Apple Compressor 3 User Manual

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4

Select the third of the new groups and name it Final Discs.

5

In the Settings tab, drag the Dailies and Final Discs groups up until a black box surrounds
the group named after the project, and then release them.

Note: You can select multiple groups or settings by holding down Shift while selecting
them. This places both these groups within the project’s group.

6

Locate settings in the Apple settings that come closest to matching what you need each
setting to do in these new groups.

7

Make a copy of each setting by clicking the Duplicate Selected Setting button.

8

Select each copied setting, rename it, and then drag it to the proper folder.

This custom group
contains the other
custom groups, each
with its own settings.

This custom group
contains the settings
used to create the dailies.

This custom group
contains the settings
used to create the
final disc.

You can then select each setting and make any necessary changes to it.

When you have imported the source media files and created their jobs, you can just assign
the appropriate group (Dailies or Final Disc) and all the proper settings are applied to the
targets.

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Chapter 7

Creating, Previewing, and Modifying Settings

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