DEMO - Advanced Control of ATEM Mini Pro with Stream Deck & Companion Profile

[@GoWebTechnologies]

Let me share this to a group where people will love your work as I do.

[@BigBenX]

MIND BLOWN OVER THE WHOLE ENTIRE INTERNET! THANK YOU! ALL CAPS NEEDED!

[@ricnev]

Absolutely Ace!!! What a wonderfully extensive and flexible set of tools beautifully explained!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Thank you kindly!

[@adapptivtech]

My new friend. THANK YOU.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Welcome!

[@ltakallen]

Fantastic! Thank You! I hope Blackmagic Design sends you the Extreme ISO, heck, we (everyone who’s commented) should start a “fund” to send you one! Thanks again, Brilliant work! Cheers!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Ha! No immediate plans, but if I’m sent one I’ll make a profile!

[@RolandDobbins]

Pleased allow me to add my thanks for all the hard work you've put into this & your generosity in sharing it with us! Would you mind sharing your chroma key setup & settings for the ATEM Mini Pro, as well? Thanks again!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi Roland, it’s just two 1x1 flex led lights at 45° either side, and a top led panel above. It’s not a perfect key by any means, but is convenient to have permanently rigged by the desk. And then press the Pick Chroma button as described in the Palettes chapter of this video. It you select Save Startup State from the File menu in the ATEM software, it will recall the green screen setting when you reboot.

[@RolandDobbins]

@@davidjoshuaford - I saw in this video that your chroma key settings are identical to mine - 100% key edge, 0% for background & foreground. Do background & foreground have any actual use? I've not yet found one for them, heh. I also noticed that you selected a darker area for your chroma sample. I tend to select the area where my head will be in the frame, & physically move out of the way when pulling the key. Can you comment on the rationale behind picking a darker patch? Thanks again!

[@davidjoshuaford]

@@RolandDobbins Foreground and background you can trim a bit, but they start clipping pretty quickly. The greenscreen in the office is pretty rough and ready - for a proper job I'd light it consistently. But for this purpose, I found pulling a key from the darker area also works in removing the brighter area, where as keying a point in the brighter area leaves noise in the shadows.

[@aaronpk]

This is quite the collection! I'd love to have you on my livestream at some point and demo this live!

[@davidjoshuaford]

That would be awesome. Let's do it!

[@champagj]

Thanks Aaron that would be great to have David on your show!

[@BigG_74]

3 men & David! Or does the super source not support 4?

[@florawambua4262]

This shows how powerful atem can be when paired with the right software. can this work with the 15 or 9 button streamdecks?

[@champagj]

@@florawambua4262 yes it works with the regular Streamdeck, you have to rearrange the layout and make difficult choices on which functions to have on the same page

[@TerenceKearns]

Ho-Lee_sheeit... I've never seen anyone boss around an ATEM mini pro iso like that! and this video is a year old!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Thanks Terence! It’s grown a lot since that video! Livestreams Friday’s 10am ET if you have questions

[@TerenceKearns]

@@davidjoshuaford thanks man. Im still a noob so ill check it out.

[@michaelkeenan2658]

This video and work is awesome, just upgraded to the extreme iso, would love a file that has supersource options too. Are you likely to have a iso extreme option ? From Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yep, working on the Extreme at the moment! I’ll email my newsletter subscribers when it’s ready.

[@jonchamberlain]

Can I ask how you get the QR code on a button? You're making me re-think and upscale my stream deck setup! Awesome stuff. I think I might steal a few ideas and program myself, I use QLab rather than VLC, but love loads of this! thanks

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yes, just copy the Emulator button website address (or whatever link you're trying to create), then just go to www.qr-code-generator.com/ and paste it in (I literally screen-shot the QR code without signing up and then dropped it on the Stream Deck button). Glad you could adapt this for your QLab workflow!

