Customise ATEM MINI's PICTURE IN PICTURE using MACROS!

[@streamiumlive]

You have such an incredible knack of explaining complex material in the simplest possible way.

[@rtesdahl]

When I set up our ATEM Mini Pro ISO for the first time at the church last night, I was playing with PiP, and I noticed that it kept resetting my size and positions when hitting the hardware buttons. I was baffled but decided to look into it more today. Well, this afternoon, KZbin said, "Hey, here's a video about using macros to customize PiP." Perfect (and scary) timing! Thank you, sir.

[@ThePhobicFlyer]

Brilliant. just getting to grips with ATEM Mini Pro thanks 👍

[@tombeew]

Many thanks for this tutorial. I appreciate your work and how you explain. It was a great help to start with the Atem mini pro and macros. Thanks lot!

[@MrLmsadmin]

Just discovered these videos and I'm blown away by how easily you explain all of these concepts and how to use the ATEM. I've watched some others which use tons of additional software and really overcomplicate things. The ATEM is very powerful on its own and you are helping me to easily understand how to get the most out of it. Thank you.

[@yossiefrankel7613]

YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Your presentation is smooth, direct, no "umm's" and so well organized!! THANK YOU!!!

[@armatrak]

Thank you for this. Very informative. How can you do a split screen from 2 sources?

[@Teach2Build]

Such a great video! You took me from no knowledge of macros to a solid understanding of them, all through the presentation of a gifted teacher. Thanks!

[@williammccarthy7199]

Terrific work, Alex. Concise. The best ATEM Macro tutorial I've seen yet. Your Macro series will be greatly appreciated. thank you.

[@AlexPettitt]

William McCarthy thanks very much William! If you have any suggestions for what macros you’d like to set next in the series, let me know :)

[@KaosisoAnaekwe]

@@AlexPettitt Do you have a method of replication the "Super Source" feature on the ATEM Mini Pro? Do a Split PIP

[@richardbower7794]

Alex, your presentation style is excellent. As a presenter myself, I get very frustrated sometimes at the lack of clarity and waffle in many KZbin “tutorials”. This video is superb. I’m a new owner of an Atem Mini, and I use it very basically. Your presentation means that I can now do SO much more with it. Good luck and best wishes for all your future endeavours. Subscribed. Best regards, Richard.

[@AlexPettitt]

Thanks so much for the lovely comment Richard! Glad to hear the video has helped too! All the best, Alex

[@danaforeman4349]

Alex, another great tutorial. Did this set up and got it on my Stream Deck and it works great. Many thanks and keep it coming.

[@MrBravedave777]

Save Startup State! Been practicing on mine for a week and couldn't figure out why I had to keep restoring the file every time I turned it on. Invaluable information. Keep up the great training videos. Much appreciated.

[@AlexPettitt]

Thanks David! Really appreciate the comment and so glad that the video could help!

[@remektekmedia6641]

This is the best tutorial for the ATEM Mini/Pro that I've come across. Thanks Alex for being so informative, clear and concise. It is much appreciated.

[@AlexPettitt]

You're very welcome, I'm glad you found it helpful! There will be more coming soon :)

[@FlocksSake]

Just got my ATEM Mini Pro. First livestream will be tomorrow morning! This tutorial on Macros is my favorite tutorial I've watched today so far!!

[@AndyCore]

Best ATEM tutorials on KZbin!

[@mibautotecniq6149]

FANTASTIC video Alex, calm manner, clear instructions and a 'what you may have done wrong' for when it's not doing what you expected. As a novice, you have given me the confidence to create some macros and give it a go!! As a result, my presentations will hopefully be better - thanks.

[@bobbeckley2358]

Wow. What a great video. Thanks for the thorough explanation. I could never have gotten this out of the Black Magic manuals.

[@EightWheels1]

Very helpful … your explanations of creating macros is clear and the extra tips (like the pause for one frame) well explained. Thank you!

[@AlexPettitt]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment :)

[@thatsaloadofcrap]

Thanks Alex! I programmed and saved the Macros. B&H just shipped my Mini Pro ISO. Can't wait to try these on the ISO and see if Resolve picks up the PIPs as overlays in the timeline.

[@GuiSchwertner]

You just sold me an atem mini. I hadn't bought it yet coz I needed this flexibility with pip. Thanks, mate. You're so chill, again, surrounded by all these redbulls ;p

[@angeldecero]

Excellent and Resourceful! IDK why anyone would give it a thumbs down. There's always a Hater out there for us all!! Keep up the great work sir! SUBSCRIBED!!

