Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 29)

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Batch window
The Batch window provides a central location for organizing your transcoding tasks and quickly
assigning settings. When you first open Compressor, the Batch window appears with an empty,
untitled batch. Think of batches as documents that can be saved, closed, and opened again. You
use the toolbar at the top of the Batch window to open all other Compressor windows.
Batch tabs
Batch status
Job area
Batch submission button
Toolbar
Show/hide toolbar button
To simplify common workflows, Compressor includes a Batch Template Chooser that can appear
anytime you create a new batch. The For New Batches setting in Compressor preferences
controls whether the Batch Template Chooser appears. For details, see
Set Compressor
preferences on page 211.
The Batch Template Chooser contains a variety of options you can choose from to configure a
new batch.
Choosing a template adds one or more settings to the batch, as well as a job action to be
executed when the batch output is finished.