[@orannihat]

Hello, I am trying to place cameras 1 and 2 in 2 circular areas in a tga or png image in Atem mini television HD, but I could not do it, or is it not possible to do such a thing?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi there, you need to select the cameras as input on the Upstream Key to resize and place them, and then put the PNG image in the Downstream key with the cutout for the cameras - assuming you are trying to place cameras behind the PNG image.

[@GoWebTechnologies]

Thank u for sharing

[@davidjoshuaford]

Thanks for watching!

[@edwardwhite4790]

Could you send me a link to download companion for my stream Deck.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yep- bitfocus.io

[@StanleyCarlduPont]

High-five David, that’s an insane level of integration and your generosity in making this available for free is off the charts. We’d be happy to buy a license and hope that you will consider ongoing improvement/future updates/different configurations for other ATEM models like the new Extreme ISO.

[@jamezdog]

Hi David...this is exactly what I was looking for. The only difference I have is I have the 15-button Stream Deck instead of the XL. Would it be easy enough to reassign some buttons to the version I have or will the Stream Deck layout you created not work on the smaller version? Thanks very much and keep up the excellent work! So happy I came across your content!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yep - within Companion's button page you'll see an shadow outline of 15 buttons in the top left corner. Just move what you want to appear on the original 15 button panel within that outline and they will show up on the Stream Deck.

[@DissertationAcademy]

As someone new to the Atem Mini (Pro Iso), I feel both intimidated and inspired by this. What an amazing work you have done and I look forward to populate my stream deck with these commands. Well done.

[@toddthetoolman]

Thank you so much this is just what I needed to get started with some functions for line training classes!

[@SCHALKERKUMPEL]

You‘re an Atem Mini & Companion wizard!!! This is really awesome!!!

[@jameshughes2548]

WOW, I just smashed the Like Button like 10x. So I'm not 100% sure if what I'm looking at doing can be done, but I guess it could. I could try and pitch my church on purchasing ATEM Extreme Pro ISO for the extra inputs, but I don't think I'm going to get them to bite on that. I understand the Fill and Key on the ATEM, and I know ProPresenter, and EasyWorship is similar in some ways. We currently have Easy Worship, and I'm looking to do a setup with ATEM Mini Pro ISO. I want to have 3-PTZ cameras feeding inputs 1-3, and then 1-HDMI Input (No. 4) from the Computer. I want to do both Fill and Key on that input. Could I use a StreamDeck and create macro buttons that would switch my output display type from PC, then the input type on ATM back and forth between Fill and Key? I want to do Lower-Thirds lyrics over the LiveStream video, and then Switch to Full Screen for Announcements, or Videos we may play during the service, so they are on the LiveStream as well. I want to be able to stream from the ATEM to Restream.io Does this sound Possible?

[@fugasmao1]

You are a genius! Thank you for sharing this. Can I share it using my dialect?

[@LikeThisReview]

Super! Many thanks!

[@juliodelaiglesia-desafiodi308]

Thank you so much for such incredible features and explanation! Really really appreciate!! Regards from Spain!

[@nwchaos1]

Ya know, I watched this video, and realized it was nothing but a giant advertisement to your companion profiles you are selling - you should really update the page text in description to mention that the companion profiles you mention ARE NOT AVAILABLE anymore, instead, it's a straight promotion for your new $90.00 profile. While I appreciate what you can do by showing what is possible, there's no way I would have sat through an hour long video!! You tell us at the beginning that everything we see3 here we can download... so I watch, and learn, and then feel suckered because you not only lied in the video, you lied in your description. Bad form, sir.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi Dave, apologies if this was unclear and taking up your time. This whole project has grown and morphed over time. The features outlined here were available for 6 months, and thousands of people did in fact download them for free. As the Companion app continued to be updated, I put more time into making the profiles comprehensive, and changed the project to be a paid download to support the efforts. I do plan to produce updated videos on this topic when I get the time, but for now these videos still demonstrate many of the profile functions. The link still leads to a free trial version which enables people to download a 1-page switcher version and try out the Companion modules. I'll make sure to clarify that in the description. Thank you for taking the time to convey your feelings and feedback!

