Using Multiple Control Panels - Blackmagicdesign ATEM Mini Installation And Operation Manual

Setting up Plug-in Switcher Location
The first time the Photoshop export plug-in is run, it will ask you to select your switcher location.
This is the IP address of the switcher so the plug-in can find the switcher to communicate with.
By default, the IP is set to 192.168.10.240, which is what the switcher IP address is originally set
to when first sold. If you want to export several versions of the same Photoshop file, you can
use the export plug-in window to name each exported file and also choose whether to set the
files to a media player after export.
Preparing Graphics for Upload
For best results, you will want to use a Photoshop document resolution that matches the video
standard you're using with your ATEM switcher. For 1080 HD you should use 1920 x 1080 pixels
in resolution. For 720p HD formats you should use 1280 x 720 pixels.
When working with Photoshop documents for ATEM, you should not put any content on the
background layer, but add all content to the layers above. The background layer should always
be plain full frame black, and you should use a pre multiplied key setting in the ATEM keyer for
keying graphics from Photoshop.

Using Multiple Control Panels

ATEM Mini and ATEM Mini Pro have multiple ways they can be controlled and you can use this
software control panel as well as a range of hardware control panels. In fact, if you connect your
ATEM Mini to a network that has other computers connected, you can run multiple copies of this
software control panel. This means you could have someone operating the switcher, while
someone else could be controlling cameras, managing media or mixing audio. It's quite flexible
and this means many people can be operating your ATEM Mini all at the same time!
A good example is the relationship between the software control panel, external
ATEM hardware control panel and the control panel of ATEM Mini. The software control panel
has been designed to be the same as the external ATEM hardware control panel. This is a
convention and well understood ME style of layout where you have a program row and preview
row of input controls and then a transition block that lets you command the transition.
If you plug in both control panels, you can see them mirror each other and any button pressed
on one control panel will be reflected on the other control panels instantly.
However, due to space limitations the control panel of ATEM Mini is a little bit different and it's
interesting to see the relationship between how this control panel works and how the software
control panel works. A good way to understand this is to watch ATEM Mini's panel control while
controlling the switcher via the software control panel.
Because of the limited space on ATEM Mini's control panel, both the program and preview rows
have been combined together into a single row of buttons. When running ATEM Mini in program
preview switching mode, you can see the source selected on the program row because it's
illuminated red and the source selected on the preview row because it's selected green.
These are the same colors as the software control panel, but they are just on the same row of
physical buttons.
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