Ross Video XPression U
Have you heard of Ross Video’s XPression U? It’s a place for online, self-directed learning, to get you up to speed on all the software and workflow XPression has to offer through Ross Video. We’ll be sharing Quick Tips, Basics, and Advanced learning videos to show you just how easy it is to use all the tools XPression has to offer with Ross Video. http://rossvideo.com/xpression-u
Episodes

Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Microsoft Azure Maps for Enterprise and Mapbox are both metered service providers with a monthly allowance of free access to the system. By our calculations, XPression Maps users should be below the free threshold per month on either service. However, we have added tools on the XPression Maps 4.0 Preferences panel for users to monitor their usage in a range of durations including a custom date range which can de defined by the user. Want to learn how? Watch the video!

Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
XPression Maps 4.0 introduces some new tools in the user interface. In this video we are showing off the Drawings Overview Panel, which gives users the ability to see all the Drawing Tools added to a map and a way to select them, rename them, and even turn visibility of them on and off. This is a great tool for finding items on your map scenes and selecting them from one place.

Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
OpenStreetMap provides a great level of detail to XPression Maps. Now, you can see the OSM content on your canvas by category and name in the OSM Overview Panel. Users in both XPression Maps Designer and the HTML5 client can also filter the results to a specific text string, if it helps to find what you are looking for.XPression Maps Designer can expand the OSM Overview to show more results than what is visible on the canvas. Wanna see how? Watch the video.

Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Sometimes, there can be too much detail in a map, and it can be distracting. Some locations have lots of small bodies of water, which are not really critical to the story you are trying to tell. Maybe too many roads? How about too many highway shields or road signs?Well, XPression Maps 4.0 introduces a new feature which allows map designers to control the level of those features. You are going to want to watch this video to learn how...

Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Ross Video is is working hard to centralize licensing our software and hardware. To do so, we have developed Ross Platform Manager (aka RPM)across the company as a way to provide software-based licensing in the form of Product Keys. XPression Maps is no exception. This video provides a general introduction to RPM and how to use it with XPression. Keep an eye out for more in-depth videos on how to use RPM with XPression Maps systems in the future.

Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Microsoft announced an end of service for BING! Maps Developer, so XPression Maps had to adopt Microsoft Azuer Maps as a search and tile imagery provider. While we were add it, we added support for Mapbox for their search engine and tile imagery. Both of the providers are part of XPression Maps 4.0. Watch this video to learn how to integrate them into your XPression Maps configuration.

Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Ross Video is proud to release XPression Maps 4.0. Packed with new features, the latest release of XPression Maps is focused on improving workflow for designers,newsroom users, and on-camera presenters. Take a look at this quick overview of the XPression Maps Designer and XPression Maps Server enhancements for your daily mapping tasks.

Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
XPression Maps 4.0 introduced Ross Platform Manager (RPM) to the map making community. One of the cool things is that a single Product Key (a fancy name for a string of text) can hold the licensing for multiple XPression Maps systems. Watch this video and learn how you might have all your XPression Maps systems licensed with one RPM Product Key.

Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
You’re not afraid of the dark, are you?Because XPression Maps 4.0 introduces a new dark mode for the user interface. Change from the classic look of XPression Maps and the light gray UI to the new dark UI with all the fancy new icons. Stop tanning by the light of the bright UI and relax in the more subdued look and feel of XPression Maps 4.0 and Dark Mode. Watch and find out how you can come to the dark side…

Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
We have added a way for the XPression FX operators to export (and import) a collection of Video assets from the Clip Browser. CNTL+CLICK on the desired assets, then RIGHT-CLICK on one of them to select the type of EXPORT you need. Watch, we’ll show you!

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