[@professormccoy4500]

Wow! This solves so many of my work flow issues. Thanks so much for the settings. I have the 15, guess I need to upgrade to the XL so that I can use your settings?

[@davidjoshuaford]

I do have a 15-button profile for the ATEM mini Pro, but the 32-button profiles will be the ones that get continued to be updated moving forward, so yeah- get an XL if you can! I have some free 1-page profiles for 15 and 32 button stream decks on my website if you want to get the feel of it first!

[@jiveaces]

Trying to have guests on my live stream. I have the Atem set up and all the software installed but I have never used the DVE presets. I just tried using them and I can't get them to work.When I try the circle for example I just get these random gradient fades between the sources. What I want to do is have the Zoom call on my Mackbook and send that top the Atem and then split screen with the main camera.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Have you “restored” the ATEM Macro files?

[@jiveaces]

@@davidjoshuaford I have not, at least not knowingly. Do I just re run your installation process for the various parts of the control software setup? Will I then also need to re install my custom macros? I had to edit the XML file to do that last time. I am going to get Ver 3 soon anyway so I may wait and just do it all at once to save some ballache here.

[@davidjoshuaford]

V3 has new macro layouts, so needs to be reinstalled. As mentioned in other comments, it won’t overwrite slots 1-12 or 89-100, so use that for your own custom macros.

[@jiveaces]

@@davidjoshuafordSweet as, consider me sold! Happy new year!

[@GlennKarlsenCurlyfied]

This is amazing and generous. But am I the only one who is thinking this would be better and easier to use buildt in OBS? What benefits does this have over a reasonably powered PC with obs and some way of getting the camera as an input? I can imagine a hybrid solution where you can power the greenscreening and camera managment in the Atem and controll the layout and other elements in OBS. Combining the controls with companion and steam deck. Again. Very generous and inspiring to see.don't get me wrong.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi Glenn, Are you talking about the H2R graphics part, or the VLC part? You could take an ATEM's multicamera program out and use OBS downstream to overlay graphics but I've always gone the route of relying on hardware for the encoding rather than a computer, hence sending it into the ATEM for mixing/encoding/livestreaming.

[@ArnoldJagt]

As a vlogger, I need a beginner version of this with fewer (outlier) options to ease the learning curve. Does that exist anywhere?

[@davidjoshuaford]

There’s a free 1 page switcher on my website. It will get you started understanding Companion and the ATEM module.

[@jmediciones]

Please can you make an updated video for ATEM MINI EXTREME not using most of the options, nor how it is structured.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yes, will do - also working on some livestream demos within the coming month.

[@DanielFowlerSr]

THANK YOU DAVID!!! I am now a subscribed FAN . . . . You are the GURU My brother . . . Everyone, Please Support him, he's taking us to the NEXT LEVEL!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Thanks for the support, Daniel!

[@AndreasBodin]

Absolutely OUTSTANDING walkthrough David! 🙌🏻 Being pretty new at this, how on heavens earth do I with Bitfocus Companion configure a button on Elgato Stream Deck XL to turn on and off the input of Mic 1 and Mic 2? Still trying to figure out what things mean under each of the Presets that can be choosen.

[@davidjoshuaford]

If you can’t find under presets, you can build you own. In the Actions section of a button, there’s a folder icon and you can browse all available actions

[@AndreasBodin]

Thank you @@davidjoshuaford ! Found it! You wouldn't happen to know why the Elgato Stream Deck XL is not showing a green background when selected for Camera 3 in Preview, but on the ATEM Mini Extreme ISO button 3 has turned green?

[@phcallens]

Maaaaan, That's the most useful newsletter i ever received! Amazing job!

[@davidjoshuaford]

That is an awesome comment. Thanks Hal.