[@michaeljacobs8449]

Brilliant. Find with the ATEM you put in the hard work initially and it pays off just before you go live. Thank you.

[@Zawsum]

Thank you so much! Your teaching is so logical and clear and easy to follow. I really look forward to more of your content.

[@danaforeman4349]

Alex, fantastic demo. Great work.

[@TimCooperUK]

Hi Alex - thank you for creating this video. If you happen to have used one of the pattern effects (I use the circle to frame my PiP sometimes), when using your suggested macro, it doesn't reset to using the DVE tab. I added an extra line to each PiP macro in the XML file to make sure the macro switches to the DVE tab: . I would like to see more macros for using green screen with PiP please... Keep up the good work, sir!

[@AirbrushDownandDirtyTricks]

SO helpful. adding the pause is awesome. thanks

[@neilprice4484]

@Alex Pettitt EPIC tutorial as always, the way you present is exceptional!

[@greybearsound]

Alex, I've been using your teachings combined with Companion today and the results are stellar! Thank you for your clarity, and your lessons being so concise!

[@mrgaucho]

Hi, New user here, Can you program a macro with the computer and the atem mini pro connected but then use the macro with the atem not connected to the computer? in other words , does it save it to the hardware?

[@TimCooperUK]

Certainly a useful idea for a bite sized series. I find the pace of your tutorials just about right and you make no assumptions. I hope you go on to look at the XML that sits behind the macros. I would appreciate a tutorial on macros involving hyperdeck studio mini. For example, is there a way to queue up the VT, play it then automatically cut or transition back to a camera?

[@AlexPettitt]

Tim Cooper Thats Tim, this comment is super helpful to decide what episodes to produce next! Will be sure to include the Hyperdeck mini as your suggested :)

[@leokitajimageefay5515]

Every time I wish my ATEM mini could do something different than how it operates out of the box, you seem to always share a way to do so. Thank you!

[@GilbertAllenPlugowski]

Extremly well understandable, no matter how deep you are already into the topic. Awesome!

[@losaltospolitico1]

This was great. I was about ready to try doing my first macros. Now I can crib these. PIP was to be my first project. Second project; use USK for a repeatable green screen studio setup, use DSK to bring on 4 diff lower thirds on top.

[@extramedium3920]

Very cool. Thank you for a great tutorial. I didn't understand until I got one of these in my hands that it's a lot more than a simple switcher. The audio dynamics and EQ controls are very useful and now the world of macros!

[@sintheticMotion]

Pretty much the best explenations of how-to-do things with the ATEM, dude you rock!

[@setfree4]

You explain so well and show every single move, really helpful, thank you!!!!

[@BodyEliteSystems]

Extremely helpful! Thank you, Alex, Jeremy.

[@janabi62]

Amazing, Clever & Easy to follow

[@CS-bg6zp]

Man you are a great blessing. You described everything well. It helped me greatly.

[@PastorAdelinodesousa]

Do a video on using lower thirds and graphics like logos . This video was very helpful. Great job in teaching all of us out here.

[@tonyabrown7083]

Hi Alex great job on explaining how to create PIP macros. I was wondering if you could do a video on lower 3rds (live video) depth of Fields

[@IsotonikStudios]

I love this, I’ve been animating the position of my PIPs so they slide on and off the screen, switching camera when off screen...

[@blakekimmel2995]

SOLID AF. Nice work. Thanks so much for cruisen through this so easily.

[@MrXL]

Great video. Very useful guide to creating macros. Thanks for the great explanation.

[@livehardrocktruth742]

Beautiful!

[@marks3576]

That was the best ATEM mini tutorial I have watched.... Thanks so much!

[@rtpros]

great job Alex!

[@HomeandVideos]

Awesome you are the best tutor for the ATEM on YouTUbe

[@ANK_Music]

Alex, Thanks, it's very helpful for me. The best ATEM Clips!

[@my_adventuregraphy-kanuspass]

Awesome video! Thank you so much! Greetings from Germany

[@kewsork211]

Perfect explanation - well done, thank you 👍

[@nizarahmed8182]

amazing! I have always thought BMD was great, but not many tutorials on how to use their tools. Totally subscribing.

[@thejanbalster]

This is AWESOME! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Very helpful for understanding Macros.

[@RichardPosey]

Great presentation. Very helpful in getting me up to speed on this product. It fills in a lot of gaps.

[@elliottraben4277]

Can you fade the PiP on screen?

[@michaelgeorge7424]

Thank you so much -- as always, your explanations are very helpful. Cheers.

[@wandersw]

Excellent tutorial. It is very helpful. Thank you!

