Encoding qualityquality
Aliases: q
Balance visual or audio quality against file size.
+qN · 0–100
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Encoding quality
Compression presetmin
Use a smaller-file preset for this output format.
+min
File size limitsize
Fit the output under a size limit.
+Nkb, +Nmb, +Ngb or +sizeNmb · positive whole numbers; decimal units
Remove metadatanometa
Remove embedded metadata such as camera details, location, and media tags.
+nometa
Output widthwidth
Aliases: w
Set SVG render width, or limit the width of a video exported as an animation.
+wN · 1–16384
Output heightheight
Aliases: h
Set the height when rendering an SVG as an image.
+hN · 1–16384
Limit video to 480p480p
Reduce video resolution to fit within 480p.
+480p
Limit video to 720p720p
Reduce video resolution to fit within 720p.
+720p
Limit video to 1080p1080p
Reduce video resolution to fit within 1080p.
+1080p
Limit video to 4K4k
Reduce video resolution to fit within 2160p.
+4k
Crop to a ratiocrop
Keep the centre and crop to a square, portrait, or landscape shape.
+cropWIDTHxHEIGHT · positive whole-number ratio
Crop around a subjectsmartcrop
Find the subject and crop around it.
+smartcropWIDTHxHEIGHT · positive whole-number ratio
Keep a time rangetrim
Keep a section of audio or video.
+trimSTART-END · seconds, 1m30, or 1h2m3s; either end can be omitted
Extract a video frameat
Save a still image from a chosen point in a video.
+atTIME · seconds, 1m30, or 1h2m3s
Change playback speedspeed
Speed up or slow down audio or video.
+speed1x–4x or +speed25–400 (percent)
Remove audiomute
Remove all audio tracks from a video.
+mute
Adjust loudnessnormalize
Bring audio to a consistent loudness of −16 LUFS.
+normalize
Make monomono
Combine audio into one channel.
+mono
Reverse playbackreverse
Play audio or video backwards.
+reverse
Rotaterotate
Rotate clockwise by 90, 180, or 270 degrees.
+rotate90, +rotate180, +rotate270
Mirror horizontallyfliph
Swap left and right.
+fliph
Mirror verticallyflipv
Swap top and bottom.
+flipv
Remove backgroundnobg
Keep the primary subject and remove the background behind it.
+nobg
Lossless encodinglossless
Encode without further quality loss.
+lossless
Audio bitratebitrate
Set the audio bitrate in kilobits per second.
+bitrateN · 32–512
PDF render resolutiondpi
Choose the resolution when rendering PDF pages.
+dpiN · 72–1200
Select pagespage
Keep PDF pages, or choose a page to render as an image.
+pageN, +pageSTART-END, +pageSTART-, +page-END · 1–99999
AAC audioaac
Use AAC encoding in M4A or MKA.
+aac
Apple Lossless audioalac
Use ALAC encoding in M4A or CAF.
+alac
Uncompressed audiopcm
Use 24-bit PCM audio in CAF.
+pcm
Vorbis audiovorbis
Use Vorbis encoding in OGG.
+vorbis
Opus audioopus
Use Opus encoding in OGG or MKA.
+opus
FLAC audioflac
Use lossless FLAC encoding in MKA.
+flac
VP9 videovp9
Use VP9 encoding in a compatible video container.
+vp9
AV1 videoav1
Use AV1 encoding in MP4, WebM, or MKV.
+av1
ProRes videoprores
Use ProRes encoding in MOV or MKV.
+prores
Frame ratefps
Set the number of frames per second.
+fps24, +fps25, +fps30, +fps50, +fps60
Remove colourgray
Aliases: grey, grayscale, greyscale
Make images or video grayscale.
+gray
Animation repeatsloop
Set how often a video exported as an animation repeats.
+loopN · 0–1000
Recognise textocr
Make text in an image searchable in a PDF, or recognise text when converting a PDF to a document.
+ocr_CODE · language codes depend on macOS; +ocr uses automatic detection
Create subtitles from speechtranscribe
Transcribe the audio instead of extracting an embedded subtitle track.
+transcribe
Content languagelang
Choose the language for text recognition or transcription.
+lang_CODE · language codes depend on macOS
Additional recipes
Consul ships a bespoke and powerful file extension grammar that can be used to apply multiple transformations, create multiple files with different settings, and much more.
Convert and transform
photo.jpg →
photo.webp+q80+nometa
Create WebP with quality 80 and remove metadata.
Create several formats
photo.jpg →
photo.png,webp
Create a PNG and a WebP. Each output starts from the source.
Give each output its own settings
photo.jpg →
photo.webp+q80,png
Quality 80 applies only to the WebP output.
Keep the original
photo.jpg →
photo.jpg,png
Keep the JPEG and add a PNG.
Create several versions
photo.jpg →
photo.jpg,jpg+q60,jpg+q90
Keep the original and add photo (q60).jpg and photo (q90).jpg.
Open transformation settings
photo.jpg →
photo.jpg+
Open the confirmation window. Choose settings there.
Skip normal confirmation
clip.mov →
clip.mp4+mute!
Create a silent MP4 without a confirmation pop-up.
Compress a folder
Photos →
Photos.zip
Create a ZIP archive from the folder.
Keep the folder too
Photos →
Photos.folder,zip
Keep the folder and create Photos.zip.