[@Ficktao]

It is very nice that YOU can do all those things, but it doesn't help anybody! Why don't you show us how to set it up?!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi Ficktao - this video is 1 part of a 4 video series - check my channel for the other videos showing how to Install and Build your own buttons.

[@patstraub]

Awesome! Thank you from Switzerland

[@TheCriticalCarePractitioner]

This is fabulous. Thank you.

[@davidjoshuaford]

You are so welcome!

[@DavidOastler]

Hi David was the vlc videos from a different computer and connected by HDMI as I noticed you were using camera 4 for the profile

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi David, all from the one computer in this set up. The Mac is set to input on HDMI 4 for VLC, and H2R Graphics and Google Slides.

[@mbs4298]

How are the buttons programmed to cycle through options like color 1 to color 2 to bars?

[@davidjoshuaford]

There's a 500ms delay added to each action, and the "use relative delays" box is checked. Check out the BUILD video in this series on my channel for more programming tips.

[@jlmoped]

You must have spent many, many hours making these layouts and buttons. Thank you so much for sharing with us! Will you make a new layout for the ATEM Mini Extreme ISO? Please!

[@davidjoshuaford]

If I end up buying one I will... (or if I'm sent one)! I'll wait and see the reviews first.

[@peterdams]

So many funtions i did not even think of. This is so helpful! Thank you!

[@alexandrelinhares5883]

Please do a video for new version 3.0 for the xtream version

[@davidjoshuaford]

It's in the works - thanks for your interest!

[@georgetheavguy]

Great video and module! Quick question...Does it also work fully with the ATEM Studio HD?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yes, but you’d need to replicate the additional inputs in the Studio HD.

[@georgetheavguy]

@@davidjoshuaford Thank you, David...Will do

[@Mischa8952]

Amazing!!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Thanks!!

[@warmsunset2009]

This incredibly inspiring, thank you. I tried to replicate the setting but I still find that it requires a second person to do the video production. It would be nice if the flow is automated in someways or organized by scenes with OBS, so you can just switch scenes and you don’t have to click each time in the stream deck. Can this setting be incorporated with OBS?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hey - there is an OBS module within Companion, so you can certainly add to this DJF Companion Profile. Video production is certainly much easier when you have more than one person. If running solo, you could create custom Companion buttons to trigger different stages in your show.

[@warmsunset2009]

@@davidjoshuaford Thank you

[@GoWebTechnologies]

Hello David I need help with audio fader/gain +/- buttons setup. Somehow buttons are not doing anything. Can u help setting up manually.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi there - sounds like you're running 2.1.2.... this set up needs Companion 2.2.0.

[@CCEldoret]

This is great, Can i get for Atem Mini Extreme version?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yes...watch this space! Probably within a few weeks.

[@CCEldoret]

@@davidjoshuaford Ok am waiting

[@CulBluVlogs]

Ok, so I originally saw this video of the buttons, loved what I saw, followed the link to your website, and noted that the profiles had to be purchased! 😱! Being the frugel tinkerer that I am, I decided to try and just build my own b/c I could learn a ton and save a buck or two. Fastforward to 2 days later, and I just could not figure out how to get the "long press" action to work, and the internet wasn't giving me many clues as to how. So I return to this video, and expand the description, and finally noticed your "BUILD" video covering how to recreate the front page. Needless to say, I am FINALLY able to continue along with building things to my linking now, and will be purchasing the profile anyways to donate money to your awesome tutorial vids! Moral of the story: Yes, I did end up buying the profile anyways, but now I'm quite familiar with "programing" in companion, so I got that going for me at least 😅! Thanks for this video series!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Glad you found the tutorials helpful, and thanks for your support! :)

[@peterdams]

Companion with mac mini M1 it does not switch to internal other pages. I means when i press key on the homepage nothing happens. I use it as companion buttons on the streamdeck software. When i use just companion it works. On my macbook pro 2015 it all works fine together. Do you have a guess what is happening. Besides thank you for this impressive work you have put into this controls. It makes live easier.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Sounds like it may be a conflict with the native Elgato Stream Deck software, since you can run companion solo on the M1. Might need to wait for Elgato to update SD for the M1. Just a guess.

