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Q: Compressor 4 with final cut pro 6

Hi there

At the moment I am using Compressor 3.5 with Final Cut Pro 6.

I was wondering if Compressor 4 works wth Final Cut Pro 6.

 

The bad thing is that, if I want to buy Compressor 4, I must use the Mac Application market.

Unfortunately, I can't download the application market, if I don't update my mac software to snow 10.6 (now I have 10.5.8)

 

Let's say that I will update first the Mac Software.

Let's say that I will buy compressor 4.

 

Do you think that is compatible with Final Cut Pro 6?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 17, 2011 3:01 AM

by David M Brewer,Solvedanswer
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A:

Yes , it will work with FCP 6. There are two ways to make this work...

 

1) Export the video from FCP... Open Compressor 4 and drop the movie into it... Pick you codec...

 

2) To send to Compressor 4 from FCP 6... Send the video to Compressor from FCP dropdown menu... The old Compressor version will open... Do a save of the project... Save it to the desktop... Quit Compressor... Right click the saved Compressor project that is on the desktop... Open with... Pick Compressor 4 from the menu... The project will open in Compressor 4.

Posted on Aug 17, 2011 1:38 PM

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  • by RatVega™,

    RatVega™ RatVega™ Aug 17, 2011 10:07 AM in response to Videopress
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    Aug 17, 2011 10:07 AM in response to Videopress

    Motion 4 is part of Final Cut Studio (2009) and is no longer offered for sale from Apple. It is probably compatible with FCP 6 (but you get FCP 7 in Studio (2009) so it's a moot point) and requires OS X Leopard (10.5)

     

    Motion 5 is available from the App Store and requires OS X Snow Leopard. It is probably not compatible with FCP 6 since it is designed to support FCP X.

     

    Your only "upgrade" option is FCS (2009) if you can find a proper copy somewhere.

  • by David M Brewer,Solvedanswer

    David M Brewer David M Brewer Aug 17, 2011 1:38 PM in response to Videopress
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    Aug 17, 2011 1:38 PM in response to Videopress

    Yes , it will work with FCP 6. There are two ways to make this work...

     

    1) Export the video from FCP... Open Compressor 4 and drop the movie into it... Pick you codec...

     

    2) To send to Compressor 4 from FCP 6... Send the video to Compressor from FCP dropdown menu... The old Compressor version will open... Do a save of the project... Save it to the desktop... Quit Compressor... Right click the saved Compressor project that is on the desktop... Open with... Pick Compressor 4 from the menu... The project will open in Compressor 4.

  • by Videopress,

    Videopress Videopress Aug 18, 2011 12:12 AM in response to Videopress
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    Aug 18, 2011 12:12 AM in response to Videopress

    Well, the problem I face is that I can't download the Compressor 4, unless I install the market application.

    But, to instal the market application, I must first update my system to "snow".

    However, thanks guys for the help.

  • by maw7,

    maw7 maw7 Feb 14, 2016 9:52 AM in response to Videopress
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    Feb 14, 2016 9:52 AM in response to Videopress

    A new guy here.  I've got a Mac Pro (early 2009), with 5GB of memory.  I use FCP 6.  I just installed Compressor 4.2.2 from the App store.  It's there.  I can open it up from the dock.

     

    But when I'm in FCP, and I try to export a sequence using Compressor, a message comes up:  "Compressor not properly installed."  Did I do something wrong?

     

    When I bought Compressor from the App store, I clicked on the box labelled "buy."  The box then said "Installing..."  This was the only indication that something was happening.  After a few minutes the box said "open."  When I clicked on it nothing happened, though.  The only way I knew something had happened was clicking on Compressor's icon in the dock, at which point it opened up.  Does this information help?

     

    Thanks.