Using Adobe Photoshop with ATEM
Installing the ATEM software on your computer also installs a Photoshop plug-in that lets you
upload Photoshop graphics direct to the ATEM Mini's media pool.
The plug-in connects to your computer via Ethernet the same way as any other computer
running ATEM Software Control on your network. For example, another operator can be
updating graphics live in Photoshop during your production and uploading them straight to
ATEM's media player using the plug-in.
This means you can accept graphics from designers in the application that 100% of the world's
designers use, Adobe Photoshop! You can even use the layers in a Photoshop image to keep
variations of graphics, such as different titles in a graphic, and then select the layers in
Photoshop you want, and then simply upload them at the press of a button. When uploading the
layers are automatically flattened in real time before upload. This happens in the background
and your document in Photoshop is unchanged by the export.
The ATEM export plug-in requires Adobe Photoshop CS5 or later. Install or reinstall the
ATEM software after Photoshop is installed, to ensure the ATEM export plug-in is installed.
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If you are not streaming via ATEM Mini's USB webcam output, but switching
content over the HDMI output instead, you can upload graphics from the Photoshop
plug-in via USB. However, due to the way USB establishes a connection to a single
client only, you will need to close ATEM Software Control so the Photoshop plugin can
access the USB connection, upload your graphics, then relaunch ATEM Software
Control to access the media pool.
ATEM export plug-in
Setting up Plug-in Switcher Location
The first time the Photoshop export plug-in is run, it will ask you to select your switcher location.
This is the IP address of the switcher so the plug-in can find the switcher to communicate with.
By default, the IP is set to 192.168.10.240, which is what the switcher IP address is originally set
to when first sold. If you want to export several versions of the same Photoshop file, you can
use the export plug-in window to name each exported file and also choose whether to set the
files to a media player after export.
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