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RE: Scene not playing back properly.

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 11-23-2025 01:23
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Off the top of my head, it sounds like you have the pause in the wrong place. You have one animation controller that animates the back panel on, and should pause. If you then hit the animation again, the scene director should continue on from that pause and the logos should animate on. On your scene ...

RE: Automatically Stepping Through a Sequence via Dashboard

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 07-25-2025 01:04
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Could you make a timed group that repeats when finished, then trigger that group via the dashboard? Group No.1000 and take ID's 1001,1002,1003, etc.? ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD ------------------------------

RE: Bug doesn't stick

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 07-09-2025 01:01
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Off the top of my head it sounds like you might have the quads that accept the "blue" and "yellow" materials published. If they are published then the operator can change colors on the fly. In designer, click on the quad that holds the colors. Then go to "template links" tab and see if the material checkbox ...

RE: Dynamic Materials not resolving path

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 05-17-2025 11:34
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"That said, you can get a Dynamic Material Path to update live on-air by adding an OnSetText script with a simple "scene.RefreshDynamicMaterials" command to your text object. This way, after the widget updates the text object, the scene will refresh any Dynamic Material paths based on the updated text." ...

RE: Dynamic Materials not resolving path

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 05-16-2025 19:19
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Since there are only 4 icons, you could also use a little scripting to make objects visible or not. Make 4 objects that are in the same position. You would place this script on a hidden text object that is tied to the counter for 1 thru 4. This would update live even if you are on line. dim Icon1, ...

RE: Dynamic Materials not resolving path

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 05-16-2025 11:41
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When I do this using dynamic material I also have to have the file type suffix. (.png, .jpg, .psd) That is the only thing I see missing. You're basically just declaring a file path by using the various text macros. Another way could be done using visual logic. Since you only have 4 icons you could use ...

RE: Clock widget, how to add controls to adjust running timer?

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 04-06-2025 11:21
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I have built dashboards with timers that send that info to the scene with the timer. You can add buttons to modify that timer value. I've never tried doing it inside xpression. ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD ------- ...

RE: Visual logic

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 04-04-2025 18:28
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Hi Brian, If the text has word wrap on and the text bounding box changes y scale, you can use that dimension, divide by 2 and that number would become the y position of your text. I am not at my xpression but I think that's the easiest way. ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression ...

RE: Xporession pixel linit

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 03-28-2025 23:48
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I'm assuming you do not have Tessera installed. Xpression basically outputs 16x9. Odd shaped outputs, like an LED ribbon are driven by Tessera. Red, if I'm overstepping, first round is on me. Cheers ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite ...

RE: How to use a Luma Matte in Tessera?

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 02-21-2025 12:21
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Sorry to get your hopes up with a reply. I gave this a shot and didn't get very far. Is it possible to convert the luma matte to an alpha matte? Either Photoshop or After Effects? ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD ----- ...

RE: PC Laptop Upgrade

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 11-26-2024 10:27
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I've had great success using a Sager Notebook. Currently running Xpression Studio 10.5. This is for design only, not output. ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD ------------------------------

RE: How create tournament bracket graphic on XPression

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 11-02-2024 09:04
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The background would be easy to duplicate from any of the NCAA brackets. As far as the teams, I would make a global list of all the participating teams, including "bye" and a blank. In each position on the bracket have a text object that is published and linked to the global list using a pull-down. If ...

RE: Dashboard Tabs

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 10-31-2024 01:35
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Off the top of my head, you can move things around but you have to get into the "source code". It's pretty much a copy/paste function. Another way around it would be to use buttons in the order you want the tabs to be. You can link tab visibility to the buttons, and then hide the tab positions by positioning ...

RE: Volleyball Match Score Xpression/Dashboard

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 10-29-2024 09:22
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Simon has hit everything I would suggest. The only thing I would add would be to check if "allow streaming" is enabled on the dashboard. ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD ------------------------------

RE: Focus Template Data - Datalinq Key?

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 10-15-2024 09:57
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Rather than using a datalinq key, could you use a text macro? That way you could focus on the text object (in this case a jersey number). ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD ------------------------------

RE: Designing a game and need script help (simple matching of data fields turns on visibility of answer)

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 09-21-2024 11:44
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Thank you Simon, I will give it a try. AND turn on debugging. Cheers ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD ------------------------------

RE: Designing a game and need script help (simple matching of data fields turns on visibility of answer)

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 09-21-2024 11:27
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Hi Red, The script is on a text object "DATA_GUESS1". It is linked to a dashboard with 26 letters in the parameter and toggle buttons. It should compare it's value to the value of a text object in the scene that is the first letter of the answer. "TXT_Letter1". That text object is tied to an excel ...

Need a little help with a simple script. (helping out a fellow designer)

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 09-20-2024 18:43
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Imagine a game where a number of blank squares appear on the screen under a question, ala wheel of fortune. Contestant starts guessing letter rapid fire up to a max 0f 10 guesses. I have a dashboard that holds 27 buttons per row (A-Z and blank default). As the operator clicks on a given letter it sets ...

RE: Designing a game and need script help (simple matching of data fields turns on visibility of answer)

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 09-20-2024 13:36
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I have also tried self.getobjectbyname and I have tried if text = letter1.text. It works using visual logic but this could really bog down if the answer is a long one. ------------------------------ Malcolm Thorpe xpression design Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD ----------------- ...

Designing a game and need script help (simple matching of data fields turns on visibility of answer)

Posted By Malcolm Thorpe 09-20-2024 13:28
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Imagine a game where a number of blank squares appear on the screen under a question, ala wheel of fortune. Contestant starts guessing letter rapid fire up to a max 0f 10 guesses. I have a dashboard that holds 27 buttons per row (A-Z and blank default). As the operator clicks on a given letter it sets ...