How to add graphics and titles with the Blackmagic ATEM Mini

[@michael.minkov]

Great tutorial. Thank you Just a note on the ATEM Mini Pro & Photoshop CC2020: If one saves the files - PNG or TGA - with transparency, one has to disable the 'Pre Multiplied Key' option in the Downstream Key. Otherwise the transparency does not work correctly. The sample PNG files work OK. Direct export from PS to the ATEM works OK too. I did struggle to save a useable file from PS until I tried unchecking the said button on the ATEM mgmt s/w. Again - thanks for the tutorial and the reviews.

[@jeremiahsstudentpilotadven7834]

You're a genius. Lol I was just getting annoyed at why my .png with transparency had an ugly background to it. Thanks!!

[@tensaidesuka]

Wow! THANK YOU! Oh my god, I was going crazy over this, haha.

[@z_mathematics8564]

Thank you!

[@JourneyMapsLiveandLocal]

This comment should be pinned to the top!! Right on...I was getting frustrated as well with this. Thank you for this.

[@JLH-Media-Group]

Thank you SO much. I was so frustrated! This really should be pinned to the top.

[@galtidea]

I was racking my brains because it wasn’t working, and then I realized I had to turn off the invert option. For whatever reason it was activated and as soon as I turned it off, everything went smooth. Great tutorial as always.

[@jonos9467]

Running a show tomorrow with live projector feed in house with song texts, live stream and singer song text presenter on the stage simultaneously tomorrow, as well as multiple live interactive Slido Polls. Didn't work with the ATEM for roughly a year, so it was the perfect video to catch up!

[@JimmyTalksTech]

Might be 3 years old but this content is still brilliant. Never to old to learn. THANKS Aaron

[@jonarthur6839]

Lifesaver! You have no idea how many you tube videos I had looked at who only talked about using OBS for this.

[@wandersw]

Great tutorial. I was trying to figure out this on my own, kinda following the 3rd method you explained but I didn't know H2R and was using Google Slides. But H2R it's much simpler and you explained how to make it work in the ATEM Mini Extreme. Greatly appreciated!

[@rbengraff]

Just bought an ATEM mini and man was your video helpful. And, a Subcriber was born!,

[@aaronpk]

Thanks! Glad I could help!

[@fyrman9092]

Before the ATEM Mini became available, I was using a stream deck to control overlays that I had designed with singular.live into OBS.

[@hippy3000]

What made you go to ATEM from OBS?

[@bobdrums]

Awesome tutorial. All I'm after is one transparent lower third that I can keep stored on the ATEM between powering on and off and call at will with a hardware button. Like you say, hopefully this will come with an update!

[@TechBytesRN]

Got this working via the upstream key option before I found your video. Guess I need to do some reading on the difference between the upstream and downstream keyer options in the ATEM mini.

[@skakbornholm7584]

Thanks for your help today, I have now tried H2r Graphichs with my Atem mini and OBS i works fine - Thx Per Rasmussen Bornholm / Denmark - look forward to your next session

[@volt8ge]

I'm looking for that macros HOWTO video you speak of but i can't seem to find it. I wish you would have linked it in the video or in the description.

[@grasworxTTGameplan]

University of KZbin. Thanks bro, your videos have helped me sort my way through the setup for our livestream of our shows. You're an invaluable resource! BMD should hire you!

[@aaronpk]

Thanks for watching!

[@danielwylie-eggert2041]

very helpful thank you!

[@JohnW8823]

Thanks for the ATEM mini videos. Mine is coming next week.

[@aaronpk]

Awesome! You're going to enjoy it!

[@alexcaminiti]

In case Blackmagic is watching, I would love to have a "DVE follow's switch" setting. That would be excellent.

[@randomgeocacher]

I email BMD suggestions via the support system and they say they are happy for feedback and consider it while making changes. If many people ask for similar things, it might get prioritized.

[@SamiGale]

Your videos are amazing! I’m hoping black magic have let us have programmable buttons… I’ve been using Ecamm for a while now and bought an atem mini pro iso thinking I could record and stream to ecamm. Unfortunately I found out after that’s not how it works. The atem feels like a step back 😥

[@aaronpk]

Thank you! Yeah I think it was really unfortunate that they have only one USB port on the original ATEM Minis, at least with the Extreme there are two so you can record and use it as a webcam at the same time! I just wish they had done that on the smaller ones too

[@didgeproject]

This is definitely the most informative video on using graphics with the atem mini. Can you explain further how to use the downstream keyer? I would love to get more training on the topic. Thanks so much for your help!

