XPression U

XPression Maps is a powerful tool for creating detailed maps for your video productions….

Creating an animated map in XPression Maps is as easy as selecting a starting…

Creating a Map template for use in the self-service XPression MOS Plug-in workflow is…

XPression Maps Designers can create a “parade route” on a map to show a…

One of the most important part of keeping viewers tuned in is a consistent…

How to properly set up a project. Make sure your files and assets get…

We’re going to cover Object Manipulation in XPression, creating objects, moving objects around in…

Creating text objects, formatting text and creating fonts in XPression is a breeze and…

An introduction to using materials and how to include Images or Videos with reflective…

Template links or Object Publishing. Anything published trough the Template Links option tab will…

In this video we will learn how to move stuff by creating any kind…

In this tutorial we will learn how to create and edit take items, controlling…

Creating keyframed animations in…

New in XPression 6.0, Transition Logic is Ross Video’s feature in XPression that allows…

Stations with an XPression gateway for their MOS workflow can now provide the same…

Some XPression customers are using their XPression engines for station branding which includes sponsorship…

To meet the needs of XPression designers, a new Primitive Object has been introduced,…

Driven by customer requests, there have been considerable changes to the XPression MOS Plug-in….

Adobe has formalized the use of embedded metadata into a protocol they call eXtensible…

It is now possible to set loop points for videos used in XPression scenes…

For users who count on textures from the local file system, rather than adding…

XPression utilizes a highly efficient compression codec for video files used in XPression. This…

Some designers and rendering programs provide image (.tga, .jpg, .png, etc.) sequences as output…

Situations such as ingesting video and alpha from a single source feed (video tape…

In this tutorial we’re going to look at how you can change existing keyboard…

Find out what visual logic is and how you can build smart templates that…

This is a quick intro on how to write a C Sharp application to…

The Clip Store option for XPression is a powerful tool for video clip management…

Accessing the components of the user interface for XPression Clips and the basic requirements…

XPression Clips automatically enables the FILL2 option for XPression Studio. This allows single channel…

Program producers often has a requirement for simple looping videos. If the content creators…

XPression Clips also supports the import of still images within the watch folder process….

This video shows how to install the XPression Studio software. This is important, since…

Some features and options of XPression have minimum version requirements and may require the…

This video covers the installation of the software components of the XPression Clips option….

This video will provides instruction on how to set up the XPression Clip Store…

The INcoder software provides watch folder workflows for XPression video files, transcoding files from…

Ross Video would like to introduce you to Trackless Studio, our cost-effective solution for…

This video is a comprehensive tutorial walking the user through the process of identifying…

Launching Trackless Studio and XPression in the proper order is important to establishing the…

Understanding the Menu option of a software application can make the different between the…

The Trackless Studio playout process is handled through the Production Control screen. Learning the…

There are some essential but simple settings that need to be set up and…

Setting up a Trackless Studio show will be easy after reviewing this tutorial. Setting…

Virtual sets can contain virtual monitors, and it is easy to change the content,…

Trackless Studio can be more than just the virtual set in your production. Using…

Adding XPression graphics in or over the Trackless Virtual Studio is easy to do,…

In a live production control room, a great user interface still requires a dedicated…

Introducing XPression Tick-it, from Ross Video. XPression Tick-it is a highly flexible tool for…

Tick-it puts control in your hands. Take a look at the entire solution using…

XPression Tick-it has specific modules for specific workflow requirements. All are web-based, and accessible…

Ever wonder how to set up a ticker project and who does what? This…

The XPression Tick-it Content Modules provide focused on data sets for News, Sports, Weather,…

XPression Designer Alain Savoie discusses the design process he uses to create content in…

XPression is linked to Tick-it data, using the XPression Tick-it Ace module, running on…

The Story Module of XPression Tick-it allows the user to set-up or modify content…

The XPression Tick-it Sports Module les you link data feeds to XPression Tick-it or…

The XPression Tick-it Financial Module provides a simple user interface to link data sources…

The Elections Module for XPression Tick-it allows for registration of Candidate information, elections, and…

Scheduling Promos, generating “As Run” reports and even adding artwork make the Promos and…

Understanding the potential of XPression Tick-it is critical to designing the XPression Scenes. Learn…

XPression Tick-it Projects move from conception to deployment inside a facility. This video provides…

The XPression Tick-it concept of “Shows” help to schedule content for air. This video…

The XPression Tick-it Player app is used on the XPression system to manually recall…

XPression Tick-it can scale from a single system to an entire network of stations….

