User's Manual
Congratulations! If your macro was successful, you should see your ATEM switcher perform a
mix from color bars to color 1 using a 3 second transition, pause for 2 seconds, then perform
another 3 second mix transition to black, all by clicking one button in the macros window!
YourATEM switcher will also display an orange border around your software control panel to
indicate a macro is playing.
If your macro doesn’t perform the way you expect it to, simply rerecord the macro you just
created following the previous steps.
To start recording a macro, select a macro slot, then click on
the create macro button. Type in your notes and click ‘record’.
While recording, the create macro button will change to
a‘record’ button. When you have completed your switcher
actions, click on the ‘record’ button to stop recording.
ATEM Software Control displays a red border to indicate when you are
recording a macro. The ‘add pause’ button located at the top of the red border
lets you enter durations for pauses between switcher actions.
184Using Macros