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30Compressor User Guide
3. Drag custom settings from the Custom area of the Settings pane into your new group.
You can add only custom settings to a custom group. If you want to add a built-in
setting to the group, you must duplicate the setting (as described in Create a custom
setting by duplicating an existing setting above), then add the duplicated setting to
your group.
Save and share custom settings
You can save a custom setting as a file and share it with colleagues or move it from one
system to another.
• Drag a setting from the Settings pane in Compressor to the desktop.
The setting will be saved as a file, which can then be moved, copied, emailed or
otherwise transferred to another user’s Mac. The recipient just needs to drag the
file into the Custom folder of the Settings pane in Compressor.
Tip: You can even drag the custom setting directly to (and from) the body of an
email message in Mail.
Rename a custom setting
Do one of the following:
• In the Settings pane in Compressor, double-click a custom setting, type a new name,
then press Return.
• Select a custom setting in the Settings pane, then, in the General inspector, type a new
name in the Name field. (If the inspector is hidden, press Command-4.)
Delete a custom setting
• In the Settings pane in Compressor, select a custom setting, then press Delete.
Formats and settings in Compressor
Compressor provides a variety of transcoding formats to create files playable on a variety
of media platforms—Apple devices, Blu-ray discs, websites, and so on. Each of the built-in
settings in the Settings pane uses a specific transcoding format compatible with industry-
standard platforms.
You can see which format a setting is based on by looking at the summary information at
the top of the inspector.