XPression

XPression supports multiple broadcast video I/O formats and hardware from a wide selection of I/O card vendors. Rendering is done in the GPU, which allows XPression to work with various hardware vendor solutions, rather than just one. XPression supports I/O hardware from Matrox®, AJA®, Blackmagic Design, and Bluefish444 to name a few. NDI™ is even supported on Studio and BlueBox.

XPression supports video formats from SD all the way to UHD. Changing the video output is as easy as changing the I/O card. As your facility’s technology grows, so does XPression. Evolution is as simple as swapping the I/O card to scale from SD all the way to SMPTE ST 2110.

XPression’s font engine gives you the tools to type in any language in any orientation, while toggling between 2D and 3D text for ultimate flexibility. Both TrueType and OpenType fonts are supported with Unicode compliance, making XPression ideal for any kind of text – even supporting Arabic and the many languages of Asia. XPression Private Fonts do not need to be installed in Windows and travel with the project, so you’ll never have to worry about recalling graphics with the wrong fonts when moving from system to system.

Build graphics from XPression 3D primitives or import your own models from today’s most popular 3D design programs, such as Cinema 4D®, Maya®, and 3Ds Max®. Supported formats include: .3DS, .OBJ, .FBX and .C4D. Along with the geometry, baked textures are imported as XPression materials. Animate, resize, and re-skin elements for final output.

Use still images, video clips, reflection maps, bump maps, refraction maps, gradients, and live inputs to create multi-layered materials with blending modes in the Materials Editor. Then apply them to text, quads, 3D primitives, and meshes to achieve sophisticated looks. Render views of other scenes can also be applied to objects, along with window captures of web browsers, YouTube videos, and Skype.

Create Animation Controllers with object keyframes, organize them on a Scene Director timeline, and trigger them at different times, manually or automatically. Multiple Scene Directors are supported for flexibility when creating complex scenes. Continuous Animations also allow you to create additional animation without keyframing and Stagger Animations make character-by-character animation a breeze.

Automate and add intelligence to your XPression scenes with Visual Logic. It’s no longer necessary to use complex scripting to create “smart templates.” With Visual Logic you simply drag parameters to the workspace and connect them with functions and other parameters by drawing lines from output to input. You can also apply live data to change the outcome of the logic.

Choreograph how XPression scenes transition from one to the other or update on air with Transition Logic. It’s no longer necessary to use complicated scripting; just set rules and conditions for different scenarios using convenient check boxes and pull-down menus. Graphics will always enter and exit the screen elegantly, regardless of which graphic is coming up next.

Binding data to your XPression scenes is easy with the XPression DataLinq™ Server – a powerful, yet easy-to-use data management tool. Presets for the most commonly used data sources, along with support for major scoreboard manufacturers are available in DataLinq.