Apple Compressor (4.0) - Manual (Page 35)

Chapter 4 Assign settings and preview media 35
Modify an assigned setting
You can edit or change any component of a setting that has already been assigned to a source
media file in the Batch window (identified as Selected Target in the Inspector window).
Modify a setting already assigned to a source media file in the Batch window
1 Select the target in the batch with the setting that you want to change.
The setting appears in the Inspector window with Selected Target in the Name field. This
is a temporary copy of the setting and not the setting itself, so you can make temporary
modifications to the setting for just that one batch submission.
The setting’s name appears
as Selected Target.
Select a target in the Batch
window to see its settings
in the Inspector window.
Click the Save As button
to save this as a new setting
with any changes you make.
2 Make the changes to the setting.
When you modify the setting, the Save As button at the bottom of the Inspector window
becomes active.
3 To save the modified setting with a new name, click Save As.
The saved copy appears in the Settings tab as Setting Name-Copy and immediately becomes the
selected setting in the Settings tab.
Note: You don’t have to save the modified setting, but it’s a good idea to save it in case you need
to use it again later.
Create custom settings
Create and modify settings
If the settings that come with Compressor aren’t sufficient for your transcoding needs or if you
simply want additional settings, you can create your own. You can also create a group of settings
so that you can quickly assign multiple settings to a source media file.
The easiest way to create a custom setting is to duplicate an existing setting and then adjust the
copy to suit your needs.