Blackmagicdesign ATEM mini Installation And Operation Manual page 53

It means you don't have to accept the live edit you did while streaming, as now you can make
changes to it before uploading it.
You can also use the ISO recording features and editing to create programs faster, because you
can just use ATEM Mini ISO switchers as a multi track recorder to feed edit stations with multiple
camera views!
If you are importing the DaVinci Resolve project, then you are going to see your live production
rebuilt as an edit almost instantly. Now you can make some fast creative adjustments to your
event before uploading.
What's on the Layers?
The processing in a switcher normally progresses from the switcher inputs on the left of
the control panel to the right where the output features are. That's because a switcher
is a live processing pipeline from the video inputs, through all the switcher features and
then out to the video output.
Editing works very differently. You get a stack of layers in editing software. The lowest
layer is covered by layers above. So this means any clip on layer 2 will cover any clip on
layer 1. Normally people edit with cuts and dissolves on layer 1, however then other
items are placed on layers above. Any clip placed on layer 3 would cover any clips on
layers 1 and 2. You can have dozens of layers in complex edits.
So to understand what DaVinci Resolve does when it imports your project file, just look
at the project after it's been imported. You can see the various types of processing that
have been placed on different edit layers.
Layer 1 Layer 1 has all the main editing between your sources. You will see the clips end to
end and sometimes the edit points are cuts and sometimes you can see dissolves.
This layer was created from your main input switching. All the edits with the video
inputs and the still frame source will be placed on layer 1.
Layer 2 Layer 2 is for the downstream keyer. In the ATEM switcher, the downstream keyer is
located after the transition block. In editing this means it's on layer 2 so it can override
the main switching that's been placed on layer 1. If you place a graphic with an alpha
channel in the downstream keyer and put it on air, it will have added this title to the
video output. Now this layer is on layer 2 and it overlays the same graphic with alpha
channel over layer 1.
Layer 3 Layer 3 is for fade to black. Fade to black is the last processing in the switcher and
it fades all layers in the switcher to black. This is commonly used at the end of the
program, or to lead into commercial breaks. Fade to black is on layer 3 because it will
override all the layers below it, just like it does in the switcher. Fade to black is a black
video generator with a dissolve applied to the front and end.
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