jul, 2009

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Expert review by : Mike Curtis (macworld.com)

Review: Compressor 3.5

Compressor, the video compression uis now more powerful and easier to use–a win-win proposition

New Share feature ; Improved Droplets ; Disc burning including Blu-ray ; Batch Templates ; Support for new ProRes and image sequences

Compression still can be time consuming for large files

Batch Templates expand on the Job Action idea and let you create your own end-to-end workflows. For example, you can compress a file to multiple formats, and then publish some files on the company Web site, burn others to a DVD, and also burn a Blu-ray...

Jul, 2009

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Expert review by : Gary Adcock (macworld.com)

Compressor 3.0.1

Compressor 3.0.1 is a welcome upgrade from the previous version, and it delivers the fastest render times on multiprocessor Intel Macs. Apple has added a stylish new interface and simple render-management tools that augment the program's processing power.

In addition, Compressor 3 sports a full-blown interface makeover and enough engineering refinements to make even diehard fans of other compression applications take note

Jul, 2007

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