Manual Transitions; Preview Transition - Blackmagicdesign ATEM Television Studio Installation And Operation Manual

Operating your ATEM Switcher
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Manual Transitions

Manual transitions let you manually transition between program and preview sources using the fader bar in
the transition control block. Mix, dip, wipe and DVE transitions can all be performed as a manual transition.
To perform a manual transition on the software control panel or the broadcast panel
Step 1. On the preview bus, select the video source that you want on the program output.
Step 2. Select the transition type using the transition type buttons in the transition control block.
Step 3. Manually move the fader bar from one end to the other to execute the transition. The next
fader bar move will begin a new transition.
Step 4. During the transition the red and green buttons on the program and preview buses both turn red
to indicate that you are in the middle of a transition. On the broadcast panel, the fader bar indicator
also displays the position and progress of the transition. On the software control panel, the virtual
fader bar displays the position and progress of the transition.
Step 5. At the end of the transition sources selected on the program and preview buses are exchanged
to indicate that the video source that was on preview is now on program and vice versa.

Preview Transition

ATEM switchers have a powerful feature which allows you to review and adjust a transition on the preview
output. The preview transition mode lets you verify a transition before actually performing it on air.
To preview a transition on the software control panel or the broadcast panel:
Step 1. On the preview bus, select the video source that you want on the program output.
Step 2. Select the transition type using the transition type buttons in the transition control block.
Step 3. Press the PREV TRANS button to put the switcher into preview transition mode. The PREV
TRANS button will illuminate red and the preview output will change so that it is a copy of
the program output.
Step 4. Manually move the fader bar from one end to the other to preview the transition on the
preview output. The program output will remain unchanged.
Step 5. Press the PREV TRANS button or return the fader bar to it's starting position to turn off preview
transition mode.
Returning the fader bar to it's starting position will automatically disable preview transition mode
and turn off the red light on the PREV TRANS button. Moving the fader bar after the light is off will
take the transition on the program output.