[@ChudanTV]

Aaron your channel deserves far more love. Your videos are amazing and have helped me out a ton!

[@rickmagnellphotographyfilm9192]

H2R Graphics software was a great tip, thanks!

[@BurninSven1]

Thanks for sharing some really good info here. I just found out yesterday that if you use a an older mac that can run CamTwist with a capturecard in it like the Intensity Pro or a Camlink USB capturecard and route the HDMI out from the mini in to the capturecard you can do all that a little easier and even more and still use all what´s build in to the Atem Mini series. The mini will show up in CamTwist as a webcam.

[@nevillehenderson712]

Really helpful video. Your channel deserves more subs given the value you’re providing. Thanks.

[@GodwinJnr1]

Hey Aaron....thanks for a great video and demonstration. I am really struggling to show song lyrics overlaying the live feed using a separate laptop with HDMI out to the Atem Mini Pro. Would really appreciate your help giving me a step by step guide how to do it. Thanking you in advance.

[@MrPelomix85]

Very informative video! Big help Aaron.

[@ChabiDhakal]

Hello Aaron, I was waiting for a product like Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro for a while and I am glad that they just announced it..I have already placed a pre-order on that one...I am also looking for a video where you are showing macro control using Elgato Stream Deck..i would love to see that one..Please kindly provide the link..

[@aaronpk]

This video has some info about it! Also some links to other videos in the description: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKuoiqaflLVjiLc

[@tucsonlivestream3203]

Great video Aaron. Applies equally well to the ATEM Studio HD switcher. You are right - BM Design has practically no training, although their support is good. Thanks!

[@MTravisVolker]

Great tips and resources references. Thank you.

[@fotoworkshop_stuttgart]

One thing to add: you could use a HDMI splitter to send the signal to a pc with a capture card AND to decoder. to have a dual system

[@TfT05]

You can actually use image sequences (max. length, fixed frame rate) in the ATEM software, which is basically a limited length movie.

[@aaronpk]

Only the higher end ATEM models support that

[@shawnebrown]

aaron... You are awesome.. thank you for all your fantastic videos!

[@aaronpk]

Thanks!!

[@tranhongt]

Thank you very much for you video. Please help to make clear how to use H2R with Zoom meeting. I use Atem mini and Mac Pro. Thank you.

[@AlexMinor]

Great tutorial bro! Definitely looking forward to more of this content on your channel.

[@AliHosseinitv]

Thank you for your time Do old cameras not work in Atem Mini Poro? my handycam has a 1 hdml out port but dosen't show atem mini

[@aaronpk]

The ATEM Mini should take any camera that can output 720 or 1080. That should cover most cameras unless you're talking about suuuuper old cameras that might only do 480. Check the specs of the camera to see if that's the problem

[@helgedell]

Great! Could you make a video about how to make lower thirds and bug on the top right corner in Photoshop?

[@YolandaWashingtontheoilcoach]

Wow!!! You are so awesome, thank you so much. I absolutely loved the video and ALL of the amazing information. Thank you, Thank you so much.

[@JosephLiwanag]

3:00 You are right... they have a ton of software there. Thanks for this tip and this video!

[@MatthewRoche]

Fantastic tutorial - thank you!

[@BurninSven1]

Cool tips but for stuff like that I use good old Camtwist app in combination with my mini. This way I can play back mediafiles add more webcams, CamLinks etc etc too. I use a CamLink (USB3 to HDMI dongle) to get the stream in to my mac, HDMI output on the mini in to the camlink HDMI and them output via USB in to the mac usb3. The usb on the unit is USB2 only if I got it right.

[@FatehShams]

Kindly do a video on 2 more live graphics softwares: Holographic and SmartPX Graphics.

[@dirkr.schuchardt-trauerred1273]

Could you explain it a little bit slower (especially for me. I am not an english native speaker ;-) ?). I would like to see you helpful tricks in a step-by-step explanation. I just start to explore the ATEM mini and your videos helped me a lot! Thank you so much! - Greetings from good old Germany. :-)

[@SteveVickAK]

I had the exact same issue getting the software control app (2:40). There was very little guidance from BM. Actually none what so ever. I found it very frustrating and disappointing. Even their PDF manual failed to give any guidance in this. It is a great switcher. But come on BM... your website and setup instructions are just horrible! Thanks so much for this video. Your channel is AWESOME!

