Compressor Droplets for Vimeo
by Phil Powell on December 16, 2008
Update: Looks like I’ve clumsily lost these when updating the site to a new server – oops! The links will no longer work. Here’s a useful link to a really useful video explaining how to create custom settings and droplets though.
Since I recently posted on a great method for encoding for Vimeo using Compressor resets, I’m currently adopting that workflow for all of the work I’ve been doing this past month or so. It may well be that I’m losing a certain amount of quality by using this technique, but I’m happy that it’s good enough for online distribution.
What I’ve done, is created a set of Compressor Droplets, which live on my desktop and allow me to just drag-and-drop files for encoding. The one-click dialog box which appears feels a lot cleaner and more efficient than having to launch compressor and fiddle with settings and sources etc.
I’m providing the droplet files I’ve created here for download. They’re provided as-is, and with absolutely no warranty – they work for me, and they should work for you. There are three droplets: standard definition, anamorphic standard definition and high definition.
All you need to do to use them, is drag-and-drop the file you want to encode onto a droplet, and a simple dialog will appear asking for confirmation. Hit “Submit”, and Batch Monitor will launch and process the job. The output files are set to be created in the same directory as your source file.
6 comments
hey … i was hoping to download those droplets, but the links are dead. any help would be appreciated. Thx.
by steve on July 28, 2010 at 11:17 pm #
Will try to get those links fixed for you soon. Seem to have broken them when moving the site over to a new install.
by Phil Powell on July 29, 2010 at 3:38 pm #
Hey Phil,
That would be great! Thank you very much for your work!
Eliana
by Eliana on August 12, 2010 at 3:59 pm #
Looks like those droplets have been lost in the flotsam and jetsam of past site changes – afraid I can’t find them anywhere! Oops.
Here’s a really useful video though, which explains how to go about creating custom Compressor settings, and then creating droplets from them:
http://vimeo.com/2051588
by Phil Powell on August 16, 2010 at 12:39 pm #
You want them back Phill? I can send them to you if you like. I’ll be back at home in the middle of the month and can send them to you. I just have the Vimeo SD – Anamorphic droplet on my book here.
And thanks a lot creating them!
by Shahin on September 9, 2010 at 12:21 am #
That would be great Shahin! You can send them to the contact email found here: http://www.wemakemedia.co.uk/contact/
by Phil Powell on September 9, 2010 at 11:48 am #