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Camera following a moving object

Posted By Michael Lister 07-22-2018 15:30
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Hi all, I am trying to have my camera follow a moving target...for example, i am focused on a large graphic and want to zoom into to a section of that graphic using a nice camera angle i could do it with a simple camera movement but it would have to be straight on camera shot and i'm looking ...

sharing xpression files and folder

Posted By Michael Lister 08-25-2017 20:38
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hi guys, i'm sharing a file with a client. Inside the images folder i have created sub folders with sets of images (colors, logos, etc) on my original project. but when i export the project xpression blows away the file structure...is there a way to keep the file structure intact?

importing multiple images

Posted By Michael Lister 08-24-2017 17:35
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hi guys i have about 40 images needed to import and i'm unable to drag and drop them into the material manager; i'm running win10 and Xpression 6.5...any idea why? any fast way to import multiple images? help

global swap of material

Posted By Michael Lister 08-22-2017 18:58
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hi guys, i'm looking for a simple way to swap out a team logo. I have about 10 team logos that i want to quickly swap out thru out the project without having to maually select them within the material manager. I did have it set up so you only needed to swap out the logo in the material manager, but ...

wierd flicker with flare

Posted By Michael Lister 08-09-2017 19:29
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hi guys, i've got a small flare used for design purposes running over a lower third using continuous animation....it's just a png with alpha...when it animates, you can see the left and right borders of the quad (this should be alpha'd out) but it's slightly darker and definately noticeable....i checked ...

RE: Set background image in sequencer or test alpha in sequencer

Posted By Michael Lister 08-04-2017 23:11
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thanks everybody for their responses...any idea when 7.1 will be released? #XPression

Set background image in sequencer or test alpha in sequencer

Posted By Michael Lister 07-29-2017 05:24
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hi guys, i was wondering if there is a way to drop a global background image for testing purposes...i know u can do it in vizArtist; basically to see how any masking or alpha channels are looking. Also is there a way to check the alpha signal in the sequencer? bec. when i play a scene in the sequencer ...

RE: How is template data organized in sequencer

Posted By Michael Lister 07-24-2017 15:36
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super, thanks bford #XPression

How is template data organized in sequencer

Posted By Michael Lister 07-24-2017 15:07
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hi guys, this might be a dumb question, but how are the published template links organized in the Sequencer's Template Data? it doesn't seem to be alphabetical...is there any logic to it? if i want to organize the template data list, how can i do that?

RE: Transition Logic, Lower third and .mov with alpha

Posted By Michael Lister 04-08-2017 06:08
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hi sample82 i am using transition logic, it's working but the .mov isn't working properly....what is a story animation by the way? #XPression

Transition Logic, Lower third and .mov with alpha

Posted By Michael Lister 04-07-2017 18:12
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hi everyone i'm trying to do a lower third using transition logic. i am using a .mov with alpha as the base for the lower third; basically using text and a few masks in xpression. the lower third .mov is basically an animation that wipes in from offscreen. but everytime i use the ...

anti aliased type

Posted By Michael Lister 12-09-2016 19:16
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hi guys, i have some 3d type, not too big, not too small.....why is it so jagged? am i missing a setting somewhere? do you set anti aliasing somewhere? any help is appreciated.

RE: Sequencer Script issues and console

Posted By Michael Lister 12-08-2016 11:30
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hi vinz i'm using Designer v6.5 build 3600 #XPression

Sequencer Script issues and console

Posted By Michael Lister 12-07-2016 23:07
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hi guys, i have two questions. 1. i have a script that i've tried on two different machines with two different results.... dim BULLET as xpBaseObject scene.GetObjectByName("Bullet2", BULLET) if Len(Text) > 0 then BULLET.visible = True else BULLET.visible = ...

RE: Simple Transition logic frustration

Posted By Michael Lister 11-30-2016 13:28
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yes, i'm a freelancer and thanks for your response #XPression

RE: Simple Transition logic frustration

Posted By Michael Lister 11-28-2016 22:24
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redmile, what is the purpose of the nulls B2B's in your scene? #XPression

RE: Simple Transition logic frustration

Posted By Michael Lister 11-28-2016 19:27
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Thanks for your help redmile...any training scheduled in europe for 2017? #XPression

RE: Simple Transition logic frustration

Posted By Michael Lister 11-28-2016 15:29
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Towards the end of the video, he transitions between a regular L3D and a breaking news where both are online at the same time....at about 16:45....thanks for your help on this redmile... #XPression

RE: Simple Transition logic frustration

Posted By Michael Lister 11-28-2016 14:46
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redmile, thanks for your help....i am still confused...this tutorial http://www.rossvideo.com/graphics-system/xpression/xpression-u/video-tutorial-109/ used 2 scenes to build a lower third; and he used transition logic...but he never mentioned anything about layers... #XPress ...

Simple Transition logic frustration

Posted By Michael Lister 11-28-2016 13:23
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hi guys, i have about as simple a set up as possible for transition logic. one scene, lower third with an in/out. and another scene with header, with in/out. i connected via transition logic (like the tutorial) the second header has B2B in it's in/out and checks if the L3D scene is online... ...