- Applying the Apple Presets
- Modifying the Apple Presets
- Creating Custom Presets
- Organizing Custom Presets
- Working with Droplets
Modifying the Apple Presets
The most convenient way to create a custom preset is to modify a preexisting Apple preset and then save the modifications as a unique setting.
If, for example, your target bandwidth for a Web-encoding project falls between the 300k and 800k standard MPEG-4 presets, you can modify one parameter of an Apple preset—bandwidth, in this case. This is easier than creating a new MPEG-4 preset.
Making Temporary Modifications to Presets
Saving Temporary Modifications to Presets
Open a preset from the Batch table into the Inspector window (if it is not already open). Notice that the name given to the preset in the Name field is “Batch selection” and that both the Name and Description fields remain shadowed.
Compressor also adds custom presets to both the Settings menu and the Settings pop-up menu in the Batch window. In both cases, custom presets appear below a thin gray line at the bottom of the list and can be applied to jobs just like any of the Apple presets.
As previously mentioned, Apple presets cannot be modified in the Presets window, but Compressor allows you to duplicate presets with a single click. After a preset is duplicated, you can modify the copy and save it as a new preset.