The XPression Tick-it workflow can be set-up using one person or an entire team….

XPression Tick-it provides reporting capabilities on many activities. Watch this video to learn what…

Tickers are being used outside of traditional broadcast workflows, such as venues, large organizations,…

XPression Tick-it systems can scale from a single system to an entire enterprise-level solution…

Combining XPression Tick-it with Ross Video Inception Social to moderate, schedule, manage and display…

A crawl becomes a ticker, once the system is designated to display real-time data…

XPression Datalinq™ is a powerful tool for integration of data-driven graphics in real-time. Sports…

Learn how to set up the Datalinq™ Server in XPression. There are tips in…

It is possible to set up a single scene in XPression and use key…

Statistical data is often entered in on the fly, and in no specific order….

As powerful as Datalinq™ is, there is still a need for “row pop” graphics….

This quick video provides an overview of the Ross Video XPression Workflow. Learn how…

This video shows how to use the XPression MOS ActiveX Plug-in. The example is…

The XPression MOS ActiveX plug-in provides advanced tools which allow journalists to utilize reposition…

Maps are great tools for telling the whole story in a newscast. Showing the…

Stations with an XPression gateway for their MOS workflow can now provide the same…

Ross Video XPression MOS workflow is possible in a variety of Newsroom Computer Systems….

Using RSS feeds or other HTML data sources used to mean that you need…

Adding telestration to your video productions is easier than you think. Ross Video Telestrate…

Using a simple on-screen menu or standard PC keyboards, select the drawing tool that…

XPression Studio can work in various broadcast video standards. Setting the XPression unit to…

XPression can handle audio as embedded or as AES inputs and outputs. Setting up…

XPression Sequencer is a powerful tool for playout of scenes in order as well…

Sometimes, a specific XPression scene from one project might be needed in another project….

XPression animations are keyframe-based, meaning that animations are interpolated between two (or more) points…

New in XPression 6.5, it is now possible to export an XPression scene as…

Often times, back-to-back graphics have common elements, such as the story topic or on-camera…

XPression can import 3D models in the OBJ and 3DS formats, as well as…

XPression Studio systems with the XPression Clips option also have the PBUS option as…

MOS workflows allow the newsroom user to create their own graphics using templates the…

XPression and Datalinq™ are already a very powerful combination of workflow tools. Implemented in…

Using simple tricks, XPression designers can create templates with options to reduce the number…

For enterprise customers or facilities that service two or more stations on the same…

Starting with XPression 6.5 or higher; the XPression MOS client updates can now be…

Users of Ross Video’s XPression MOS Client, version 6.5 or higher, working in Avid’s…

For facilities with one openMAM source, the openMAM button now opens that source, rather…

XPression MOS workflow users who also have an openMAM system with order management and…

Beginning with XPression 6.5, XPression Clips users can now select a group of items…

XPression Clips users, working in XPression 6.5 or higher, who access clips content randomly,…

In a busy control room, it can be difficult to keep track of what…

The XPression Record Client now can grab a still and upload it to the…

XPression Clips can integrate them into their MOS newsroom clients. This allows newsroom users…

This video shows users how to install the XPression Studio software. The processes are…

After installing XPression, the first time the application is launched, there is a First…

Operators who move from production to production often wonder what version of XPression is…

The XPression software is optimized for and NVIDIA Graphics Processer Unit for the hardware…

For the users who are tasked with setting up hardware, this video shows how…

The XPression user interface allows the user to create multiple docking layouts so the…

Not everyone uses AES audio, however, it is available on the XPression Studio systems,…

Animation Controllers are the heart of animation using Scene Directors, and they all start…

XPression Studio projects save the contents of the Sequence with the project. It is…

For users who focus on playback of the same show every day, there is…

While XPression is an excellent system for real-time graphics in “live” or “live to…

There is a misunderstanding that the only way to add materials to XPression is…

Some simple XPression scenes have a default duration, but it is possible to change…

