Autodesk 64006-051108-9001 User Guide - Page 64

56 Chapter 5: Settings Assigning Multiple Settings to Multiple Projects You can easily assign multiple settings to the same project in a batch to create multiple versions. For example, you can create a Real 10, QuickTime and Windows Media version from the same source file. Or, you can encode the same movie with multiple settings to see which parameters you prefer. You can specify different cropping, In/Out points, EventStreams, Settings Modifiers, and Metadata for each project based on the same original file in the batch. This is helpful for running tests on different sections of the movie or checking the results of different Settings Modifiers. To save time, settings are copied to each new occurrence of the project in the batch. For example, you may set unique project options like cropping the original file, specifying In/Out points, or authoring EventStreams before you assign multiple settings. This feature prevents the need to manually specify the same parameters many times. Important: A maximum of 100 settings can be applied to a project. To assign multiple settings to one or more projects: 1. Select the project(s) in the Batch window. 2. Open the Settings window. 3. Press Shift or a and click multiple settings. 4. Click Apply to assign the selected settings to the project(s). The original project(s) are duplicated in the batch, and the selected settings are assigned to the new versions. Settings Modifiers Settings contain all the general processing and encoding parameters for a project, and any change to a setting is applied to all the projects to which the setting is assigned. There are often small changes you need to make in a setting to compensate for unique aspects of a source movie, such as increasing brightness if the original is too dark. The Settings Modifiers feature enables you to assign a single base setting to multiple projects and then apply unique modifiers to specific projects to change certain aspects of the processing. Settings Modifiers are applied in the Project window and enable you to override the base setting parameters without affecting other projects in the batch. For example, you might have three source files to encode for streaming delivery. You can apply a common setting to all three projects by highlighting them in the Batch window and assigning the desired setting via the Settings window. If one source movie is too dark, you can apply a modifier to just that project to increase the brightness without having to create a new base setting for this project.