Saving Your Startup State - Blackmagicdesign ATEM Television Studio Installation And Operation Manual

Using ATEM Software Control
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With ATEM Software Control you can save and restore all your
switcher settings for your live production, including key settings,
transition styles, media pool contents and more.
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.
ATEM Software Control saves your settings as an XML file together with a folder for ATEM Media Pool
contents.
After you have saved your settings you can quick save at any time by selecting File>Save, or by pressing
Command S for Mac, or Ctrl S for Windows. Doing so will not overwrite your previous save, but will add a
new XML file to your destination folder which is clearly identified with a time and date stamp. This means
you can always restore a previous save if necessary.
Restoring your Settings
Step 1. Go to the menu bar in ATEM Software Control and select File>Restore.
Step 2. A window will ask for the file you want to open. Select your save file and click Open.
Step 3. You'll now see a window containing active checkboxes for your saved settings on each block of your
ATEM switcher. Leave Select All enabled to restore all your saved settings, or select only the checkboxes for
the settings you want to restore.
Step 4. Click Restore.
If your switcher settings are saved on a laptop, it's easy to take all your settings with you on location. Connect
your laptop to any ATEM switcher and quickly restore your switcher settings.
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.