[@jamesie11]

Thanks for the clear explanation Alex. I was getting annoyed with the PIP size always reverting to small. I can now try to use this with Companion to create buttons on my Streamdeck to do this.

[@steve-podmore]

Hi Alex. Superb work. Really enjoy this and Atem seems ideal for a channel idea I’m working on. It’s not been clear if the Atem can do split screen portrait, with two or three speakers - either live or via Skype/zoom or even FaceTime or what’s app video? That would be really helpful. So far I think you’ve just kept the landscape PIP. Also - is it possible to cut with an automated ‘follow the speaker’ set up? I’m guessing this needs a mixer - but what would you recommend? I’d like to achieve the best viewer experience but with the min of operational load - as I will be presenting and operating on my own a lot.. thanks?

[@KatAdair]

Excellent tutorial; very clear instructions. Thank you!

[@sammau5308]

Dude you just let me make my job so much more efficient. THANK YOU!

[@chouks59]

Thank you so much for all these infos, very great tutorial !!!! Awesome man, Keep it up !

[@willianaleman6114]

Alex, Thanks a lot for the informative video on Macros. Definitely, you have one of the best educational structural tutorial for the ATM. I created a macro for camera 4, bottom right, for example. When I recall and run the macro, the position and the resizing work well from the software, except, that when I hit the Right Botton in the ATM Mini Pro ISO, everything goes back to the default state of the select camera. How to fix this? Or Am I be missing something here. I don't see the benefit of having four PIP camera buttons that don't record the resize action of the macro. Having to use the software every time to recall the size of the corner in the middle of a production seems to be combersome.

[@barongilbert9788]

Hi Alex. Great tutorials! Macros.... can they be saved, exported and shared. I.e. imported and used on different machines? Has anyone started a macros library?

[@Erika.Nichole.B]

Great video! Very helpful--especially the idea of creating macros for camera switching. Awesome.

[@markpacileo]

Thank you - great tutorial - it has helped me to figure out some pip and camera issues

[@wasbeen]

Alex, do you have an Elgato Stream deck? I find macros SO much more useful with accessible buttons, but the setup had a few “gotcha’s” which would be good to show, and your viewers may appreciate your easy to understand teaching style.

[@rexryker7465]

Hi Matt! Were you able to execute BM macros from the StreamDeck? I just got one, and that was my first thought. Thank you, Rex.

[@wasbeen]

Rex Ryker yes, they work great. Need to use “Companion” app (version 2 if you have a new model Stream Deck) , ensure the Stream deck app is closed, run Companion and there are ATEM presets for Macros (that appears to use the description and not the name?).

[@CharlesJohnson_chjaway]

This tut definitely greased wheels for ideas! Well timed content & easily consumed. Thank you! (not a big fan of the hospital gown shirt... but the tut content itself is SOLID!!!)

[@andyolson3694]

This is extremely helpful as I get streaming up in a church setting where powerpoint is used. I want to have the PP slides show up as a PIP on the left 2/3 of the screen and the preacher framed in the right 1/3 of one of the cameras (simple framing of the camera, no magic to it.) This tutorial of yours is exactly what I need to set that up. What I haven't mastered yet is setting up macros to switch between the other cameras quickly. This might sound confusing, but I'll do my best. What I'd like is something that when I press a macro for Camera 1, it cuts to camera 1 with no PIP/Upstream key. If PIP is on, turn it off. If it's off, leave it off. Same for camera 3. If I go to Camera 2, I want it to bring it up with Camera 4 as the PIP source. I want all of this to work as cuts, not previews. So far, what I've tried only flips the state of the upstream key, so if I go from camera 1 to camera 3, it would turn PIP on since it was off, which I don't want. I suspect my solution might be in the xml file, but thought I'd trow it out as it looks like you are looking for a macro challenge and I'd love to see what you can come up with. When it's all done, I'll manage everything with an Elgato Stream Deck programed with the necessary macros.

[@x88573]

Hello Alex, Thank you for your video instructions. It helped me a lot with the solution of my questions :-) Greetings, Randy

[@rogermartin1984]

Very enlightening ATEM Macros

[@robsmith1239]

Just subscribed, great job breaking that all down, thank you. Now I have a lot more of your tutorials to watch, lol. thanks again!

[@jomfastre109]

Great video. Very helpful and well explained. Thanks.

[@relaxedcurious]

1000 thumbs up. Thanks you for this excellent video.

[@marcelomartinez4718]

Wow. This is a fantastic tutorial. Thank you so much

[@anthonyfaulkner8697]

Great stuff! Love it! Very helpful. I want to set this up with my mini pro. 2 Keyed cameras shots one a close up one a wide with different images in the background. and be able to switch between them with one button.

