Blackmagic Design TVS HD Flying Key animations

The Blackmagic Design Television Studio HD has added flying key features to the upstream key, something the original TVS did not support. I created a demo video showing this feature in action using the software panel to control it. https://youtu.be/Qpu5ZgkVEvY A more seamless experience can achieved using PowerShell to automate the "key fly to" commands.…

Blackmagic Television Studio HD DVE features

I'm loving having DVE capability in the new ATEM TVS HD. It is not as rich as the ATEM 1 and 2 M/E's but is a big improvement over the old TVS. Although only a 2D DVE, it provides most of the Key and transition features of the bigger ATEM's. By far the most useful…

Xkeys XKR-32 for Blackmagic ATEM TVS operation

I have posted some sample Windows PowerShell scripts for controlling the Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio (TVS) on GitHub. The main thing I did with this sample is define the actions for each key in a JSON file. You can store any combination of PowerShell commands for a button or call a function. The JSON…

Picture in picture (PiP) with Blackmagic Television Studio and PowerPoint.

The Blackmagic TVS doesn't have a picture in picture function like the 1 or 2 M/E units. If you want a windowed PowerPoint (or other windowed application (even YouTube video would work) then you can use the DSK with mask to simulate PiP. Setup your secondary monitor to match the resolution of your ATEM (HDMI can…