ATEM Switchers Manual - Holdan.eu
ATEM Switchers Manual - Holdan.eu
ATEM Switchers Manual - Holdan.eu
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Using <strong>ATEM</strong> Software Control<br />
The rest of the browse window shows you a list of the files and folders that are in the selected folder. You can<br />
double click on a folder to enter the folder and view its contents. When you enter a folder the drop down<br />
list is updated with the name of the current folder. When possible, the file list will show the resolution of any<br />
graphics files in the list so you can check the correct television resolution graphics before loading them.<br />
Browsing and Loading Files<br />
The <strong>ATEM</strong> Production Switcher model's media pool has 32 still image windows and 2 clip windows that also<br />
have a location for audio. On the <strong>ATEM</strong> Television Studio only the first 20 still image windows in the media<br />
pool are active. On the 1 M/E and 2 M/E Production Switcher all of the windows in the media pool are active.<br />
Browse Window<br />
To copy a still, simply drag it from the browse screen and drop it into an empty window in the Media Pool.<br />
To copy a clip you must select a sequence of TGA images in the browse window and drag the entire targa<br />
sequence and drop it into the clip window. You can do this by selecting the first file, then scrolling to the<br />
last file in the image sequence, and while holding the shift key, selecting the last file. All the files will then<br />
highlight and then can be all dragged into any of the two clip windows in the media pool. Audio files, which<br />
are used when playing a clip in a stringer transition, can be dragged and dropped into the audio portion of<br />
the clip window labeled Drag Audio Here.<br />
When copying, a progress bar will show the status of the transfer. You can drop multiple files into the media<br />
pool, even if the first images have not completed copying, as they will be scheduled to download one after<br />
the other. If a clip or still is dragged and dropped into a window which already has content loaded, the<br />
existing content will be overwritten.<br />
Compatible Files - The <strong>ATEM</strong> media pool supports PNG, TGA, BMP, GIF, JPEG and TIFF still image formats.<br />
Clips are simply a sequence of images. Audio files must be WAV, MP3 or AIFF. QuickTime and AVI is not<br />
currently supported, however will be added in a future software update.<br />
<strong>ATEM</strong> Media Pool<br />
<strong>ATEM</strong> Media Pool<br />
After the still and clip files have been transferred into the switcher's memory, the still window will show<br />
a thumbnail of the image and for clips, the window will show a middle frame from loaded clip. Stills are<br />
marked with a number indicating their position in the media pool so you can identify them on the broadcast<br />
panel when assigning an image to the media player. Clips have a status bar that indicates the number of<br />
frames in the clip. If you want to keep track of the file name for each still or clip, then as you hover the mouse<br />
over the thumbnails, you will see the file name display at the bottom of the window. This is very useful, as<br />
in the media player palette in the switcher tab, as well as the Photoshop plug-in, you will see a list of media<br />
pool still and clip numbers as well as the file name.