Blackmagic Ultimatte12 User Manual LCD Menu Settings

All the settings for your Ultimatte are located under the main ‘setup’ page. Simply scroll through the setup menu to find the settings you need to change. These include network and matte settings, checking the status of connected inputs, appearance settings and resetting the unit to factory settings.

Press the ‘menu’ button on the front panel to open the menu settings.

Rotate the settings dial to scroll through the menu.

With a menu item selected, press the ‘set’ button.

Adjust settings using the settings dial and confirm them by pressing the ‘set’ button. Press ‘menu’ to return to the home screen.

Setup Settings

The setup settings allow you to change your Ultimatte’s language selection, select the default video standard and change the appearance of the LCD display.

Name

When more than one Ultimatte is on the network, you may wish to give them discrete names. This can be set using Blackmagic Ultimatte Setup.

Language

Blackmagic Ultimatte supports 13 languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Ukrainian and Polish.

To select the language:

1. Scroll the search dial down to select language and press set.

2. Use the settings dial to select the language and press set. Once selected you will automatically return to the setup menu.

Software

Displays the current software version for your Blackmagic Ultimatte.

Front Panel

Set your Ultimatte’s front panel to ‘light’ mode for a brightly illuminated LCD. Use ‘dark’ mode for dimly lit environments where a bright LCD may be distracting, for example when mounted in a rack in a production facility.

Default Standard

When set to ‘auto’ the camera or source connected to your Ultimatte’s foreground input will determine the video format for all other inputs and all outputs.

You can choose another video format from the default standard menu. This can be useful when you first turn on your Ultimatte without a foreground input, so all the outputs will be set to that default video standard.

Network Settings

The network settings allow you to change your Ultimatte’s IP address, subnet mask and gateway settings. You can also switch between network protocols.

Protocol

Your Ultimatte unit is shipped with a default IP address of 192.168.10.220 but you can change this address if you want to connect to a network. This is also important when sharing multiple Ultimatte units on your network and controlling them using Ultimatte Software Control.

IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway

Once Static IP is selected, you can enter your network details manually.

To change the IP address:

1. Use the settings dial to highlight ‘IP address’ and press the flashing ‘set’ button on your Ultimatte’s front panel.

2. Rotate the settings dial to adjust your IP address, pressing ‘set’ to confirm before adjusting the next set of values.

3. Press ‘set’ to confirm the change and move to the next value.

When you have finished entering your IP address, you can repeat these steps to adjust the Subnet Mask and Gateway. Once finished, press the flashing ‘menu’ button to exit and return to the home screen.

DHCP

You can also enable DHCP instead of assigning an IP address manually.

DHCP is a service on network servers that finds your Ultimatte and assigns an IP address automatically. DHCP makes it easy to connect equipment via Ethernet and make sure their IP addresses do not conflict with each other.

To enable DHCP:

With ‘protocol’ selected press the flashing ‘set’ button to access the menu, scroll to ‘DHCP’ and press ‘set’.

Matte Status

You can use the matte status settings to change the background screen reference color and perform an auto key of your composite.

Screen Reference Color

Use this option to select the color of your background. The default color is green.

Auto Key

Use the auto key function to perform a quick composite of your scene. Refer to the ‘setting the auto composite’ section for more information.

Input Status

The input status display lets you quickly check and confirm which inputs are connected to your Ultimatte and if they are functioning correctly.

If ‘OK’ is displayed next to input, then your Ultimatte is receiving an input correctly. If ‘no input’ is displayed and you have an input connected, check that your cables are connected correctly and that the input format matches the foreground.

Reset

Highlight ‘factory reset’ in the setup menu to restore your Ultimatte to factory settings.

Once you press ‘set’, you will be prompted to confirm your selection. Your Ultimatte erases all settings, presets and the contents of the media pool.

Before performing a factory reset you can export individual presets or create an archive that will contain all presets and the contents of the media pool. Refer to the ‘presets’ and ‘archives’ sections for more information.