Cards

Everything in CastPad is a card placed on your Pad. Add what you need, arrange it your way, and hide the rest.

Tap + Card in the top bar to open a menu with four items — Add card, Organize cards, Edit layout, and Edit buttons. The menu only appears on the switcher page. Layout and button editing are covered in Editing your Pad; this page covers adding and organizing cards.

Built-in cards

These cards are placed on your Pad automatically based on the switcher model you connect.

Card	What it does
Program / Preview	Choose the live (Program) and next (Preview) sources. Inputs reflow to fit — buttons never stretch.
Transition	Transition style (MIX / DIP / WIPE / STING / DVE), plus CUT, AUTO, FTB, and the transition rate. See Transitions.
Next transition	Pick what the next take includes — BKGD and the upstream keyers (KEY 1–4). Each keyer also has an instant ON AIR toggle. Full keyer setup in Keyers.
Downstream Key	DSK on-air and tie, per downstream keyer. Full keyer setup in Keyers.
Audio	Channel faders and levels with 0 dB snap. See Audio.
T-bar	Manual transition fader.
Broadcast (ON AIR)	Built-in streaming and recording controls. Appears automatically on models that support it (ATEM Mini Pro / Extreme, Television Studio HD8 series, etc.). See Broadcast & recording.

Tip

The Broadcast (ON AIR) card is not added from the + Card menu — it appears automatically when you connect a supported model.

Tip

The built-in cards give you the quick controls. For the deep switcher controls — full transition styles, upstream and downstream keyers, and color generators — open The Palettes page.

Multiple M/E switchers show M/E tabs in the Program and Next transition card headers so you can control each mix/effects bank. The tabs stay in sync — switching the bank on one card switches it on the other.

Add-on cards

These cards are added manually from + Card → Add card.

Card	What it does
SuperSource presets	A 6-slot grid that recalls SuperSource box layouts — recomposing the live SuperSource on the program bus with no cut. Needs a model with SuperSource. See SuperSource and Moving without a cut.
AUX output	Route any source to AUX outputs.
Upstream-Key DVE	Fly a DVE key (PiP) from a 6-slot preset grid and exit arrows — gliding the key between corners and halves with no cut. See Keyers and Moving without a cut.
HyperDeck	Transport and record control for Blackmagic HyperDecks (connect by IP).
Streaming Encoder	Start/stop the live stream on an external Blackmagic Web Presenter or Streaming Encoder (connect by IP).
Macro	Run, record, rename, delete, and reorder the switcher’s macros. See Macros.

You can add more than one of some cards (for example two HyperDecks); they are numbered automatically.

Note

The Streaming Encoder add-on card controls a separate encoder device over IP.
To control the built-in streaming and recording on the ATEM itself, use the Broadcast (ON AIR) built-in card.

Organize cards

Open + Card → Organize cards to tidy up your Pad.

• Built-in cards have a show / hide switch. Hiding one removes it from view, and the grid automatically closes the gap so there’s no empty slot. Built-in cards can only be hidden — they can’t be deleted.
• Added cards (HyperDeck, AUX, SuperSource presets, and the rest) have a Remove button. This deletes the card entirely; add it back from Add card whenever you need it.

Card sizes

Cards keep a consistent size so the layout stays tidy:

• Side cards (T-bar, Audio) share a fixed width and height.
• Rail cards (Next transition, Transition, Downstream Key) align to a shared width; the Next transition card narrows when it has only a couple of keyers.
• Program / Preview fills the remaining width and reflows its buttons.

Next: rearrange and customize everything in Editing your Pad.