Blackmagic Design SWATEMTVSTC/HD08ISO User Manual

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ATEM Media Pool

Press the media icon in the lower toolbar of the switcher view to open the media window. The

media window on ATEM switchers is where you can add graphics such as stills and video clips

to your switcher and assign them to any of your switchers media players. There are two main

areas on the switcher window, the browse window on the left hand side and the media pool

and media players window to the right .

Click on the media tab at the bottom of the panel to open the media pool

The Browse Window

The browse window is a simplified file browser that lets you navigate your computer to look for

image files. All attached drives on your computer are displayed and you can select folders from

them. View sub folders by clicking on the arrows next to each folder. The Preview window in the

lower left corner will show any selected files. The ATEM media pool supports PNG, TGA, BMP,

GIF, JPEG and TIFF still image formats. Audio files must be WAV, MP3 or AIFF. These files can

then be added to the media pool.

The Media Pool Window

When files have been loaded into the media pool, the still and clip slots will show a thumbnail

image. Clip slots will display the image from the middle of its loaded sequence. Above the clip

slots you’ll see information showing the number of frames in a loaded clip, plus the maximum

number of frames that can be loaded for your selected video format. Stills are marked with

a slot number so you can identify them when assigning a still image. The file name for each

loaded still or clip is displayed underneath the slot so you can keep track of stills and clips you

have loaded. The list of loaded clips and stills along with their name and number will appear

in the media player palette in the switcher tab, in the media players view on ATEM hardware

panels as well as in the Photoshop plug-in. On the switcher front panel, only the still name will

appear unless the slot is empty.

Numbers will appear in the top left corner of the thumbnail to clearly show which slots are

assigned to the relevant media players. When a media player slot is switched to the program

output, the circle surrounding the number changes to red to indicate the slot is on air. When a

slot is on the preview output, the color changes to green.

68Switching with ATEM Software Control

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