Ross University
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More Color Choices in the XPression Sequencer
While Sequencer Groups are a powerful way to organize Take Items in the XPression Sequencer,…
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Show/Hide Bounding Boxes and Safe Title
Designers often would like to get a clear view of what they are designing in…
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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…
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Exporting (and Importing) Single Scenes
Even though XPression benefits from a project-based workflow, it is now possible to use Export…
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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…
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XPression Countdown Widget in Ross Video Dashboard
Back in XPression Version 6.7, we added a Countdown column into the XPression Sequencer. Well,…
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Create Manual Rundowns in XPression Remote Sequencer
The XPression Remote Sequencer provides an amazing user experience for MOS enabled newsroom workflows. Displaying…
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Tally Light Support Inside the XPression User Interface
The impact of Covid-19 has been felt by everyone. Those fortunate enough to work, might…
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XPression Video Codec Support for VLC Media Player
When users try to share XPression Video Codec files for review by users without XPression,…
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Default Video Format Preference Setting for XPression BlueBox
For those of us who use XPression BlueBox and have content in mixed video formats…
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Setting Color Values in XPression Using Hex Values
With so many of you designers working in various platforms and mediums, RGB or HSL…
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Importing Multiple Audio Files to XPression at Once
While XPression is the fastest growing real-time motion graphics engine in the market today, audio…
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Show Template Data Field
Items like bulleted lists can be dynamically changed to show or hide rows based on…
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Improved Naming Functionality when Exporting as Video from the Sequencer
Many XPression customers use the Export As Video functionality in the Sequencer to give editors…
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Export as Video to QuickTime Video File Formats with the 64-bit XPression Sequencer
When Ross Video released the 64-bit edition of XPression, users found one missing function, the…
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Setting up an Elgato Stream Deck for use with XPression
We work with a lot of E-Sports productions, and we see a lot of things…
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Setting up Docking Layouts in the New Remote Sequencer
I bet nobody ever showed you how to work with Docking Layout Tools before, did…
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The New XPression Remote Sequencer
Not just a playout controller, the new XPression Remote Sequencer is a powerful content creation…
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Selecting the Preview Frame for Video Shaders in XPression
When using videos as replaceable materials in XPression, it is always tough. So many times,…
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The New XPression Font Manager
Font Management is a challenge in every graphics workflow, so Ross Video decided to create…
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Animated Previews in the XPression Sequence Interface
Did you ever wonder what the scene in preview looks like when it animates on…
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Adding RossTalk Commands to XPression Scene Directors and Clips Timelines
Everyone always pushes XPression around, so we decided it was time to push back. RossTalk…
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Importing Adobe After Effects Animations into XPression
While XPression is a very powerful real-time motion graphics system, designers still might favor creating…
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Allowing NLE Users to Choose Gateways
The XPression MOS client allows users to select between two (or more) XPression Gateway Servers…
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Using XPression Project Server Legacy Mode
In the original release of XPression 11.5, we added SHA-512 hashing to increase the security…
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Changes in the Remote Sequencer and Rundown Controller applications
Controlling XPression playout in a MOS environment can be hectic, so we have added a…
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Visual Logic Blocks String Match and String Selector
Mixing two new features together in this video, since these two new Visual Logic Functions…
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Changes To Object Naming In The XPression Object Manager
There are not a lot of restrictions in naming conventions in XPression, However a couple…
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Renaming A Scene While Importing It Into An XPression Project
The XPression Import Tool now has an option to allow the user to choose to…
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XPression Single Scene Export Files Now Recognized As XPression Files By Windows OS
When the XPression Single Scene Export tool was created, as a way to share a…
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Role Setting Up XPression Project Server Users and User/Role Groups
Setting up user accounts and putting them into User Groups by Role is critical to…
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Role Based Access Control With XPression Project Server
Larger facilities which support multiple production groups may share resources such as a Project Server….
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OnSetText Visual Logic Block
Some of the most sought after effects in XPression have relied on using scripting to…
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Google Sheets As A DataLinq™ Source
Data-driven graphics use a wide range of data sources to provide the most support. The…
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The Disable DataLinq™ Updates Button
There are times when the operator would prefer that DataLinq™ not update a Take Item….
