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Laid off - possible to get a copy of XPression 9 to stay active

Posted By Chris Jordan 04-12-2024 21:02
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Hello, Recently laid off as the media industry continues to hit hard. While there are some surprisingly good opportunities here and there, I can't really stay current or showcase anything without a copy of XPression. Is there a way to obtain a short term license (version 9 would certainly get me ...

RE: Utilize Take Item number as value

Posted By Chris Jordan 02-15-2024 19:01
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Amazing! Many thanks Simon - this provided the result needed to pair with the amount of resized/styled image files we handle for daily production ------------------------------ Chris Jordan Graphic Artist in Charge NBCUniversal ------------------------------

Utilize Take Item number as value

Posted By Chris Jordan 02-15-2024 14:28
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Hello!, I found this little gem of a script in the forum to overwrite an existing TakeItem with the ID of 1000: dim take2 as xpTakeItem engine.sequencer.getTakeItemByID(1000,take2) take2.ID = 2000 I was wondering if there was a way to extract the Take ID (regardless ...

RE: Dashboard/Xpression image path question

Posted By Chris Jordan 01-25-2024 19:58
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Worked like a charm! Many thanks - I thought I'd have to do some heavy lifting on the Dashboard side but that solution was a lot easier than expected! ------------------------------ Chris Jordan Graphic Artist in Charge NBCUniversal ------------------------------

Dashboard/Xpression image path question

Posted By Chris Jordan 01-25-2024 18:15
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Hello, I'm working with a animated XPression Carousel driven by a Dashboard interface. Everything is going well - but a request by the control room is throwing me off. I've got 10 thumbnail images (canvas files) - with file pickers to import the images. The challenge I have is that it would be great ...

Keyboard / GPI Mapping - Layout vs Sequencer issue

Posted By Chris Jordan 01-16-2024 15:51
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Hello, I have an animation template that works great in Layout mode, where my custom keyboard commands trigger animation playback from Dashboard (select range of frames defined). However, nothing happens on the sequencer side. I have other Dashboard controls that work just fine (Toggles, Sliders), ...

RE: Dashbooard ogScript to move to Xpression timeline point

Posted By Chris Jordan 01-09-2024 18:58
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Thank you Simon! That got me moving in the right direction! I used visual logic to link the Scene Director Position to a Text Object. I defined keystrokes in Keyboard/GPI Mapping to play an animation range with the Text Object to drive the current/start point, and now I can dictate the keyframes as needed ...

Dashbooard ogScript to move to Xpression timeline point

Posted By Chris Jordan 01-08-2024 18:25
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Happy New Year all! I'm working on a xPression animation with an image carousel. Everything is going smoothly with Dashboard controls, but the client just requested the ability to jump to any specific image desired. Any suggestions on an ogScript solution to have a button play the Scene Director from ...

Hack for sharing - Inverted mask: Slab to Quad for rounded corners

Posted By Chris Jordan 10-09-2023 11:32
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Happy Monday All, Alphas in Xpression can be a little challenging, and I stumbled across a hack I wanted to share. We use rounded corners on images on a lot of our content, and I figured out a solution where I lean into the texturing flexibility of a quad, but use a slab for the alpha. I discovered ...

Hack for sharing - Inverted mask: Slab to Quad for rounded corners

Posted By Chris Jordan 10-09-2023 11:31
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RE: Load file by Index via Script - assistance needed

Posted By Chris Jordan 10-06-2023 12:42
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Hi Simon, It's interesting for sure, something is tripping it up somehow. The index number chosen for the folder file name isn't finding it's way to be associated with the "fileName" string. I can plug in the actual file name text and it maps to the quad, so now I'm working on finding the ...

Load file by Index via Script - assistance needed

Posted By Chris Jordan 10-05-2023 20:04
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Hi All, This is round two of building off the success of an earlier script, where I was able to assign a texture from a file of numbered image files. I'm trying to "level up" and have it import from a folder of randomly named images, but by the index from it's list location. This compiles, ...

RE: SetVolatileTextureFile - but use the index of folder images to texture quads

Posted By Chris Jordan 09-28-2023 16:09
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RE: SetVolatileTextureFile - but use the index of folder images to texture quads

Posted By Chris Jordan 09-28-2023 16:09
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Thanks for the response Simon! I'm trying assign a folder of textures to multiple quad objects. The script I shared is added to each quad in my scene (specifically, to a child text object under OnSetText). So, if I have 8 Getty Images in a folder with their current name conventions, I want to apply those ...

SetVolatileTextureFile - but use the index of folder images to texture quads

Posted By Chris Jordan 09-27-2023 19:13
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Greetings All, I'm working through some image based templates that would allow the population of Slideshows/Carousels to happen by pasting a folder path in a published template link. So far, working great - but I'd like a solution that wasn't dependent on a common file naming convention....so ...