Using ATEM Software Control
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Hovering your mouse pointer over the gain, shutter
speed and white balance indicators reveal arrows
you can click on to adjust their respective settings.
Click on the DaVinci Resolve primary color corrector button
to expand the color correction window and adjust settings.
Camera Gain
The camera gain setting allows you to turn on additional gain in your camera. This is important when
you are operating in low light conditions and need extra gain in the front end of your camera to avoid
your images being under exposed. You can decrease or increase gain by clicking on the left or right
arrows on the dB gain setting.
You can turn on some gain when you need it, such as outdoor shoots when the light fades at sunset
and you need to increase your image brightness. It's worth noting that adding gain will increase noise
in your images.
Shutter Speed Control
The shutter speed control is located in the section between the color wheel and the iris/pedestal control.
Decrease or increase the shutter speed by hovering your mouse pointer over the shutter speed indicator
and then clicking on the left or right arrows.
If you see flicker in lights you can decrease your shutter speed to eliminate it. Decreasing shutter speed is
a good way to brighten your images without using camera gain because you are increasing the exposure
time of the image sensor. Increasing shutter speed will reduce motion blur so can be used when you
want action shots to be sharp and clean with minimal motion blur.
White Balance
The white balance setting next to the shutter speed control can be adjusted by clicking on the left or right
arrows on each side of the color temperature indicator. Different light sources emit warm or cool colors,
so you can compensate by adjusting the white balance. This ensures the whites in your image stay white.
DaVinci Resolve Primary Color Corrector
If you have a color correction background, then you can change the camera control from a switcher
style CCU interface to a user interface that's more like a primary color corrector on a post production
color grading system.
Your Blackmagic Studio Camera features a DaVinci Resolve primary color corrector built in. If you have
used DaVinci Resolve, then creatively, grading in your Blackmagic Studio Camera will be identical so
you can use your color grading experience for live production.
The color corrector panel can be expanded out of any camera controller and provides expanded color
correction control with extra settings and a full primary color corrector interface.
You have color wheels and settings such as saturation available and you can see shadows, mid tones
and highlight settings all at the same time. Simply switch between cameras using the camera selection
controls at the top of the window as you need.