Apple Compressor 3 - Manual (Page 64)

Droplet Windows
You can save one or more settings or groups of settings into a Droplet, a standalone
preset, packaged into a drag-and-drop application and saved as an icon. Then you can
transcode source media files (without even opening Compressor) by simply dragging
them to a Droplet icon. See
Using Droplets for information on creating and using Droplets.
Drag selected source
media files to a Droplet
to transcode them.
You can open any Droplet and view its window for full details about the Droplet.
To open a Droplet window
µ
Double-click a Droplet icon.
For more information about the controls and settings in the Droplet window, see About
the Droplet Window .
About Changing Values and Timecode Entries
Compressor includes several types of value entry methods. Most of them have features
that can make changing the values or timecode fields much easier.
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