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Work smarter overview
This chapter covers information and techniques that will help you work more eciently in
Compressor, including how to:
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Customize application preferences
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Use keyboard shortcuts
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Create and use droplets—standalone applications that let you transcode media les in the
Finder, by dragging and dropping.
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Use Compressor with Final Cut Pro X and Motion
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Use distributed processing to transcode les with a network of shared computers
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Enable one or more instances of Compressor to increase processing power on a single computer
Compressor preferences
Compressor preferences overview
You can modify Compressor preference settings to customize your workow.
Open Compressor preferences
m Choose Compressor > Preferences (or press Command-Comma), and then click a button at the
top of the window to open a pane.
There are four panes in the preferences window: General, My Computer, Shared Computers,
and Advanced.
General
Use the controls in the General pane to set basic application preferences.
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Setting: Use this pop-up menu to specify a default setting for new jobs.
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Location: Use this pop-up menu to specify a default location for new jobs.
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After starting a new batch: This section of the General pane has two controls:
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Clear batch in the Current tab: Select this checkbox to automatically remove batch
information from the Current tab after a batch is transcoded.
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Switch to the Active tab: Select this checkbox to have Compressor switch to Active view when
a batch is transcoding.
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