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Table Of Contents
- Compressor User Manual
- Contents
- An Introduction to Compressor
- Getting Started Quickly
- The Basic Transcoding Workflow
- The Compressor Interface
- Importing Source Media Files
- Creating, Previewing, and Modifying Settings
- Creating Jobs and Submitting Batches
- Assigning Settings to Source Media Files
- Assigning Destinations to Source Media Files
- Submitting a Batch
- About the History Drawer
- Resubmitting a Batch
- Saving and Opening a Batch File
- Submitting a Final Cut Pro Project for Transcoding
- Resubmitting a Final Cut Pro Project
- Transcoding Different Clips From One Source Media File
- Creating Dolby Digital Professional Output Files
- Creating H.264 DVD Output Files
- Creating MPEG-1 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-2 Output Files
- Creating MPEG-4 Output Files
- Creating QuickTime Movie Output Files
- Creating QuickTime Export Component, AIFF, and TIFF Files
- Adding Filters to a Setting
- Adding Frame Controls, Geometry, and Actions to a Setting
- Using the Preview Window
- Creating and Changing Destinations
- Using Droplets
- Customer Support
- Command-Line Usage
- Index
40 Chapter 3 The Compressor Interface
Presets Window
The Presets window has two tabs: Settings and Destinations. Settings allows you to
centrally manage Apple and custom settings. Destinations allows you to create, modify,
or remove destination settings, set a default destination, and add file identifiers to your
output media filename.
Settings Tab
You use the Settings tab in the Presets window together with the Inspector window to
create and modify settings, decide exactly which settings you want to use to transcode
your source media file, and which output format you want the transcoded file
converted to.
To open the Settings tab,
1 Do one of the following:
 Choose Window > Presets.
 Press Command-2.
2 Click the Settings tab.
The Settings tab contains the Settings table (which displays existing settings), and
buttons to create, remove, and duplicate settings and groups (folders), as well as a
button to create Droplets.
Settings table