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List of variables for rundown names auto-generated by Inception

Posted By Lorraine B 03-10-2022 15:55
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Is there a list of variables for Inception, to use in auto-generated rundown names? Eg. if I have a template named SIX NEWS %Y%M%D then it generates rundowns named SIX NEWS 2022Mar11 etc. So I know year, month, day but what about day of the week? Are there any other useful features I should know about? ...

RE: Kerning?

Posted By Lorraine B 02-22-2019 21:56
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Yeah, kerning can't be used while you are using the sequencer. Maybe you can edit the font in something like Fontographer, to tidy up the kerning pairs #XPression

RE: On-hold/floated items, and timecode appearance

Posted By Lorraine B 01-09-2019 00:28
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Thanks Shawn! I forget what I meant by the timecode values unfortunately. I have another thing to ask as a future feature: in the Xpression plugin for Inception, when you go into the text field of a CG event, you can't copy text (CTRL-C) but you can cut and paste. If I CTRL-C then CTRL-V, ...

Copying CG events from slugs

Posted By Lorraine B 12-18-2018 23:15
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Why does a slug have to be unlocked to COPY a CG event? Maybe to change or delete it, I can see that it must be locked, but just to copy? Also, you can only copy one CG event at a time :/ Will you consider these features for a future version of Inception? Thanks!

RE: On-hold/floated items, and timecode appearance

Posted By Lorraine B 12-18-2018 23:13
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bump #Inception

default scene director left empty? why?

Posted By Lorraine B 09-26-2018 01:31
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"normal way we would design it, where normally you create B2B In and B2B Out scene directors and the normal In Out scenedirectors also, and the default scene director is just left empty. Then rules are created for the In, Out, and B2B cases." https://discussions.rossvideo.com/forum/default-fo ...

RE: need VBscript help for sorting script

Posted By Lorraine B 05-18-2018 23:49
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This would probably work better, I agree, I will look into it to see if I can do it with the XML file. What about importing into and out of Access, is that something that would work? Using Access to sort or re-order the data? #XPression

RE: Insert Font Change Macro - could it be added to the MOS plugin?

Posted By Lorraine B 05-18-2018 23:42
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I don't need to change the colour or material, what I do need is allow the newsroom folks to change the font styles. I will have to look into naming them, but I have lots of styles and they have different purposes throughout the project - numbers would probably be just as good #XPression

Insert Font Change Macro - could it be added to the MOS plugin?

Posted By Lorraine B 04-11-2018 18:29
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Hello, I just discovered the Insert Font Change Macro button, where you can insert font numbers, eg (23) and so forth into the text to change font mid-text field. We had been adding those codes by hand. So having a button is a cool feature so that the staff don't have to memorize the codes. ...

RE: Rundown Manager Recommendations

Posted By Lorraine B 04-10-2018 01:43
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We are currently using Inception. In the past (last summer) we used QSeries. With both programs, the rundown events (CGs) are populated into the Sequence view, and I go through hitting Take Next to go from one CG to the next. I found it confusing because there is no indication given as to commercial ...

RE: need VBscript help for sorting script

Posted By Lorraine B 04-10-2018 00:26
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bump #XPression

RE: need VBscript help for sorting script

Posted By Lorraine B 04-05-2018 02:42
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Okay I got as far as this with VBScript but I still need some help to get it working dim i as integer dim party as xpTextObject dim quad as xpBaseObject dim mat as xpMaterial ' loop over 4 candidates for i = 1 to 4 self.GetObjectByName("Party" & i, party) self.GetObjectByName("PartyLogo" ...

need VBscript help for sorting script

Posted By Lorraine B 04-04-2018 02:23
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Hi everyone! I need some help with a VBscript for sorting things. Here is what I would like help with: We are having an election this summer. We have about 100 electoral districts, aka "ridings" and each riding has from 4 to 12ish candidates. I want to allow for 15 possible candidates. Each ...

Character-by-character animate on?

Posted By Lorraine B 03-02-2018 23:02
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What I am looking for, is a way to animate text on, revealing one character at a time, kind of like the type you would see in the movies with a typewriter sound effect as each letter appears. (It was called Slow Reveal on the Chyron Infinit) Thanks!

On-hold/floated items, and timecode appearance

Posted By Lorraine B 09-09-2017 01:23
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Is there a way to hide all on-hold (floated) items? They take up space and I don't need to see them. Also, is there a way to have the on-hold items, be a shade of dark grey instead of red? It's too easy to confuse them with the timing bar, out of the corner of my eye. As well... the timing ...

RE: How to clean up fonts?

Posted By Lorraine B 07-19-2017 18:13
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How about try deleting the unused fonts, save, then close and reopen the project? I have found that Xpression doesn't realize I'm not using a font, until I close and open the project again. #XPression

RE: modify an Xpression MOS event, after it's been created?

Posted By Lorraine B 07-19-2017 18:00
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I was double clicking on the MOS object and it was not opening. However I can open the Xpression plugin to create MOS objects, so it is working somewhat on my computer. I will let IT/engineering handle this then. #Inception

modify an Xpression MOS event, after it's been created?

Posted By Lorraine B 07-19-2017 14:46
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Is it possible to modify an Xpression MOS event, once it's been created? We typically dump blank CG events into a rundown and enter in text later. That doesn't seem possible in Inception. I double click on a created event, expecting it to open, and nothing happens. Also, we have Chinese ...

RE: Xpression scripting documentation

Posted By Lorraine B 07-13-2017 00:36
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Thanks! Maybe this wasn't finished when I did the training 3 years ago, but I will check it out. #XPression

dropdown menu to select different materials

Posted By Lorraine B 07-13-2017 00:35
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How would I do this? So far I have seen this in a project: Select Data Source -> (tickbox) Enable User Input Controls, Type: Combobox, create a list of choices. How do I associate that list with a set of image materials? For example, to choose from a series of weather icons. When you choose one ...