[@TheBunkerStudio]

Fantastic!!!!

[@kerlensimeao5721]

Nnk

[@ganeshvichare4823]

Can this profile run for atem hd?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi Ganesh, yes it will.

[@JamesKever]

I use Doug Johnson's solution for animating SuperSource layouts using an X Key pad and JustMacros. You think this system will run at the same time? Can the ATEM take multiple macro calls from different devices?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi James, they should be able to run simultaneously - you'd just need to find vacancy within the 100 macro slots available on the ATEM.

[@kurokid2441]

wow...this really persuades me to purchase the stream deck...

[@davidjoshuaford]

Do it! The SD is my fav desktop accessory. Even beyond this livestream setup, I use it every day for Chrome, Zoom, color grading and editing in Resolve, Capture One...the list goes on...

[@kurokid2441]

@@davidjoshuaford Thx for reply! I've got my SD now! And then I'm about to purchase the profile on your website before go any further in learning how. But Actually I appreciated that we've got somebody like you to share such amazing things. Thx again. I'll refer you if I've got some problems when using the profile.

[@holgergelhausen8616]

Thanks Joshua, every seconds valuable information. The most comprehensive compendium for me on Atem Mini and Companion. Your videos show what is possible, wooow, I will certainly need 2-3 days to implement the so for me (2 ATEM MINI ISO, 7 cameras), am quite excited. Thank you very much and the new Orientation and greetings from Germany.

[@davidjoshuaford]

Glad it helps! Would love to see how you adapt this design to operate your two ISOs within the one interface.

[@holgergelhausen8616]

@@davidjoshuaford I am building it at the Moment. You can see it here, without the lights on only cameras. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqvVnJZmadSSfck

[@alexogden1868]

Damn I need to upgrade to the XL now!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hey Alex - I've now released a paid profile version for a 15-button Stream Deck for the ATEM Mini Pro/ISO. It fits all of the XL 32-button functionality into the 15-button layout! davidjoshuaford.com/companion/

[@yueshen9606]

I think Elgato should make you a Stream Deck XXXXL which has 100 buttons. You really mastered this! Amazing!

[@davidjoshuaford]

I'm sure I'd find a way to fill it up!

[@seamussmyth2312]

Great job! Just flew through it all and can only applaud 👏 your excellent work. Whereas I can grab your workflow concepts I'd appreciate smaller workflow examples - kinda case studies. I think this would be advantageous for your channel as well as it will help get you to monetization quicker - definitely deserved. 🏆

[@davidjoshuaford]

Thanks Seamus, can you give me more details of what sort of case studies would interest you?

[@KimRehnfeldt]

Amazing, but I am on the Atem Extreme ISO which makes it hard to use as is. Are you thinking of upgrading?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yes, working on it!

[@elvispresley2542]

What is the purpose of including Color Bars?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Color Bars are not typically put to air, but they’re used as a calibration and reference monitor when setting up, or if you want to send a test signal.

[@elvispresley2542]

@@davidjoshuaford man thank you. No one ever answers that. I notice that everyone has it in their sources, almost always in Vmix OBS ETC. I guess it's so their tests aren't then looking goofy into a camera LOL. Thanks!

[@davidjoshuaford]

You’re welcome! It can also help to test that your program feed is connected while you’re setting up your cameras and don’t have any picture out yet. Same goes for the 1khz audio tone to test that you have a signal.

