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.

Vimeo SD Droplet

Vimeo SD – Anamorphic Droplet

Vimeo HD Droplet

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.