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XPression Freelance Operator Training – Montréal

About this event

Join Ross Video and learn the basics of operating XPression – the broadcast industry’s fastest growing real-time motion graphics platform. Over these three days, a Ross Trainer will introduce you to the key features and functions a live Graphics Operator will need in order to use XPression as well as an additional session on Ross DashBoard.
As an added bonus, you will also learn the basics of DashBoard – a free and open platform from Ross Video for facility control and monitoring that enables users to quickly build unique, tailored Custom Panels that make complex operations simple. During the 3rd day of the session, our Ross Trainer will introduce you to the key features and functions of DashBoard.

Instruction will be provided in French. Topics that will be covered across the 3 days:

  • XPression Days 1 & 2
    • Project Manager: Making New Projects, Exporting Projects, Project Groups
    • Scene Manager: Adding New Scenes, Renaming/Number Scenes
    • Object Library: Base Objects, Primitives, Layers, Groups
    • Object Manager/Inspector: Object Order, Manipulating Primitives, Adding and Editing Text, Grouping & Parenting
    • Material Manager: Making & Applying Materials, Video & Live Source
    • Animation: Continuous Animations, Scene Director, Key Framing, Key Graph Editor
    • Logic: Transition Logic & Visual Logic
    • Sequencer: Layer Number, Frame Buffer, Template Links, Take IDs
    • Datalinq: Introduction to Datalinq
  • DashBoard Day 3
    • Create Custom Panels using Drag & Drop
    • Using Tables to Keep things Neat
    • Introduction to Canvases, Tabs Groups and Dividers
    • Integrating Dashboard with XPression

Date & Time

December 6-8, 2023
10am to 3pm ET

Who can Attend?

Training is free to any freelance graphics operators not currently working for a customer on a full-time basis.

Don’t Forget!

All attendees must own a personal laptop that meets certain minimum specifications. Click here for a video that outlines those requirements. In general terms, the computer must include the following:

• Windows 7 or 10 required (Windows 11 not officially supported, but should work fine for training purposes)
• Microsoft Office install with Microsoft Excel is recommended
• An nVidia GPU preferred
• 2-3Gb of RAM

Additional Information

In preparation for the training, we encourage you to review the following tutorial videos, which can be found on the Ross Video XPression U site.

In addition to the training, each student will receive a one year license to a trial edition of XPression Designer, the offline creation edition of XPression. This version is not capable of outputting live video, but it will render graphics to a pixel accurate watermarked virtual output on your VGA screen. This will allow you to work with XPression at home to continue learning XPression after the class is done.

In preparation for the DashBoard training, we encourage you to download and install the software:
https://www.rossvideo.com/support/software-downloads/dashboard/

And review the following tutorial videos, which can be found on the Ross Video Dashboard U site:
https://www.rossvideo.com/resources/ross-university?u=dashboard-u

Would you like to Attend?

This event isn’t accepting new registrations Please contact us at infoquebec@rossvideo.com to be included on a waitlist