A cross-fade: the weak point of Compressor shows the artifacts of compression blocking introduced during cross-fades. While Compressor handle fades to/from black very well, there are several frames that show blocking during this cross-fade.
 
The purple tinge to the left of frame is the new scene becoming visible, the transition also incorporates a blur during the fade, hence the softening.
 
CCE far superior, beautifully smooth transitions, certainly what you would expect for the price.
 
Note I played through the video files to allow for an anomaly in Compressor - there were blocks to varying degree through-out the transition.
 
CinemaCraft SP2 Encoder (CCE) is the first, below
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
followed by CP 2pass VBR Best directly above this text.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CP 2pass VBR above
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Original PAL DV screen grab above.