Ross Video XPression U

Basics 186 - XPression Video Codec Support for VLC Media Player

When users try to share XPression Video Codec files for review by users without XPression, the ability to play the files on a Windows 10 PC seems to befuddle some folks. Installing the XPression Video Codec is pretty easy, but some users prefer using VideoLAN’s VLC media player over the native tools in Windows. Ross Video has developed the VLC plugin, for the XPression Video Codec, so now VLC users with the XPression Video Codec installed can view XPression Video assets and Clips.
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Basics 188 - Tally Light Support Inside the XPression User Interface

The impact of Covid-19 has been felt by everyone. Those fortunate enough to work, might be working from places they never have before. Since that means that monitor walls and tally lights on them might not be present, Ross Video has added support for TLS 3.1 and 4.0 into XPression Version 10, which means that Tally Light support has been added into the User Interface. Red for On-Air and Green for Preview are now supported on the Output Monitor panel on the UI.
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Basics 190 - Create Manual Rundowns in XPression Remote Sequencer

The XPression Remote Sequencer provides an amazing user experience for MOS enabled newsroom workflows. Displaying the complete linear rundown, as well as showing a column per channel has enabled amazing user control for MOS newsrooms.  Now that same power is available to create rundowns from scratch, for any of your productions. Control multiple XPression engines from one user interface for any type of production and create your rundowns from scratch.
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Basics 192 - XPression Countdown Widget in Ross Video Dashboard

Back in XPression Version 6.7, we added a Countdown column into the XPression Sequencer. Well, now you can display that countdown value in Dashboard Version 9.0 as well. This is helpful for users who depend on custom Dashboard panels to show them previews of their XPression channels during a very busy show. Keep your focus in one place and don’t worry about what everyone else is doing, count yourself down to the end of the graphics or clips.
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Basics 194 - The Dashboard API Option Is Now Free with XPression Studio Version 10

Dashboard is the free utility program from Ross Video that enables operators to have a common user experience, regardless of the device(s) that it is interfaced to. Two years ago, we extended the XPression API to include Dashboard as an option which displayed the XPression Sequencer user interface in Dashboard. This enabled casual users to play back XPression content from a less intimidating user interface. Well, now the Dashboard API isn’t an option… it is a feature on XPression version 10 and higher.
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Basics 196 - Exporting (And Importing) Single Scenes

Even though XPression benefits from a project-based workflow, it is now possible to use Export Scene (and Import Scene) to emulate a file-based workflow of sharing a single file between users on different workstations.
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Basics 200 - Making Font Changes to a cloned Version of a Font

For instances where the operator needs to make a change to the font properties, XPression now makes a clone of the original font, and allows the operator to apply the clone to the text objects on the scene or across the project.
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Basics 204 - Show/Hide Bounding Boxes and Safe Title

Designers often would like to get a clear view of what they are designing in their viewport. This can be disrupted by simple tools like safe-title markers and bounding boxes around objects in the scene. Now, XPression users can show/hide them with a keystroke.
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Basics 206 - Show Template Data Field

Items like bulleted lists can be dynamically changed to show or hide rows based on what items have text in them. Now, it is also possible to hide the Template Data (input) fields if the objects are not seen on the screen.
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Basics 208 - Colorize Template Data Fields in XPression

In a busy production environment, every bit of help is appreciated. Designers can now color-code input fields to show operators which fields need special attention or to call attention to them. Combine this with the ability to show or hide template data fields for impact.
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