How to add graphics and titles with the Blackmagic ATEM Mini

Here are my favorite ways to add titles and graphics using the Blackmagic ATEM Mini!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:33 Using OBS
2:01 ATEM Mini Media Pool
2:41 Download the Software Control app
3:49 Using the ATEM Media Pool
5:02 Transparent overlays
7:53 Animations with H2R Graphics
10:43 Summary
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[@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.

[@aaronpk]

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

[@jonarthur6839]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@JimmyTalksTech]

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

[@ChudanTV]

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

[@nevillehenderson712]

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

[@AlexMinor]

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

[@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.

[@rbengraff]

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

[@aaronpk]

Thanks! Glad I could help!

[@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

[@GaryStockton]

Great tutorial and recommendations Aaron.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!

[@MrPelomix85]

Very informative video! Big help Aaron.

[@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!

[@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 :)

[@JohnW8823]

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

[@aaronpk]

Awesome! You're going to enjoy it!

[@JosephLiwanag]

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

[@rickmagnellphotographyfilm9192]

H2R Graphics software was a great tip, thanks!

[@MatthiasLenardt]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@MTravisVolker]

Great tips and resources references. Thank you.

[@shawnebrown]

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

[@aaronpk]

Thanks!!

[@drpoller6679]

Really clear tutorial - thank you.

[@pauposts]

This was very well done. Thank you.

[@tundewilliams5654]

Thank you! They all works!

[@BlackDragonNationalPresident]

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

[@danielwylie-eggert2041]

very helpful thank you!

[@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.

[@mataikir1148]

Thanx for the great tutorial; it has been helpful.

[@cjpreyes]

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

[@GKB.official]

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

[@HerbalFaces]

Really great info. Super helpful

[@markdouglas8073]

Very helpful for me!

[@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.

[@mano123456]

Great video. Thank you for making it.

[@kisaac63]

Hey Aaron, thanks for the tutorial, I have used these however when yout cut to another camera angle the logos also go off air how do I lock the logos and some graphics so that I only need to cut the camera angles without having to click the on air for logos and lowerthirds whenevr I cut. Thanks

[@blackspider241]

Very helpfull thank you so much

[@rafbass]

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

[@ernestor.salazar1619]

Great video thank you very much

[@NorthWoodsVideo]

Great information, thank you!

[@NagarajKuchangi]

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

[@jrod291]

Wow great video

[@a.kay.c]

You are awesome, thank you so much!

[@robleonardo5337]

great stuff Aaron

[@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.

[@GavinLyonsCreates]

Infomative video, thank you

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@FreeCaptiveProds]

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.

[@helgedell]

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

[@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!

[@ytv1234567]

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

[@johnwilliamsbr]

Good stuff, dude.

[@bobjoe7579]

Already packed and ready to go

[@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!

[@RepairGuyDK]

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

[@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

[@stevecahill9106]

Great info. What dedicated streaming device do you use?

[@peteredward3231]

Super helpful. Cheers

[@tedz2000]

CAN you have a video playing in full screen on a second monitor and key green screen to be in front of that video playing as opposed to a still

[@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.

[@FatehShams]

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

[@danielstorm333]

When I run my transparent pngs through atem mini and then through Zoom, it makes these graphic blocks around logos and do not create transitions, have you any idea why this happens?

[@greffesauvage6690]

You are a great man. Thank you so much

[@semdrag]

Have you used MimoLive with the ATEM mini or Pro?

[@adarasm]

is there any android app for controlling atem mini.

[@Workahollek]

Thx for this video!

[@kipling1957]

Do you know if the new mini Pro has macro programable buttons on the device itself? I haven’t heard anyone talk about this aspect except you. It seems clunky to have to mess with the software to flip in graphics. Thanks.

[@antwicurtis789]

I don't want to use the media player or software for lowerthirds. I want to use an input. Can I just change the DSK fill and key sources to an input instead?

[@bulcub]

since the atem mini or pro can be used over a network connection, and I won't be using obs or ecam etc, do i really need to use ndi? and also can I still use ReStream to broadcast to other channels using the atem?? Thanks

[@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?

[@torstenm9374]

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

[@philgibe]

I am trying to find the best setup to use openCV over a 4k video input which should go out on an SDI output. Could the ATEM be useful on that ?

[@EckertAndras]

Hi Aaron! I'd like to stream my iMac 5K resolution screen in Zoom. Unfortunately I don't have high bandwidth internet my upload speed is 10 Mbit/s on average but it is not enough. Would the ATEM Mini Pro be able to convert the 5K resolution to FHD and stream it that way? Thank you

[@RADIOTELEANBYANSPLUS]

Did you use a c port to usb for the obs from the mini?

[@user-gj7je7uh8e]

can you show how u can get a camera / source feed then green screen yourself and add a graphic in front if possible

[@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...

[@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?

[@remektekmedia6641]

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

[@AbdulAhadProductions]

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

[@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

[@gabakusa]

how can you add the overlays without using chromakey ?

[@computerjantje]

Wait a minute. You say first you do not want a whole computer to hang along but I do not think the images in the mediapool are actually stored in the atem. meaning, you unplug the atem and you are back to zero. even when you save as startup, I think the images are not saved IN te mini so a connection to a computer to rload them all is needed again right?

[@iamdanfleser]

How did u make your voice sound that clear?

[@edwardwhite4790]

I need the contact information for the company who manufactured your 3d ATEM switcher. A few of the screws and nuts fell off. I need to get replacement screws & nuts so I can use the Atem stand

[@tonymontana8250]

where I download this plugin?

[@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

[@Kironmedia]

Nice idea

[@dagg497]

If i use Green screnn and Chromakey in my Upstream Key. Can I then not add a lower thirds either through Media Player as a static image or HDMI with H2R graphics with just a white/black luma channel ?

[@aaronpk]

The upstream key can do your chroma key, and then you still have the downstream key that can do your luma key for the lower thirds.

[@jeemantv5590]

With the atem mini pro is there a way to have the multi view plus send another output with program full screen?

[@aaronpk]

Not via HDMI directly, but you could use the USB webcam out and full screen it on a computer using Quicktime or OBS for example. Also the new Streaming Bridge will let you convert the streaming output to HDMI as well.

[@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. :-)

[@joshuaajayi6050]

Hey for some reason I can't import media during a Livestream or update the media pool. There's a red circle around the #1 on the still

[@aaronpk]

The red outline means that picture is live on the stream right now. If you take it off the program feed it should let you change what's in the media pool.