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I am trying to figure out a way to include a branding logo in lower third templates to show producers where our bug is. The bug will air from another channel and may animate, so leaving a static version in lower thirds is not a good option.

Can I either display the logo only in the ENPS Xpression plug-in preview, but not in the actual font for air....or strip it before airing?

You could add the objects to the scene but hidden; then you can use an OnPreviewRender Script to make the objects visible... It would also show up in the XPression Studio preview as well, but maybe that is not such a bad thing..

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I'd go with what Brian said. The scripts would be very simple to write.

In OnOnline:

dim bug as xpBaseObject

Self.GetObjectByName("Bug Object", bug)

bug.Visible=False



In OnPreviewRender:

dim bug as xpBaseObject

Self.GetObjectByName("Bug Object", bug)

bug.Visible=True



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Brian, I just got back to this today...Dan, I wish I'd checked the forum because I sat down this afternoon and put this together:

Dim logo as xpBaseObject

Self.GetObjectByName("logo", logo)

logo.Visible = True

...but I only included the script in OnPreviewRender. It seemed like it was working in plug-in preview and when I output the scene. If the Xpression template has the bug not visible, do I need the OnOnline side of this? Is it a safety?

Oh...what about the "____object" in the Self.GetObjectByName line?

Thanks,

James.

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The OnOnline would only be for safety incase you accidently left the bug visible in the template.

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James, your script will work just fine. I was just putting down an example of how I would do it. Yes, the OnOnline is just there as a safety net (I've had to use it at my station several times and a line that simple has saved me).

As for the object get, I was just using filler to get the idea across. You're using `Self.GetObjectByName("logo", logo)` which works just as fine.

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I am all for covering my accidents---thanks much!

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"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents"

- Bob Ross

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So...Now I am trying to figure out where to add the script to to strip the "logo" from something I've exported from the Studio Sequence--OnRender?

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You could put the `logo.Visible=False` chunk of code in every other field.

I believe that OnRender would do it, but if it doesn't, you just need that little bit of the script in the right place and it should do it. Some experimenting may be required if someone more educated than me doesn't step in.

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