Should I upgrade from Compressor 3.5 to Compressor 4, if I'm concerned only with quality and control, not speed?
1. Is Compressor 4 a freestanding application (with no need for FCP-X)?
2. Does Compressor 4 output higher quality results than Compressor 3.5?
I find 3.5's main weakness in its deinterlacing, rescaling, and other "frame controls". 3.5's "optical flow" algorithms are inefficient and weak compared with competitors' algorithms. Is 4 an all new Compressor based on better image processing algorithms?
Better, smarter coding algorithms would also be nice. Professional quality MPEG-2's would be great.
3. Does Compressor 4 provide as full user control as Compressor 3.5? 3.5's "Inspector" is a bit nutty but workable.
Thanks
Dennis Couzin
Berlin, Germany