Compressor 4 - Duplicating Settings

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Duplicating Settings

If there is a setting that contains some attributes that you want to use in another setting,
you can duplicate the existing setting and make the necessary modifications to the
duplicated one, rather than creating a new setting from scratch. Duplicating a stock Apple
setting and then adjusting the duplicate to suit your needs is the most convenient way
to create custom settings.

To duplicate a setting

1

Select the setting that you want to duplicate in the Settings tab.

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2

Click the Duplicate Selected Setting button.

Select the setting
to be duplicated.

Click the Duplicate
Selected Setting
button to duplicate
the selected setting.

A new setting appears in the Custom folder with the word Untitled appended before the
original name.

3

Select the new setting in the Custom folder.

4

Open the following Inspector panes to modify the following items:

The setting name and description: Change the name and description to make it easy to

remember why you created this custom setting.

Encoder pane: Change the output format and video and audio codecs and their

associated attributes here.

Frame Controls pane: Change any attribute in the Frame Controls pane.

Filters pane: Change any filter attributes here. Click the checkbox next to a filter to add

it to the setting, or deselect it to remove it from the setting.

Geometry pane: Change any attribute in the Geometry pane.

Actions pane: Change any attribute in the Actions pane.

5

If you have modified the setting in any way, you can do either of the following to save
the changes:

• Click the Save button at the bottom of the Inspector window to save the changes.

• Attempt to select any other setting.

A dialog asks if you want to save the changed attributes.

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Click OK to save the changes, or click Revert to cancel the changes and return to the
Inspector.

See

Assigning Settings to Source Media Files

for information about assigning settings.