[@Supanizar]

Thanks for making this video. I am curious, if we want to show it go from a single camera and slides then to a two up shot (get rid of the slides) how would you do that? To show it actually move from one super source state to another but have movement between then? Hope this makes sense.

[@hsjawanda]

Thank you for the superb set of videos on the ATEM Mini!! Do any of these need to be updated for the software/ firmware updates rolled out since then? Do * macros only record actions taken in the software *, or also the actions taken in/ on/ with the hardware?

Hey Alex, What are you using to record/show the interactions on your laptop screen showing you and the software?

[@rtestut]

Excellent tutorial, it filled all the PIP gaps I had! Looking forward to Episode 2! I meant to ask this during your PRO Demo Q&A but life got in the way . . . do you have recommended settings for recording video with Video Assist, for those of us who want to upload to KZbin later (i.e. not live stream)? Before uploading to KZbin, I want to edit my video in Premier Pro, so I want to ensure my initial recording is optimized for both post-recording steps (edit in Premier Pro, upload to KZbin). Specifically, Container/Audio codec/Video codec/Frame rate/Bitrate/Resolution & aspect ratio . . . Thanks, Alex! Keep your excellent videos coming!

[@5150golfnut]

Can the pic in pic be resized to fit as a lower third? This is my last option. I cant figure out how to do lower thirds for worship songs at church.

[@DJTwinT]

Great tutorial! Very easy to understand. THANK YOU!

[@efcg-rastatt]

Wow, what a game changer! Thanks and lots of appreciations. Bless you

[@OliverswoodturningCoUk]

Great tutorial very clear one of the best I’ve seen thank you😀 LAS

[@samsilverstein4950]

This is excellent. You rock and I appreciate you and your videos!!

[@MrNecmergitur]

great thanks a lot! saved me couple of hours understanding the logic.

[@ColeenWall]

Thank you! This was great is there any way to resize the pip and have the 6 buttons use the new resize macro ?

[@AVLKevin]

This is immensely helpful! Thank you so much for this. It's enabled me to produce the videos I needed.

[@AlexPettitt]

Really glad to hear that Kevin, thanks for taking the time to let me know :)

[@JoseFuentes-zo5jf]

I loved this Video. It helped me greatly. I was wondering if the Atem has a feature that transitions the PIP, like fade on or off ?

[@joachimjohann873]

@Alex there is a way to add rotation per example 90 degree to the PIP? rotation dialog box is not writable on the software.maybe accessible in the XML with rotation="1" rate="90"? where could we find all the options available documentation.

[@x88573]

Thank you, it was a very good lesson Greetz, Randy from The Netherlands :-)

[@munhawet]

Thanks Alex, great stuff!

[@Trovarsi]

Super helpful and very well explained! Thanks!

[@brbubba]

Thanks for this! One thing I haven't seen answered, and I assume isn't possible on this product, is whether it is capable of multi PiP. If you have 4 inputs, I want all 4 to be displayed at the same time.

[@davidbondy8340]

This is brilliant stuff. Please, please, please do more about macros. Please tell us about editing the XML file. Please teach us about flying keys. I have been trying to do this but it doesn’t well for me. Thank you Alex! By the way, the bell is greyed out for me - even though I am a subscriber!

[@RyanUrlacher]

Great video. thanks for taking the time to make it.

[@bobthomson7039]

Great presentation!

[@ericsim66]

always wanted to enlarge the PiP. this is great!

[@Orleansunitedchurch]

Thanks for your detailed viedos. Much appreciated.

[@SteveVickAK]

Thank you very much for making this daunting task so clear and logical.

[@AlanLangdon]

Fantastic teaching!

[@robtaylor7772]

Really well explained. Thanks!

[@brucegriffiths3761]

Very clear explanation. Do you have a video on flying keys?

[@AlexPettitt]

Not yet! But it is on my list of videos for the future :)

[@ClearviewTeam]

Hello Alex. GREAT video (as you always do). One question that was not answered: If I want to have my PiP persist on one specific channel but not appear on other channels, how is that done on the Atem Mini? Currently I have changed the PiP Keyer to "Stay on with transitions" but now the "Key 1" button simply alternates between on/off with each transition. My goal is to always have PiP on Channel 3 but OFF for Channels 1, 2 and 4. I would prefer to not use a macro because I am presenting standing up and I'm trying to use the mini controls as much as possible. Any direction will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

[@brooklynpodcastingstudio5061]

I have this same question. Did you ever find and answer?