User's Manual

The graphic transition is a popular transition that uses the DVE and moves a graphic across the
screen over a background transition. For example, the graphic wipe moves a graphic over a
horizontal wipe, essentially replacing the wipe border. A graphic mix spins the graphic across
the screen over a mix transition. Graphic transitions are perfect for wiping the station logo or
football graphic across the screen revealing a new background. Graphic transitions use a
special keyer built into the transition block, leaving all of the upstream and downstream keyers
available for compositing the output. The following section explains how to build and perform
graphic transitions.
The above image sequence provides an example of the program output for a graphic wipe transition.
Performing a Graphic Transition
To perform a graphic transition on ATEM Television Studio HD:
1 Press the 'menu' button to open the LCD menu.
2 Select the DVE transition style setting in the 'transitions' LCD menu.
If the DVE is being used in an upstream key, the 'DVE' will be unavailable for selection
until the key is taken off air and off next transition. Refer to 'sharing DVE resources' later
in this section for more information.
3 Select the DVE graphic wipe transition pattern and set the direction using the
'direction' setting.
The graphic wipe setting is the last item in the list of patterns.
4 While you are still in the transitions menu, set the fill and key source.
TIP Typically, for a graphic transition, the source would normally be a graphic
loaded in a media player. By default, when you select a media player for the
fill source, the key source will automatically select the media player key
channel and set pre multiplied key to 'on'. This means a graphic with a key
matte embedded in the alpha channel will automatically be selected by the
switcher. You can disable pre multiplied key and change the key source if you
want to use a separate media file on a different media player, or a different
input source.
5 Adjust the key parameters in the LCD menu if required.
6 Press the 'auto' button to perform the transition as an auto transition, or use the
transition slider for a manual transition.
To perform a graphic transition on an ATEM Television Studio Pro model switcher:
1 Press the 'logo' transition style button on the control panel. This assigns the DVE to the
upstream keyer and sets the DVE transition pattern to 'graphic wipe'.
2 In the source select row of buttons, select the source you want for the DVE cut
and DVE fill.
117Operating your ATEM Switcher