The FTB button will fade the whole program video output to black at the rate specified in the
fade to black RATE window. Once the program output has been faded to black, the FTB button
will flash red until it is pressed again. Doing so will fade up from black at the same rate, or you
can enter a new rate in the fade to black palette in the 'switcher' window. Fade to black is
mostly used at the start and end of your production, or when cutting to commercial breaks. It
ensures all layers in ATEM Mini are faded down together. A fade to black cannot be previewed.
You can also set the audio mixer to fade the audio with your fade to black by selecting the
'audio follow video' checkbox in the fade to black palette, or by enabling the AFV button on the
master audio output fader.
Processing Palettes
The software control panel features tabs for the processing palette, media player, and capture
options. The capture option supports legacy model ATEM switchers with USB capture features.
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The palettes also show the order of the processing in the switcher. You can
expand and minimize palettes to save space and scroll them up and down to get the
adjustments you need to set.
The following processing palettes are available.
Palettes Tab
The 'palettes' tab contains the following processing controls.
Color Generators
Your ATEM switcher has two color matte generators which can be configured
from the color generators palette using a color picker or by setting hue,
saturation, and luminance levels.
Upstream Key
The switcher's upstream keyer can be configured from the upstream key
palette. Within the keyer palette, the keyer can be configured as a luma key,
chroma key, pattern key or DVE. The type of key available will also depend
on if the DVE is available. The upstream key palette will display all the
parameters that are available to configure the keyer. More information on
how to use upstream keyer is included later in this manual.
Transitions
The transitions palette is where you can configure the parameters of each
transition style. For example, for the dip transition the palette has a drop
down menu where you can select the dip source and for the wipe transition
the palette displays all the available wipe patterns. There are lots of
variations of transitions, and a large number of transitions can be created by
combining settings and features in the transitions palette.
Using ATEM Software Control
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