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Maps 336 - Adding Pauses to XPression Maps Flights

How many times have you wished you could just add a simple pause to a map animation? Well, guess what? Now, you can!
In the timeline, move the play head to the desired location and set a pause duration and mark it as a keyframe. Tada! Pause.
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Maps 338 - Importing Animated Icons as Drawing Tools in XPression Maps

Two questions we get asked (…in this order…) a lot are:1. Can we use animated icons in XPression Maps2. How do I add my own icons to XPression Maps
You would think the questions would be in the opposite order, but… no. We get asked if it is possible, then how. Well, this video will not only show you how to do those, but we even spent a little bit of time to show how to do a simple concentric rings animation in Adobe After Effects.
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Maps 340 - Introducing the XPression Maps HTML5 Plugin

Ross Video is introducing the new XPression Maps HTML5 client interface for the MOS enabled newsroom user. Customers may scale the UI to fit their needs, as well as benefit for a zero-installer tool. This means that NRCS users who can connect to the newsroom system from their computers at home do not need to install any new versions of the XPression Maps plugin anymore, and could possibly work on either Windows or Mac, if their newsroom system are cross platform capable.
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Maps 342 - Adding Folders to the XPression Maps HTML5 Client Save Dialog

In the XPression Maps 3.2 HTML5 workflow, users are required to save their map flights before they can be dragged into an XPression Template. While this is not a new workflow, the ability to create folders and sub-folders to organize how your newsroom works has been changed a little bit. Check it out.
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Maps 344 - Using Information Layers in the XPression Maps HTML5 Client

How many times have you seen a map with a label for a location in the wrong place, or wished you could pick and choose what street labels are shown? Well, now with the XPression Maps HTML5 client, use the Information Layers like hints to help you make better maps with labels in the right place. Make Maps like a pro and rest assured that you have labels spelled right and in the correct location.
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Maps 346 - Using Shape Styles in XPression Maps HTML5 Client

Maps are an excellent visual aide for storytelling. While it is easy to put labels on a map, sometimes, the maps really benefit from having regions filled in with colors to highlight something.With XPression Maps, Shape Styles are used to do just that. Your art department can create shape styles for various reasons, including political alignment or even just plain highlighting. Here is how you can use those shape styles in the newsroom.
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Maps 347 - Setting the Default Text Drawing Tool in the XPression Maps HTML5 Client

XPression Maps allows for a wide variety of Text Tools in the HTML5 client, and that can be confusing. To reduce the number of decisions which a newsroom user has to make during crunch time, it is now possible for the user to define a default Text Tool for adding labels in their maps. It is also easier to change to another Text Tool to highlight something important with a different text style that has been provided by the graphics team.
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Maps 348 - Using the Safe Title Tool in The XPression Maps HTML5 Client

There are a lot of different ways to show a map on-screen in a television newscast. While the automated process of XPression Maps means that all the maps are rendered at the same size, it is possible that some of the XPression Templates used show them in a different scale or position on the screen. Artists can now create a variety of Safe Title Markers for the HTML5 client to use and allow the newsroom user to see what the area of interest is for that map.
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Maps 350 - Using the XPression Maps HTML5 Client to Download Still Maps Images

News coverage extends past the traditional newscasts scheduled throughout the day. With the dominant force of tablets, websites and smart phones; news production is done 24/7/365.To accommodate that, XPression Maps has allowed users to download still map images from the XPression Maps client. The function has been added to the XPression Maps HTML5 Client, and we will be adding an option to download the current map as an MP4 file. In the pre-release (beta) builds, we are offering this as a free trial and hoping for feedback on the functionality.Please also check your Microsoft BING! Developer License contract to make sure you are not violating it in any way. Ross Video cannot assume any responsibility as that is part of your agreements with Microsoft and BING! Maps.
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Maps 352 - Adding Users to XPression Maps Using the XPression Maps HTML5 Client

XPression Maps now utilizes an HTML5 client to allow newsroom users to access the self-service functionality of Map building. To provide a layer of security to XPression Maps, User Rights Management and User accounts need to be set up for each user. This is done using the XPression Maps HTML5 client.
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