User's Manual

Numbers are displayed on slots in the media pool to clearly show which slots are assigned to
the relevant media players. When a media player slot is switched to the program output, the
media player number on the slot changes to red to indicate the slot is on air. When a slot is on
the preview output, the media player number changes to green.
ATEM Media Pool
On the switcher page, you can change the media player assignment from the media tab by
selecting your desired still from the ‘media’ dropdown list. Simply click on the arrow in the
player ‘media’ list to select from a list of media pool slots.
You can also assign stills to media players from ATEM hardware panels, or in some cases from
the Photoshop plug-in when downloading stills.
Using Multiple Control Panels
ATEM switchers 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 you can run multiple copies
of this software control panel and this means you could have someone operating the switcher,
while someone else could be managing media, controlling cameras or mixing audio. It’s quite
flexible and this means many people can be operating your ATEM switcher all at the same time!
A good example is the relationship between the software control panel, hardware control panel
and the front panel of the ATEM Television Studio HD switcher. The software control panel has
been designed to be the same as the hardware control panel and 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 front panel of the ATEM Television Studio HD model 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 the
front panel control while controlling the switcher via the software control panel.
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