[@mataikir1148]

Thanx for the great tutorial; it has been helpful.

[@kgouvia]

Aaron Love your videos. Is there a way to create a macro that tells ATEM MINI what graphic to use from the Media pool by number or name. For example to change Camera inputs and Chroma Key backgrounds. I would love to see a Macro Video on this can not find anything on KZbin. Thanks.

[@twosheafilms]

Another great tutorial! I saw someone using one of these ATEMs a few days ago, and they were asking their viewers for questions, then showing the viewer’s KZbin thumbnail along with the question in real time. My mind was blown. I’m assuming they were using H2R Graphics, but I’d be interested in your thoughts Aaron. It was Curtis Judd’s live stream for two days ago.

[@aaronpk]

That's a great idea! It looks like he didn't archive the live stream so I can't go watch his. I'm sure there are a number of ways to accomplish this though, check out my most recent "Studio Tour" video for another way to show stuff from a computer on the stream! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGjWeXdnrJWkrq8

[@Wayback_Productions]

Could also be utilizing a program called “Streamyard” which has the feature of showing the username, picture, and question built into it. Hard to explain, but what I can say is that this service is a perfect combo with the ATEM Mini.

[@CrystalParkBaptistChurchBenoni]

Thanks. Putting lower thirds to good use tomorrow evening on our stream.

[@ARKAVproduction]

great videos Aaron! thanks for all the ATEM tips. helped a lot :)

[@MMABeijing]

first time I see your video. immediate like and sub, you are the best I have seen on youtube, thank you for this very informative video

[@ytv1234567]

How would you do all of that in your video when adding lower thirds when connecting to pro presenter

[@torstenm9374]

Thank you for this Video. Do you use a telepromter to make this Video?

[@drpoller6679]

Really clear tutorial - thank you.

[@FAMEAcademyNY]

EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! Only 1 thing…. I was confused as hell when u kept saying PING! We say P N G File. 🤦🏾

[@aaronpk]

Thanks! I don't know why so many people are confused by that! I've never heard it spelled out before, and "ping" is even the official pronunciation! www.libpng.org/pub/png/#history

[@RepairGuyDK]

Super video Aaron, you deserve alot more viewers my friend !, greetings & Happy New Year from Copenhagen / Denmark

[@tundewilliams5654]

Thank you! They all works!

[@cjpreyes]

Oooh I think this is the vid I need to watch. Nice

[@mkushin]

Thanks for all your amazing videos Aaron! I've learned a ton watching them. I know there's probably not much I can do about this, but one thing I *wanted* to do is be able to share my ipad screen during Zoom meetings. I have my camera and the iPad as the two HDMI sources. I realized though, when I switch over to the iPad, it's obviously not the same as sharing the screen. I guess the only option is for me to join the Zoom meeting on the iPad... Was hoping for some magic tho!

[@pauposts]

This was very well done. Thank you.

[@aaronpk]

Check out my video on the just-announced ATEM Mini Pro, which now includes multiview built in! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGrMe5ublKZlq6s

[@forpixvideo]

Hi Aaron and thank you for all the information I found here 🙏 You are fantastic! I am wondering if there is some simple way how to switch between two RTMP sources. I would love show 60 minutes countdown but still, be able to prepare my ATEM Mini Pro setup for the streaming session during these 60 minutes. So something dedicated just for the countdown. I tried to stream from two devices with the same RTMP KZbin key, but KZbin gives me an error saying something like "there are multiple sources".. Thank you for your time ❤

[@aaronpk]

60 minutes is quite a long countdown, I would suggest maybe limiting the countdown timer to 10 minutes tops, which would give you 50 minutes to prepare ahead of time. If you really want to keep things the way you've got it set up and don't want to add new hardware, you could stream the countdown timer to KZbin's backup URL. When you're ready to go live, you'd stream with the ATEM to the primary URL, youtube won't switch over automatically, but if you stop streaming the countdown timer then KZbin will switch over to the primary stream.