Users setting up a laptop or other PC may not be sure how to…

XPression uses a native video codec for optimum performance at playout. When XPression is…

While image sequences (.tga sequences, .tiff sequences, .png sequences) are efficient ways to covert…

Every once in a while, producers will provide video elements as a separate file…

Ever wonder how users build an XPression Project and then share it with other…

Graphics help to tell a story in television. Often times, the graphics are a…

It seems like everyone knows that animating in XPression is easy-peasy. However, did you…

Who doesn’t love pie? Well, next time a producer asks if you can create…

XPression allows users to place either still images or videos as materials on the…

If you are lucky enough to have two XPression operators working on their own…

Need to work on a small detail in an XPression scene, and want to…

One of the most important parts of being a Graphics Operator is making sure…

Time is something that escapes all of us, but adding time to a scene…

In situations where two monitors need to be fed video only, and no alpha…

Everyone knows that XPression is the fastest Real-time motion graphics engine in the industry…

In school, the teachers always said to, “Give credit, where credit is due”. So…

In the Previous tutorial (QT132), you learned how to Create a Simple Roll in XPression….

Producers think that XPression users who can animate scenes back-to-back are the coolest people…

XPression utilizes keyframes to create animations, moving an object between two or more points….

XPression has several ways to create masks, and apply them to objects. This tutorial…

XPression has a powerful tool called Stagger Animations. They can be used to create…

Transitioning over to a MOS workflow is hard on everyone in the station. To…

Have you ever been working in the XPression MOS Editor and wanted to reset…

XPression is built to be the fastest on-air graphics device in the industry, but…

While glancing at the MOS rundown, did you ever wish you could see the…

How many times have you wanted to take a graphic used in the newscast…

Sometimes, filling in a form can be an intimidating experience, especially if you don’t…

Sometimes, embedded knowledge can lead to career advancement, but leave a void for the…

Hopefully, the graphics team and the Director have spent some time to decide which…

When a newsroom user doesn’t change the content of a replaceable asset field, XPression…

How many times have you built a new graphic in the XPression MOS plugin,…

In a busy news day, the perfect photo for a news graphic might not…

The Streamline Media Asset Management server now allows users of MGN Online to access…

The Streamline Media Asset Management server now allows users of The Associated Press Graphics…

We have all been there. Working the early morning news, when there aren’t any…

XPression INcoder can now transcode .MXF files with AVC Intra content in them. The…

The XPression INcoder workflow will now retain the source time-code of files using Quick-Time™…

The XPression INcoder workflow now allows for an auto-assignment of a Recall ID during…

Facilities with multiple shows or productions each day often standardize workflows and want to…

XPression Clips assets can have a Recall ID for use in a random access…

XPression Clips users looking for random access recalls of XPression Clips content can use…

Did you know you can edit XPression Clips content on the User Interface and…

XPression Clips has had 3-point and 4-point looping for a while, however, the Edit…

Did you know you can cue to a specific frame of a video in…

The XPression Clips Server Channel panel now as a Preview Window. Why? Well, this…

XPression Clips content can be set to pause on the last frame in the…

XPression Clips was designed to use a separate server to transcode and import assets…

Working in the XPression Sequencer, Take IDs are very important. Being able to import…

XPression Animation Controllers are based on the ability to keyframe the transform properties of…

When someone asks to change a scene, and there are already dozens of Take…

Have a big day coming up in your future? Maybe the first day of…

How many times have you been asked if you can change one word in…

While building a scene in XPression, designers envision how it will look, and assume…

How many times as the director asked you how much longer, before the graphic…

Visual confirmation is key to being confident. Want to really know what graphic is…

The ability to display open captioning for all fans to see and observe both…

The core of XPression, the fastest growing real-time motion graphics engine in the industry,…

The XPression MOS workflow has gotten some great new enhancements to improve the user…

Ross Video filled a void in the video playout market when we introduced XPression…

Sporting event XPression operators often utilize a tool referred to as Data Pages (remember…

For operators who are adding assets from the local file system to their Take…

For operators who are working from a Sequence list and populating the Take IDs…

Moving between groups in the Sequence View is often easier to do when using…

Autodesk’s FBX 3D import/export transport has become an important tool for moving 3D projects…

