Apple Pro Training Series: Compressor 3.5

Chapter 2. Publishing with Batch Templates

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• Understand batch templates

• Publish to Blu-ray Disc

• Publish to MobileMe

• Integrate batch templates with manual workflows

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Batch templates create a simplified, streamlined pathway through Compressor that allows you to choose the direction of the encoding process based on the final published media and not on the encoded files. When you’re first learning how to use Compressor, batch templates provide a launchpad for content encoding that teaches you about digital delivery while simultaneously producing final media.

Batch templates include all of the necessary encoding settings for the most common forms of digital distribution used during post-production: DVDs,