In September last year, Blackmagic Design issued a new Atem Mini, a low-cost site production switching station specially created for streaming network. Atem Mini will be available from the Blackmagic Design global dealer from November 2019 to sell Price RMB 2550.
The author studio can only be restless during the epidemic, and it feels that it is a long holiday in 2020. Just the author’s friend consult how to live and low cost implementation shooting solutions. The author recently pays attention to Blackmagic Design (BMD behind Blackmagic Design), discovered that Atem Mini sold in November last year is an economical live solution and a low-cost solution recorded by small events. On February 20, 2020, the author purchased this small switching station. Let’s share the feelings and use of you, and Baidu’s actual use of this equipment is really not much, most is briefly introduced. This will come back to actually experience, will it be the first actual evaluation in China.
ATEM mini from Shenyang Sanhao Street is home, BMD consistently simple style, very savvy packaging.
Open the packaging can see an advertising paper, which looks like a manual of the Atem Mini switching station, is actually not, it is really three advertising paper.
The first one is a prompt to download BMD video software Davinci Resolve 16 (Da Vinci), BMD, no matter what equipment does not forget to promote their own video editing software, the author feels that this software video editing ability needs to be strengthened. However, Da Vinci color is still very powerful. If a simple video clip is still nice to use this software, at least there is at least PR so love to crash.
This part is the most intimate part of the Atem Mini (only personal point of view only), see the software installation instructions, and a large pile of English and map, and think that there is software in the SD card, the result is big If the author, the author touched the whole box and did not find this card. Finally, the online booking video introduction does not have software. Can only download software from the website about the switchboard, there is a more powerful functionality after the software will be bored.
The following is 4 plugs below, but it is good to put a plug for China’s sales, and other plugs have no use of purchase costs.
Finally, I finally saw the protagonist Atem Mini switched desk to introduce today. It can be seen on the floor. This is really small, but the design is very exquisite. The author thinks that the appearance of BMD’s product design is very good, very sleek edge corner design, it feels good.
Look together with the packaging and packaging, this box is useful, is it super simple, I feel that this Atem Mini is really nothing. Next, you will be ready to connect the device. You will prepare your laptop before you have the software to install the ATEM Mini with the software.
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The recent version of the author when editing this article is an Atem Switch 8.1.1, and the software is updated on January 22, 2020. Provides software for Mac OS X versions and Windows10. The file size is approximately 1.6GB. Inside the compressed package, there are four files. Atem mini manual.pdf, install atem v8.1.1.msi, product studio switcher manual.pdf, Television Studio switchers manual.pdf needs to run install atem v8.1.1.msi files for installation, installation process Very simple, just click “Next” to finally complete it.
After the software is complete, start installing the switching station, you can see the power interface, network cable interface, data cable interface, 4 HDMI input interface, one HDMI video output interface, two microphone interfaces. 4 HDMI input interface support 720P50, 1080P23.98, 1080P24, 1080P25, 1080P29.97, 1080P30, 1080P50, 1080I50, 1080i5994, 1080I60 These HD video input formats. One HDMI output interface supports HD video output format 1080P23.98, 1080P24, 1080P25, 1080P29.97, 1080P30, 1080P50, 1080P59.94, 1080P60. The data cable interface comes from the computer’s HDMI input resolution 1280 x 720p 50Hz, 59.94 Hz and 60Hz, 1920 x 1080P 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94 and 60Hz, 1920 x1080i 50 and 594 Hz 60Hz.
The author used a hundred view of the 7 inch 4K monitor monitor, Surface Pro 3 laptop, Canon ME200S-SH, XA45, XA55, XC15 four cameras, fill light use godox LED1000C two LED fill light, Boya The microphone is used to use this Atem Mini switching station.
Insert the Boya microphone receiver into the MIC1 interface of the switchboard, install the microphone. This switching station provides two microphone interfaces that can be easily used for the recording of interviews.
Turn the GODOX LED1000C two LED fill light adjustment, so the effect will be better.
In the first shooting method, Canon XA45, XA55, and XC15 cameras with laptops to shoot chessboards, simulate a teaching scenario (background selection a green background cloth, and later introduce Atem Mini’s keylights).
The first unit uses the XA55 camera, shooting the front view of the character, facilitating the scene of the recording of the person’s speech.
The second place uses Canon XA45 camera to take a chessboard close-up, usually with focus, some of the lens details that require special display.
The third place is used to use the XC15 camera. This camera is really suitable for recording courses. It is very light and smart. Use the bracket to shoot the camera lens down, you can shoot the game of chess games, can also be used to show the desktop Books, scrolls, sincerely feel this is a very easy to use camera, especially the back flip screen used to use it.
The unit is added, and the power is turned on to the Atem Mini. This small handover stage is very convenient. It is turned on, and it is estimated to consider the size of the switching station, so the key position is saved.
Look at the panel settings of Atem Mini, there are 8 buttons in the MIC1 and MIC2 microphone area. ON is open the current microphone input, OFF is turning off the current microphone input, with the up and down arrow buttons below, representing the volume of the microphone, the upward is increasing volume, downing the volume. In the following video signal area [1], [2], [3], [4] can switch 4 pictures, where there is no use of computer software ATEM SOFTWARE Control, the HDMI1 interface is painted in the picture, in the input screen There are 6 small buttons on the button.
The button in the upper right corner is the painting button. Just press [ON] to open the drawing function, the four small icons of the very image can make the location of the painting to quickly switch to the four corners of the screen. [Key] will illuminate when using [DVE] special effects. Finally [CUT] hard cut button, [Auto] automatic switch button, [ftb] fade button.
In the software interface, virtual [T rod] is very convenient, not only can switch videos, but also to half the effect of left and right scores.
Especially with the Microsoft Surface Pro3 touch screen use more real feeling. There is also a green indicator prompts the current push rod, and the computer that does not touch the screen can only be operated using the mouse. The author feels that the touch screen is used to operate more.
Also in the case of touch screen, the use of software audio functions can easily use the functionality of the virtual mixer.
In the Atem Software Control audio function, the audio input of the microphone 1, 2 can also control the audio output of HDMI1, 2, 3, 4, and the volume control of the audio external output HDMI interface.
Clicking an audio equalizer also popping up more powerful audio equalizer, performing functional adjustments to sound, you can use a complete Fairlight mixer to manage the collected audio.
The software of Atem Software Control is very simple, the program area is mainly the video signal output to the external screen or the online live broadcast platform, which is used to output the video signal to the big screen as the switching station that ordinaryly. Signal button. For [red]; the following is the prepaid area, the signal prepared to output is the [green] button, and there is a [next transition] to the screen, [transceiver style], and then the right side is T pole, there is one The downstream control button and fade in the black field [FTB].
In the screen, you can switch the [Switch], [Media], [Audio], can manage media files, make a key background, add banners, etc.
There are three panels on the right side of the screen [panel], [media player], [Collection] Since the author does not collect the device, there is no function behind the test.
Atem Software Control provides a rich transceiver special effects, and 18 different transcendal effects are also enough. When switching the signal, the “CUT” button enables hard cut operation. The “Auto” button is a professional language of large broadcast-level switching, which enables video special effects. In addition, there is also a video effects of 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2 seconds. You can also select the type of special effects you want, including the smooth transition between the gradient to realize the signal, and the immersion can be achieved by a color. Or use a variety of DVE effects to remove images from the screen when different signal transcends. (Fail)
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