[@forpixvideo]

​@@aaronpk woohou, didnt know that. Thank you again!!! :)

[@GaryStockton]

Great tutorial and recommendations Aaron.

[@HerbalFaces]

Really great info. Super helpful

[@markdouglas8073]

Very helpful for me!

[@ScottBrio]

Great video! Awesome they included the Photoshop plugin. That's super handy. Unfortunately my PNGs and even Exports to the ATEM aren't showing up as transparent. They've always got a black or white background... any idea what could be going on?

[@aaronpk]

If you're using the photoshop plugin, first make sure your photoshop document has a transparent background, and also make sure the "pre-multiplied alpha" checkbox is checked.

[@ScottBrio]

@@aaronpk I've done both and it still comes up with a black or white background in the ATEM :( I may have to reach out to their support or the user forum.

[@sae-institute]

Blackmagic update available today that "Adds adjustable audio delay on the analog inputs on ATEM Mini models."

[@stevenpam]

TIL "ping" is actually the correct pronunciation for PNG!

[@NagarajKuchangi]

Thanks for the Video. It has been very helpful. Wanted to clarify Can we use Browser Overlays with the Atem Mini ?

[@infocusproducciones3595]

HI, nice tutorial, but where or how do I get the plug in for Atem in Photoshop, thank you

[@aaronpk]

It gets installed when you install the Blackmagic ATEM Software Control app

[@cac2244]

So many things did not match between the video and my photoshop and Atem software control, but I got it to almost work... I see that your lower third has full opacity, but when i turn on the one I created, even if it is at full opacity in Photoshop, it only gets to a max of about 90% opacity in Atem... Between 2 frustrating programs like PS and Atem control, my level of frustration is through the roof...

[@remektekmedia6641]

Do you have a video on ATEM Macros? Creation and usage? If not, can you please do one? Thanks muchly!

[@robleonardo5337]

great stuff Aaron

[@AbdulAhadProductions]

This is My First Time Watching Your Videos First Vid Newest Memebers!!!

[@NorthWoodsVideo]

Great information, thank you!

[@MatthiasLenardt]

Really good. Thank you for sharing. ... and Happy New Year

[@greffesauvage6690]

You are a great man. Thank you so much

[@rafbass]

You are incredibly multi talented. I work for AWS, added you on LinkedIn. Let's talk :)

[@GettingSoberAgain]

Super video! I applauded for $2.00 👏

[@GKB.official]

Was suprized you mentioned the stream deck, we just programed iurs this last weekend.

[@stevecahill9106]

Great info. What dedicated streaming device do you use?

[@rlmk1101]

Hi Aaron, wondering if the ATEM Mini could be used for simple travel video production instead of Live streaming. Appreciate your advise, please. Thanks!

[@AliHosseinitv]

Hello - how can I change the image size - in normal mode, not in picture-in-picture mode ?

[@aaronpk]

Not sure what you mean "normal mode". The Picture in Picture feature is the only thing that can scale a video source in the ATEM Mini

[@bobjoe7579]

Already packed and ready to go

[@jason_goldberg]

Thanks for the video Aaron. I'm looking ATEM Mini Pro mostly as a Chroma keyer (to key live taking head video shot on green against various video backgrounds) as as a web-cam for video conferences. Right now I'm doing it all in software on the laptop I use for video conferencing (ManyCam software on Mac w/ a AJA U-Tap to HDMI->USB). I'd love to get the Chromakey work off the computer. Since I want the backgrounds to be animated, it seems like an HDMI input is the only way to go. I'm wondering if you considered a HyperDeck Studio Mini as the HDMI source for the background graphics? I realize this is probably overkill.

[@aaronpk]

That'd definitely work! I've been using the hyperdeck studio mini a bit lately to play prerecorded conference talks thru my computer as a webcam. There's a really cool feature with the integration which is the ATEM mini can control the hyperdeck so you can have it start playing when the ATEM switches to the input the hyperdeck is on. The hyperdeck can also be scripted with macros so you can load different media with physical buttons on your desk!

[@markgervase822]

Thumbs up to you. Just curious, on ATEM mini pro, have you had any weird false color look on channel 1 input? I found that inputting a wireless signal feed into 1 gave me the false color look. Same wireless into 2,3,4 were normal color. Hardwire all the way on 1 input yielded proper normal results. BMD had no answer for it. This issue also shows on their forum.