[@jlmoped]

Great demo! Is there a way to program a button to cycle through a list of commands or buttons? For example, set up a button to assign CAM1 to Key1, the second press of the button to assign CAM2 to Key 1, the third press to assign CAM3 to Key1, and so on. That can be useful to move a flying key into different predefine positions on the screen too. Toggle down/up only allows for 2 actions, if there is a way to allow for 4 or more actions will make is very useful. I was thinking of setting up Page 1 Key 10 as the "cycle through" key. Then Page 1 Key 11 through Key 14 are the actual keys with the actions. The first press of P1K10, it will execute P1K11, then P1K11 will assigns P1K10 to execute P1K12 on the next key press. Then the next press of P1K10, P1K12 will reassign P1K10 to execute P1K13, and so on. But I can't find a find to make a key assign the action on another key. Thanks!

[@davidjoshuaford]

I would achieve this via a long press which cycles through different options. See the BLK button (page 1, button 30) for an example of 4 options.

[@jlmoped]

@@davidjoshuaford Thanks for the quick response. I have implemented this workaround and it works. I would still think a single/each click to cycle through a list of actions would be easier to control. Maybe that can be an enhancement request for a stateful action in Companion.

Fantastic work. But my AUTO button does not work. Lights red when pressing AUTO on them Atem Mini Pro. Works when I press test In Companion. But not on the SrteamDeck and the Webbuttonse in Companion

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi Soren, sounds like you don't have the OSC module set up. Auto button has a short/long press function on it, and needs OSC operating to function properly kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5alnaOFi7OYY9k

I Think OSC is setup. It’s green in Companion. And some buttons work with longpress, but not all.

[@tobiaskebernik8292]

Wow 🤯 definitely one of the most in depth/best videos on ATEM Mini + Companion Streamdeck. Thank you for your work man👍

[@davidjoshuaford]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joschitschka]

Your are a crazy man!!! Thanks so much for your work and sharing this!! One question: I can't make the audio fader funktion work (page 9 with the + and -) Switching Audio on and off works, but not the fader. Any basic setting I forgot about...?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Are you running a recent build of companion 2.2.0? Some of those audio level functions were only added in later builds.

[@joschitschka]

@@davidjoshuaford ok, I'm running 2.1.2. Thanks a lot!

[@johnhubbard7425]

Awesome thank you! Will this also work with the original Atem mini? (Not pro)

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yes. Most functions will work with the Mini. Streaming and Recording wont for obvious reasons.

[@DbassGroove]

Wow!!! This is awesome. Great work you put into this. Many thanks to make it available!!! Is it possible to use it with stream deck Ipad app without having the actual Stream Deck? Thanks again!!!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Yes totally works! Just need to adapt the 32 buttons into a 15 layout. I'll consider creating a 15 button adaptation.

[@DbassGroove]

@@davidjoshuaford perfect I'll give it a try. It would be great a 15 button adaptation, since I watched your videos and you mentioned some pages cannot be changed or removed, I'm bit scared to try to adapt it myself :( .many thanks for your great work!!!

[@guribs]

Just an exemplary piece, thank you very much waiting for the extreme version. Hopefully you'll create soon

[@davidjoshuaford]

Working on it!

[@guribs]

You made my week. Thank you

[@plasyjoseph943]

What an amazing setup by an amazing individual. Thanks David for the all the help 🙏🙏🙏

[@davidjoshuaford]

My pleasure! Hope it helps training with the kids!

[@moonpost]

really incredible implementation David. Thank you.

[@davidjoshuaford]

My pleasure!

[@fredyayala4067]

how can i link a ipad to the companion software?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Hi Fredy, make sure Companion's server is running on the wifi network address (not the local 127.0.0.1), then click the Emulator button in the computer's web browser. Copy that address into your iPad/tablet/phone's web browser.

[@frubo_ssg]

Awesome! When is the EXTREME version of your profiles coming?