When problems come up, the best thing to do is gather all the available…

Starting with XPression version 7.2 or higher, XPression USB License dongles can be reprogrammed…

XPression and Dashboard have always interacted well, using the free Dashboard tools leveraging RossTalk,…

Have you ever wanted to speed up or slow down a Roll Group or…

How many times have you wanted to put a scene into an output layer…

The XPression Studio and Prime user interface now has an improved Search function! Look…

How many times have you been working on designing an amazing XPression scene, and…

Setting up DataLinq™ sources used to take a lot of copy-and-paste work to create…

Tracking the playback of assets to outputs often needs to be accounted for, and…

It is now possible to take a Sequence Group Online when the project is…

The 64-bit edition of XPression supports the import of Cinema4D scenes. This includes the…

XPression is now available in a 64-bit edition! Learn how to install the 64-bit…

Setting up Channel Groups in the XPression Gateway makes creating control room configurations easier…

To support newsroom users who are now working literally everywhere, Ross Video is now…

Newsrooms are changing. For years, dedicated PC applications have been to driving force of…

Setting up Channel Groups in the XPression Gateway makes creating control room configurations easier…

One of the most common places to see graphics on video productions is a…

In addition to communicating vital information to the viewer, crawls are used to drive…

Using a single stream of text might seem like more than enough data for…

Ready to add DataLinq™ into your crawls? I thought so…

In this video, we…

As the #Coronavirus spreads around the globe and society comes to terms with #SocialDistancing,…

For critical times, newsroom users may need to get a PNG still image of…

Producers trying to review the XPression items in their newscast have come to love…

For users of Adobe Creative Cloud’s solutions, Ross Video is introducing support for the…

The XPression team has been hard at work adding over 40 new features to…

The design process doesn’t always start in XPression. Sometimes, cocktail napkins are the source…

Transition Logic revolutionized how graphics were designed to play back-to-back on XPression. Now, XPression…

While XPression is a very powerful real-time motion graphics system, designers still might favor…

Everyone always pushes XPression around, so we decided it was time to push back….

Did you ever wonder what the scene in preview looks like when it animates…

Font Management is a challenge in every graphics workflow, so Ross Video decided to…

When using videos as replaceable materials in XPression, it is always tough. So many…

Not just a playout controller, the new XPression Remote Sequencer is a powerful content…

I bet nobody ever showed you how to work with Docking Layout Tools before,…

The latest release of Ross Video XPression is bursting with new features and workflow…

We work with a lot of E-Sports productions, and we see a lot of…

When Ross Video released the 64-bit edition of XPression, users found one missing function,…

If you have ever needed to build visual logic sets in XPression, and had…

How many of you MOS users wish you could use your Apple Macs to…

That little blob of text that shows up in the script pages after an…

Designers Spent a lot of time fussing over fonts which are attractive, easy to…

In XPression Maps, Shape Styles allow users to highlight a geographic region to draw…

In the previous video MAP200. we explained how to create Shape Styles in XPression…

In this tutorial we’re going to look at how you can change existing keyboard…

XPression Maps has shape files for countries, states, and counties. Adding in every city,…

XPression Maps is a completely reimagined version of mapping software for video production. Built…

The addition of OpenStreetMaps.org as a provider in XPression Maps 3.0 adds an amazing…

XPression Maps 3.0 now allows users working with Open Street Maps styles to define…

XPression Maps has multiple ways to add new typefaces, or fonts; to the software….

Open Street Maps (OSM) adds an amazing amount of power and detail to XPression…

Newsroom users can also benefit from the Open Street Maps Information Layers. The Information…

XPression Maps added to the XPression MOS workflow can empower the newsroom to create…

XPression Maps has always allowed designers to create animated map templates for the XPression…

XPression Maps allows the Maps Designer to design and utilize styles to colorize and…

Without labels, maps can be very confusing. With XPression Maps, the Maps Designer can…

Sometimes, adding an icon or other artwork to a map helps to more clearly…

The shape data in XPression Maps might not be 100% accurate base on things…

XPression Maps produces full raster images for video production. However, not every time XPression…

With the #HighImpact Maps have on the story telling process, maps are becoming a…

