Apple Compressor 2 User Manual
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Chapter 18
Using Droplets
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 Source files: Contains all jobs in the batch about to be submitted. If the Show at
Launch box is checked, the Droplet window opens after you drag your source media
files to the Droplet icon, and all the source media files appear in the Source Files
table. You can drag one or more source media files into this table, and they will all be
transcoded together when you submit the batch, just like a normal batch submission
from the Batch window.
 Setting: This read-only pop-up menu displays the full list of settings associated with
each Droplet. You can assign as many settings to a Droplet as you like by making a
Droplet out of a setting group. (See “
” on page 238 for details.) You
can see the full details of each setting by choosing it from the pop-up menu and
viewing the Summary table at the bottom of the window.
 Summary: This table lists every component of the setting selected in the Setting
pop-up menu.
 Show at Launch: When this checkbox is selected, the Droplet window opens when
you drag source media files to the Droplet icon, before the batch is submitted. This
allows you to verify the settings contained within the Droplet. If the box is not
selected, the batch is submitted as soon as the batch is dragged to the Droplet icon
(as long as there are no errors), and the Droplet window doesn’t open.
 Submit: Click this button to submit the batch. You only need to do this if the
Show at Launch checkbox is selected; if this box is not selected, the batch is
submitted automatically.
Setting pop-up menu