Using Camera Control; Saving Your Startup State - Blackmagicdesign ATEM Production Studio 4K Installation And Operation Manual

Live production can be a busy and exciting time and you're always working in the moment,
which means you can easily forget to back up your saved files when the production is over. If
you have settings you want to keep, save them to your computer and an external drive, such as
a USB drive. This means you can carry your settings with you and have a back up in case your
settings are accidentally deleted on your computer.

Saving your Startup State

If you have your switcher set up the way you want it, you can easily save your entire switcher
state as your default startup state. Go to the File menu in ATEM Software Control and select
Save Startup State. Now whenever you restart your switcher, it will start up with your saved
settings by default. If you want to clear the startup state and revert to the factory settings on
restart, go to the File menu and select Clear Startup State.
Saving your switcher settings on a laptop gives you the portability
to restore your settings on any ATEM switcher. Saving to a USB
drive means you can even carry your settings in your pocket

Using Camera Control

Clicking on the Camera button in ATEM Software Control opens the camera control feature that
lets you control Blackmagic Studio Cameras, Micro Studio Cameras or URSA Mini from your
ATEM switcher. Blackmagic camera settings such as iris, gain, focus, detail and zoom control are
easily adjusted using compatible lenses, plus you can color balance cameras and create unique
looks using the DaVinci Resolve primary color corrector that's built into the camera.
When controlling cameras, the ATEM switcher control works by broadcasting camera control
packets via all the non down converted SDI outputs of your ATEM switcher. So this means you
can connect an SDI output of your ATEM switcher to the camera's video inputs and the camera
will detect the control packets in the SDI link and allow you to control features in the camera
itself. You can control cameras via both regular SDI or optical fiber SDI connections when an
optional SFP module is installed in a Blackmagic Studio Camera.
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