DataLinq™ is a powerful tool with several ways to integrate data sets and present…

Many XPression customers use the Export As Video functionality in the Sequencer to give…

While Sequencer Groups are a powerful way to organize Take Items in the XPression…

While XPression is the fastest growing real-time motion graphics engine in the market today,…

With so many of you designers working in various platforms and mediums, RGB or…

For those of us who use XPression BlueBox and have content in mixed video…

When users try to share XPression Video Codec files for review by users without…

While the XPression INcoder allows for setting various properties on any clip processed, sometimes…

In a busy newsroom, sometimes the assets required to create a newscast are not…

An Event Track is a new feature of XPression Clips, which allows for RossTalk…

Seasoned XPression graphics users find the tracks in the Scene Director a very powerful…

The Grand Pappy of XPression U stops in to show us all how to…

For many Ross Video customers in the Sports and Live Events world, showing scores…

Customers who maximize their utilization of a templated workflow often add NLE clients to…

A crawl becomes a ticker, once the system is designated to display real-time data…

Like any file-based workflow, it is always good to save your work occasionally. With…

Get introduced to what XPression Transition Logic is, and what will be covered in…

Learn how to the add animation controllers to your scenes,  to add transitions to…

This tutorial covers how to animate the text objects in the scene, to create…

Here is the magical part of the series, where we learn how to create…

The masks are already built for you but learn a couple of great shortcuts…

Ok, we call them topic bars in the USA, but in the UK, they…

Want to know how one XPression scene can affect another? Well, this is where…

See what Preview Markers, Default Markers and a Preview or NLE Scene Director can…

XPression and Dashboard Part I | Let’s get an overview of what this series…

XPression and Dashboard Part II | Create a blank, self-contained Dashboard panel for XPression…

XPression and Dashboard Part III | Now, let’s use the Dashboard Widget tool to…

XPression and Dashboard Part IV | Since both Dashboard and XPression can communicate using…

XPression and Dashboard Part V | To wrap it up, lets add some Clock…

In this video, learn the basics about the places where users can create scripts…

Ever want to make a change in a text object trigger something else to…

XPression Crawl groups are powerful tools to create automated display of content across the…

Another visit from Andrew Sampson, where he covers the basics of the XPression Tessera…

In this video, learn how to take supplied content for ribbon boards, in this…

Well, you just learned that using Region Mapper, it is possible to span content…

Ok. Ribbon board animations done. Check… right? Well, what about adding a scoreboard onto…

Having a STATS PERFORM SGL subscription is like adding a whole team of researchers…

Using Video files as materials is very easy in XPression, and there are a…

How do you share your election coverage across multiple departments? Spreadsheets? Emails? Post-it Notes?…

Learn how XPression Elect-It! fits into your station’s planning and production for election night…

Creating XPression Scenes for Elect-It! is very simple. This video will walk your graphics…

One of the most important parts of an election, is setting up critical races…

Use XPression Elect-It! to create rundowns for election night. Create playlists for lower-thirds, tickers,…

Wanna see how easy it is to play out graphics on election night? We…

The impact of Covid-19 has been felt by everyone. Those fortunate enough to work,…

The XPression Remote Sequencer provides an amazing user experience for MOS enabled newsroom workflows….

Back in XPression Version 6.7, we added a Countdown column into the XPression Sequencer….

Dashboard is the free utility program from Ross Video that enables operators to have…

XPression DataLinq is a powerful tool for aggregating data feeds and adding real-time data…

We all maintain folders of important files. Folders full of logos, headshots, color backgrounds,…

If you have ever built a complex transition logic scene where you created tons…

XPression version 10 is jam-packed full of new features and functionality. There are a…

It is now possible to change the fonts used in labels on your XPression…

The drawing tools for XPression Maps content has been referred to as a dark…

Transparency in television news isn’t always about the reporting. Sometimes, it is about the…

Sometimes, it is important to be able to show distance between two points on…

How many times have you wished you could just add a simple pause to…

Ross Video is introducing the new XPression Maps HTML5 client interface for the MOS…

Two questions we get asked (…in this order…) a lot are: 1. Can we…

In the XPression Maps 3.2 HTML5 workflow, users are required to save their map…

Some news stories are bigger than others. To standardize the content, one user might…

