Apple todayannouncedtheCompressor 4.4.2app alongside the major Final Cut Pro X 10.4.4 update which itselfbrought out supportfor third-party workflow extensions.
Compressor is Apple’s advanced encoding companion to Final Cut Pro.
The app now supports SRT closed captions allowing video editors to deliver their captioned video to the web and international markets without compatibility issues.
Under the hood, the app has moved to a new 64-bit engine. Apple says this lets Compressor take full advantage of all the memory in your Mac to boost performance when encoding high resolution and high frame rate video.
While the engine is now 64-bit, the app still supports for 32-bit codecs for those times when you need to work with key legacy formats.
Here’s the full changelog:
Final Cut Pro XandMotionwere updated today, too.
Final Cut Pro X receivedsupport for third-party workflow extensions from Frame.io, Shutterstock and CatDV support to the professional video app, plus other new features and enhancements. Motion was enhanced with a comprehensive set of color grading tools and fun new filters such as a customizable comic effect and a tiny planet filter.
Motion gainedseveral new advanced color-grading tools, Core Text engine support and a pair of fun new filters. With the comic effect filter, any image or video becomes color or monochrome comic book illustration. And the tiny planet filter will transform your 360-degree videos into spherical animations that can be keyframed to change over time.
Compressor 4.4.2 is available at no charge to existing users. New customers can getCompressor for $50 from Mac App Store.
Education customers can purchaseApple’s Pro Apps Bundle for Educationfor $199.99, which includes Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Compressor, Logic Pro X and MainStage.