[@aaronpk]

It depends on the color space the HDMI transmitter is using, RGB vs YUV. I'm guessing the particular wireless transmitter you're using is fixed to one color space instead of negotiating it via HDMI. Input 1 on the ATEM Mini is special because it can do a pure pass-through to the HDMI output. I'm not exactly sure how that overlaps with the color space issue, but must be related.

[@peterlockwood8284]

I need to be able to just use the min pro ISO as a logo switcher. We do sometimes get Powerpoint video from clients as well. The HDMI ouput will be going directly down to our video matrix via a cat 6 balun, then to the tvs. Your comment about till images only worries me. Or did I understand that wrong. Ive never used a mini or anything like it, Im brand new to this. Any advice is welcome. thank you. Also, our venue is in nashville on broadway.

[@sirdomino1000]

Hi i am a big fan of your videos. please do you offer trainings

[@a.kay.c]

You are awesome, thank you so much!

[@jazzeejax5816]

Super video! I applauded for A$5.00 👏👏

[@jazzeejax5816]

Weird, I thought I'd get a chance to edit the text. Thanks for the ATEM Mini tutorial/guides etc! Just fantastic and really helpful.

[@aaronpk]

Thank you so much!

[@ernestor.salazar1619]

Great video thank you very much

[@SteveVickAK]

OK. I understand all the benefits of doing this direct from the switcher. But the atem software crashes, as does photoshop, when I try to connect them. So much easier to just do this in Wirecast or OBS. I am finding way too many bugs in the ATEM. Having said that... your videos ROCK. So much better than anything blackmagic is offering. For me, you are the ATEM goto guide. And the blackmagic control has one of the worst UX designs I have ever experienced. Obviously made by developers who have no UX experience. So hard to use. Thank you for making it easier.

[@Zoran1899]

So You do not like OBS for graphics because You need a computer. But both other offered methods also need a computer. I think the OBS offers the best solution since you can use that for other things to. But it was great to see that there are other solutions too.

[@Robinlarsson83]

The main difference is that if the computer that does the graphics dies mid-show, you only loose the graphics and can reboot the computer. When (not if) OBS or the computer running OBS crashes, the stream is dead and show is over until you can restart and get back on air with a lot of fiddling around. Also, it's a lot harder for a computer to encode video and run OBS real time and push it to the internet than it is to run a simple lightweight graphics software like H2R Graphics and maybe even something like Companion to control your Streamdeck. You could probably run H2R Graphics on a really small cheap computer, maybe even Raspberry Pi (think there is a Linux version of H2R Graphics now). Running OBS as encoder really needs a fairly powerful computer. It's almost always better to let dedicated hardware/firmware handle things that they can handle and use computers for the other, less demanding things, in mission-critical applications.

[@rafbass]

It would be amazing to run H2R graphics in a raspberry pi!!

[@nelmarzaragoza6389]

Hi, I got couple of questions to ask; 1. how can i lock the overlays? do i really need to press "key on" everytime I switch cameras? 2. I'm using windows, It seems like there's no full screen view for H2R. Its stills shows the title bar. Thanks and more power!

[@peteredward3231]

Super helpful. Cheers

[@jrod291]

Wow great video

[@justincairns9675]

At church for livestream we have song lyric we have on atem mini we are looking to add another one for the sermon notes

[@stevendannolfo6775]

Aaron... can you use the ATM Mini to play pre-corded videos such as show opens and soundbites during a live podcast?

[@ahckne622]

You would need the Atem Mini Pro in case you have not found the answer yet pal.

[@TozeCerdeira]

Hello Aaron thanks for this video. Can you make a video that show the diferen picture in picture ATEM does? I need to divide a screen in 3 parts. Two cameras and a pc windows screen. Is it possibel. Thanks

[@aaronpk]

I'm going to try to demo this during my livestream tomorrow! You should stop by! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5LMimyqrqx2oJY

[@BlackDragonNationalPresident]

Excellent stuff! I'm subscribing now! :-)

[@film4eyes]

Streamdeck mini for the win!

[@johnwilliamsbr]

Good stuff, dude.

[@DaveHojo]

For the H2R graphics and green screens, can you use luma key for the H2R feed and still keep the green screen keying elsewhere?