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Duplicating Scene Directors in XPression
Transition Logic revolutionized how graphics were designed to play back-to-back on XPression. Now, XPression artists…
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Exporting a Remote Sequencer Rundown as a Comma Seperated Value Document
MOS enabled newsrooms have freed the control room up from the chaos of frantic live…
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Moving XPression Clips in Remote Sequencer
Remote Sequencer users can create, modify, or delete graphics Take Items, and now with Version…
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XPression Project Server Transfer Status
The XPression Project Server can handle a lot of file transfers in busy stations. For…
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Published Value Property Visual Logic Block
The new Text Object Property for Published Value allows for a value to be pushed…
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Copying an XPression Sequencer Item to Another Take ID
When creating a copy of an existing XPression Take Item in the Sequencer, it is…
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Underline, Superscript and Subscript in the XPression MOS Plugin
News requires a high standard of accuracy and is often questioned about grammatical choices. In…
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Underline, Superscript and Subscript in XPression
Displaying text properly sometimes requires the use of superscript or subscript, so now… XPression supports…
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XPression Status Client
In XPression 10.5, we are leveraging our existing SNMP tools and add the ability to…
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Reassign Different Scenes to Completed Take Items
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Colorize Template Data Fields
In a busy production environment, every bit of help is appreciated. Designers can now color-code…
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Slab – The Newest Geometric Primitive Object
To meet the needs of XPression designers, a new Primitive Object has been introduced, which…
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Converting Image Sequences Using the XPression Video Coder
Some designers and rendering programs provide image (.tga, .jpg, .png, etc.) sequences as output files,…
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Introduction to XPression Video Coder
XPression utilizes a highly efficient compression codec for video files used in XPression. This gives…
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Auto Replace Cached Textures Based on Date Stamps
For users who count on textures from the local file system, rather than adding textures…
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Video Loop Points on the Materials
It is now possible to set loop points for videos used in XPression scenes at…
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Adobe XMP Metadata
Adobe has formalized the use of embedded metadata into a protocol they call eXtensible Metadata…
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XPression MOS User Favorites
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Extracting the NRCS User Name When Opening the XPression MOS plug-in
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XPression Clips in the MOS Plug-in
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User Input Controls Advanced Use Cases
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User Input Controls
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XPression MOS ActiveX Plug-in Changes
Driven by customer requests, there have been considerable changes to the XPression MOS Plug-in. This…
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Merging two Videos to Create an XPression Video with an Alpha Channel
Situations such as ingesting video and alpha from a single source feed (video tape or…
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XPression as Run Logs
Some XPression customers are using their XPression engines for station branding which includes sponsorship artwork…
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XPression plug-in for Grass Valley Edius
Stations with an XPression gateway for their MOS workflow can now provide the same templates…
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XPression Transition Logic
New in XPression 6.0, Transition Logic is Ross Video’s feature in XPression that allows the…
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Creating Animations
Creating keyframed animations in…
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Sequence Basics
In this tutorial we will learn how to create and edit take items, controlling the…
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Continuous Animation Basics
In this video we will learn how to move stuff by creating any kind of…
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Template Links and Object Publishing
Template links or Object Publishing. Anything published trough the Template Links option tab will be…
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How to add 3D Materials, Videos and Images
An introduction to using materials and how to include Images or Videos with reflective effects…
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Change Fonts and Text Objects
Creating text objects, formatting text and creating fonts in XPression is a breeze and you…
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Object 3D Manipulation
We’re going to cover Object Manipulation in XPression, creating objects, moving objects around in 3D…
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Importing Take Items into the Sequence from an XML File
Working in the XPression Sequencer, Take IDs are very important. Being able to import a…
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Importing Photoshop Files as Layers in XPression
The design process doesn’t always start in XPression. Sometimes, cocktail napkins are the source of…
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XPression Dashboard API Option
XPression and Dashboard have always interacted well, using the free Dashboard tools leveraging RossTalk, XML…
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The XPression License Tool and Updating Dongles
Starting with XPression version 7.2 or higher, XPression USB License dongles can be reprogrammed in…
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Open Captions in XPression with 3rd Party Data Feeds
The ability to display open captioning for all fans to see and observe both informational…
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Thumbnails in XPression Sequencer
Visual confirmation is key to being confident. Want to really know what graphic is in…
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The New Countdown Column in XPression Sequencer
How many times as the director asked you how much longer, before the graphic is…
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Forcing a Material to Scale to the Height or Width of an XPression Quad
While building a scene in XPression, designers envision how it will look, and assume all…
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XPression Material Tags to Change a Font Without Having to Actually Have Another One
How many times have you been asked if you can change one word in an…
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Counting Down to a Date or Time Using Function Blocks in XPression Visual Logic
Have a big day coming up in your future? Maybe the first day of spring?…
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Update Take Item Data After Changes in an XPression Scene
When someone asks to change a scene, and there are already dozens of Take IDs…
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Keyframing Published Properties of Objects
XPression Animation Controllers are based on the ability to keyframe the transform properties of objects…
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Set up a new Graphics Project
How to properly set up a project. Make sure your files and assets get stored…
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Stagger Animations in XPression
XPression has a powerful tool called Stagger Animations. They can be used to create read-on…
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Creating Masks and Animating them in XPression
XPression has several ways to create masks, and apply them to objects. This tutorial will…
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Keyframing Effects in XPression
XPression utilizes keyframes to create animations, moving an object between two or more points. Did…
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XPression Desktop Server Settings for the Blue Flash
Often times, back-to-back graphics have common elements, such as the story topic or on-camera subject…
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Exporting XPression Scenes at a Defined Duration with a Transition out
New in XPression 6.5, it is now possible to export an XPression scene as a…
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Adjusting Keyframes in XPression Animations
XPression animations are keyframe-based, meaning that animations are interpolated between two (or more) points on…
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Importing XPression Scenes from one Project to Another Project
Sometimes, a specific XPression scene from one project might be needed in another project. Using…
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Saving and Recalling Sequences in XPression
XPression Sequencer is a powerful tool for playout of scenes in order as well as…
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XPression Studio Hardware AES Audio Output Settings and Channel Mappings
XPression can handle audio as embedded or as AES inputs and outputs. Setting up AES…
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XPression Studio Hardware Frame Buffer Settings
XPression Studio can work in various broadcast video standards. Setting the XPression unit to the…