[@davidjoshuaford]

Working on it this very minute! Will email the newsletter subscribers when it's ready :) davidjoshuaford.com/production/companion/

[@frubo_ssg]

@@davidjoshuaford Thx! But I guess I am too blind to find the newsletter registration on your website ;(

[@davidjoshuaford]

@@frubo_ssg Here you go Frubo - I created a page just for you! ;) davidjoshuaford.com/join/

[@jasontwitchell6329]

Love the awesome work. I would love to have this as a series of videos in a more detailed & technical walkthrough!

[@davidjoshuaford]

Thanks Jason, what topics would you like more in-depth coverage on?

[@jasontwitchell6329]

@@davidjoshuaford button selection & various use cases would be helpful to broaden my understanding of the capabilities & power you’ve demonstrated are available. Probably something a little more noob related for beginners in approaching the master set up you have in this video. I know of quite a few ATEM groups on FB that are struggling to grasp what you clearly do very well & bridging that gap between beginner & pro would be super helpful. The download & instillation video was great as well. But I would like to learn more of what’s out there, as much as I love the prebuilt do it for me you provided!

[@BigG_74]

Excellent! Great video series. Thanks David. This is very helpful even though I have 2 normal Stream Decks.

[@davidjoshuaford]

I'm thinking about adapting the 32 button design to work on the 15 button instead. But at least there's plenty for you to choose from and cut and paste.

[@Kinoptico]

@@davidjoshuaford hi, Congratulations onnthe amazing work you've done. I just got the 15 keys stream deck and I'm considering purchasing your presets but I have a doubt, should I just return my 15 keys stream deck and get the 32 keys one? I need one that makes my work flow simpler and I think I won't need so many keys and combinations to remember...or should I just stick to the 15 keys? (Is it harder with the 15 keys to remember all the presets as there's more functions per key assigned? Or you just removed some of the functions of the 32 keys stream deck in order to make it work on the 15 keys one?) I'll take a decision after I hear back from you, thanks.

[@davidjoshuaford]

​@@Kinoptico Hi Kinoptico - great questions - I would recommend returning the 15 button and getting the 32 button instead. In terms of space it occupies on the desk, you'll always need a USB cable connecting it, and the XL is not that much bigger physically than the Regular, and yet the 32 buttons make a HUGE benefit for actually making the operation simpler! Because there are more than double the buttons, you don't have to burrow down into as many submenus, and so it's faster and more intuitive to use. Regarding my own profiles - the 15 & 32 button profiles include all the same functions for the ATEM Mini Pro/ISO range, but I currently only have a 32 button profile for the Extreme. Just on a math basis, the 32-Extreme occupies ~60 Companion pages, so a 15-button profile for the Extreme would need over 120 pages, and Companion only supports 99. If I ever do make a 15-Extreme, I'd need to cut some functions out. Get the 32 button Stream Deck.... you'll fill it up pretty quickly! :)

[@Kinoptico]

@@davidjoshuaford I really appreciate your quick reply, my 15 keys is arriving today and I'm returning it right away and getting the 32 keys one, I own both the atem mini pro and and the atem mini extreme, and I'll be using the extreme 90% of the time so I guess it makes sense to get the right one for the job. To be totally honest with you I found your packs of presents so complete and amazing but at the same time a bit overwhelming for newbies like me in the live streaming area...with so many pages and great options but I guess it's a matter of time to learn them and get used to them. As soon as I get my 32 keys I'm purchasing your presets. Last question...as the creator of this presets pack, is there any particular method you would recommend to make it easier to learn and remember all these pages and pages of presets? Best regards From Canada, keep up the good work👌

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@@Kinoptico There's certainly a lot in there, true! I am planning on updating the demo videos soon, so that should help walk people through all the capability. The V3.0 profiles also have a Custom page and a Show page - these are designed so you can copy often used buttons from other parts of the profile on to these pages so that all your most commonly used functions are found in one place. Given that many people are multi-tasking between presenting and operating, it's best to pre-program as much of your show ahead of time as possible. So...don't feel the pressure to have to learn everything at once!