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Assigning Destinations
This section describes how you can set output destinations and output filenames.
Assigning Destinations to Source Media Files
When you assign settings to your targets, the default destination is automatically also
assigned. You can set the default destination with Compressor preferences. (Choose
Compressor > Preferences.) This can be one of those supplied with Compressor or a
custom destination you have created. See Creating a Destination for details on working
with destinations.
You can replace the default destination with any other destination, or even manually
choose a location to save the output file to. There are a number of different ways to assign
a destination to a source file. As with assigning settings, different methods have different
advantages.
To assign a destination by dragging
1 Select a destination in the Destinations tab.
2 Drag the destination to the target in the Batch window.
Drag the destination
to a job with a target
in the Batch window.
Select a destination
to apply to the target.
The destination part of the target updates to the new destination.
Note: You can only apply the destination to a single job when you assign it by dragging.
Additionally, you cannot create a temporary destination using this method.
116 Chapter 8 Finalizing Jobs and Submitting Batches