Apple Compressor 2 - Manual (Page 52)

52 Chapter 3 The Compressor Interface
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 Chapter 18, “
Using Droplets ,” on page 235, for information
on creating and using Droplets.
You can open any Droplet and view its window for full details about the Droplet.
To open a Droplet window:
m Double-click a Droplet icon.
For more information about the controls and settings in the Droplet window, see
“
About the Droplet Window ” on page 236.
Drag selected source
media files to a droplet to
transcode them.