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Export fine retains the name

Posted By Danny Skarka 06-10-2026 16:22
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Hello. Somewhat of a rookie question. I am on Xpression 12.5 creating simple lower 3rds that are then exported as .png into Carbonite / Touchdrive for playback. I create the lower 3rd, dragging a Scene into Sequence, entering name and title into the two Published Objects fields. I then "Export Take ...

RE: Chromakey turns off

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-12-2026 15:04
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Hi Les, I thought of that. Only one memory was using the CK. It's the only memory in the entire library that uses it. It was odd. Just pressing SEL in the keyer changing the key source and the type was another flakey thing going on. I recalled the RMEM and just started over. It seems happy now. I assume ...

RE: ME P/P Button + MiniME 3&4

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-11-2026 18:59
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A really nice feature. I put Custom Controls in some of mine. In the button about P/P ME1, for example, I have a CC that presets ME1, delegates it to Row 1 and changes a multiview box to show that ME. In other buttons, it's how I get to lower 3rds. All right where my hands are. ------------------------------ ...

Chromakey turns off

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-11-2026 18:51
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Chromakey turns off

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-11-2026 18:51
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I have 2 memories stored. One with CK on, one with it off (see the screenshot). When I recall memory MiniME1 41 that does not contain a CK, it turns off the CK in MiniME4, 44. I've gone al through Attributes and Store and I can't see why this is happening. Carbonite 9.2.2.1 TD2 3.3.1 ...

RE: Ignore the DSK

Posted By Danny Skarka 04-06-2026 12:41
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Recall Override! Works perfectly. Thanks for reminding me of that feature. ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ------------------------------

RE: Ignore the DSK

Posted By Danny Skarka 04-04-2026 13:21
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The DSK and the CC are acting correctly. What I want is something I'm note sure is capable. ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ------------------------------

Ignore the DSK

Posted By Danny Skarka 04-03-2026 23:59
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Hi everybody. I have a CC that does some crazy things to the DSK. It takes key 3 and 4, builds a mask around both and does some different fade times. What I get is a lower 3rd that fades in the just the logo part of a lower 3rd, pauses a few frames then fades in the text part of the lower 3rd, does a ...

RE: Lowerthird Playlist

Posted By Danny Skarka 03-18-2026 18:03
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My workflow is to make the images in xpression and export them as single images. This makes them .png. Then use FileZilla to send them over to Carbonite in a specific folder. I then create a separate custom control for each one. I put Custom Controls in record mode and just drag and drop the lower3rd ...

Scenes vs MEs

Posted By Danny Skarka 02-18-2026 18:51
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I am playing around with Scenes and I'm curious what other people think. It's obvious that it saves MEs but beside that, how do you find them useful? Thanks! ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ...

RE: CC Recall via a Memory

Posted By Danny Skarka 02-03-2026 22:01
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Hi Les, I'm not seeing a way to attach in memory. Could be I'm just not seeing it. My purpose is rather specific to a show I am about to do. It's an 9-camera game show with a bunch of ME effects. I want the CC in the MEPP keypad because this is a good right hand location for fast access to the media ...

CC Recall via a Memory

Posted By Danny Skarka 02-03-2026 15:08
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I'd like to try running a CC from a memory. Running the CC would be the only thing this memory would do. My (limited) research seems to show a sort-of-hack that I haven't been able to do. Anyone know how to do this? Carbonite 9.2.1 and TD2 3.3.1 ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] ...

Source Substitutions

Posted By Danny Skarka 01-29-2026 16:00
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I want to have 2 source substitutions, Cam 7 and 8 are substituted with Cam 1, all this feeds a specific monitor. I did this last year and I recall my only option was to use ME1 to feed an Aux. The subs happened in ME1. But that was a few s/w upgrades ago. I also thought I could have 2 substitution sources. ...

RE: Lost Rosstalk

Posted By Danny Skarka 11-14-2025 13:14
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So I guess this is a known bug in the new software. From tech support: "I'm aware of the recent bug found when loading a set with the same devices as the current loaded set, some of the devices fail to reconnect until the device driver is modified and saved, or disabled and re-enabled." I work for ...

Lost Rosstalk

Posted By Danny Skarka 11-13-2025 19:44
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I sent this to tech support but I was wondering if anyone else has seen this. We just updated everything (Carbonite, Touchdrive, Dashboard). Now when we load a switcher file, we lose Rosstalk to Xpression. Power cycling Carbonite brings it back but any switcher file we load following loses Rosstalk. ...

Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted By Danny Skarka 11-13-2025 19:41
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Are there any keyboard shortcuts for Carbonate/Dashboard? ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ------------------------------

Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted By Danny Skarka 11-05-2025 20:44
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Are there any keyboard shortcuts for navigating Dashboard / Carbonite? Oddly as a TD, you'd think I'd be better at typing. Thanks ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States -------------------- ...

Bug doesn't stick

Posted By Danny Skarka 07-08-2025 19:51
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My knowledge of Xpression is somewhat limited. My apologies. I have two sets of lower 3rds. Each has it's own bug, font color and style and text background bar. All built as separate scenes. For this explanation, lets call them "Yellow" and "Blue" In Scene Manager, they look as expected, but when ...

RE: Xpression export titles

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-12-2025 17:41
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I'm on version 10 and I don't have that function. We are using Xpression that came free with the Carbonite (Xpression Designer 1.0 is the license). Am I eligable for that version? ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] ...

Xpression export titles

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-08-2025 16:39
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