How many times have you seen a map with a label for a location…

Maps are an excellent visual aide for storytelling. While it is easy to put…

XPression Maps allows for a wide variety of Text Tools in the HTML5 client,…

There are a lot of different ways to show a map on-screen in a…

News coverage extends past the traditional newscasts scheduled throughout the day. With the dominant…

XPression Maps now utilizes an HTML5 client to allow newsroom users to access the…

While the administrator of the XPression Maps system might have created an account for…

User Rights Management is often done by placing users into groups related to their…

The XPression Maps Administrator can make changes to any user account settings from within…

Have you ever wanted to take your viewers on a tour of the top…

Not on-camera presenter is comfortable turning their back to the camera and working a…

Let’s take a few minutes to learn how to create XPression Maps flights that…

The overlay controls for XPression Maps Touch are very important, and easy to configure….

XPression Maps Touch is all about setting up the presets and overlays as an…

Did you know that XPression Maps Touch enables video input options on the XPression…

We saw in the previous video that the XPression Maps Engine and XPression Maps…

Even though XPression benefits from a project-based workflow, it is now possible to use…

For instances where the operator needs to make a change to the font properties,…

Designers often would like to get a clear view of what they are designing…

Items like bulleted lists can be dynamically changed to show or hide rows based…

In a busy production environment, every bit of help is appreciated. Designers can now…

Some news stories are bigger than others. To standardize the content, one user might…

In XPression 10.5, we are leveraging our existing SNMP tools and add the ability…

The hardware for XPression Tessera One has a unique configuration from other XPression Hardware….

XPression INcoder provides a drag-and-drop watch folder workflow for transcoding and importing assets into…

XPression Tessera workflows are built around the use of regions and mapping them to…

XPression Tessera uses Regions and Region Mapping to control placement of assets. Using the…

Any successful user knows that tips and tricks learned along the way are what…

Ross Video has developed a very successful MOS workflow for creating graphic for traditional…

XPression Maps content is created inside of XPression Maps Designer or the XPression Maps…

Designers have a lot of tools available to them to create content and a…

The US Interstate Highway Authority created strict guidelines on how highway signs were to…

XPression Maps now allows users to select multiple roads, highways, or service roads and…

Creating content for the digital platforms is often as critical as creating content for…

Displaying text properly sometimes requires the use of superscript or subscript, so now… XPression…

News requires a high standard of accuracy and is often questioned about grammatical choices….

The XPression Maps Templates used in the XPression MOS Workflow were designed for the…

When creating a copy of an existing XPression Take Item in the Sequencer, it…

The new Text Object Property for Published Value allows for a value to be…

The XPression Project Server can handle a lot of file transfers in busy stations….

Remote Sequencer users can create, modify, or delete graphics Take Items, and now with…

MOS enabled newsrooms have freed the control room up from the chaos of frantic…

The XPression MOS client allows users to select between two (or more) XPression Gateway…

One of the most important parts of branding is consistency. When creating mapping content…

In Version 11.0, we have enhanced the user experience for Mac OS users working…

XPression supports a Windows Capture Shader, which allows the XPression user to display the…

XPression U Video MAP…

Not everyone uses traditional SDI or SMPTE IP workflows in their video production. Some…

There are times when the operator would prefer that DataLinq™ not update a Take…

Data-driven graphics use a wide range of data sources to provide the most support….

Some of the most sought after effects in XPression have relied on using scripting…

Larger facilities which support multiple production groups may share resources such as a Project…

Setting up user accounts and putting them into User Groups by Role is critical…

When the XPression Single Scene Export tool was created, as a way to share…

The XPression Import Tool now has an option to allow the user to choose…

There are not a lot of restrictions in naming conventions in XPression, However a…

Mixing two new features together in this video, since these two new Visual Logic…

Controlling XPression playout in a MOS environment can be hectic, so we have added…

In the original release of XPression 11.5, we added SHA-512 hashing to increase the…

There are a lot of users working in XPression using Excel files between multiple…

A while back, we did a tutorial on adding the Matrox X.mio2 cards into…

XPression has supported software-based licenses since version 11.0 was released. If you receive a…