Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 32)

Chapter 4 Assign settings and preview media 32
Assign settings
Assign settings to source media
You can use a variety of methods to assign settings to a job. Some methods, such as dragging
the setting from the Settings tab, are better suited to working with one job. Other methods, such
as using the shortcut menu, are better for assigning the same settings to a group of jobs. You can
even assign settings by dragging settings or Droplets from the Finder.
Note: The following steps assume you have already added source media files to a batch, creating
the jobs to which you are adding the settings. For information about importing source media
files, see
Importing overview on page 17.
Assign a setting to a job by dragging
1 In the Settings tab, select one or more settings or groups of settings.
Tip: You can Option-click a setting group’s disclosure triangle to expand that group (and all
subgroups) and show all the settings it contains.
2 Drag the settings to the job in the Batch window.
A job with a source media
file in the Batch window
Select one or more
(two in this case) settings
to apply to the job.