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Designer to GO

Posted By Joe Blank 05-09-2015 09:12
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Can I create templates using Xpression Designer and play out on Xpression Go ? Are there any limitations ? Joe

RE: Timers for XPression

Posted By Joe Blank 05-16-2014 18:32
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You are correct ..... Works perfectly with 6.1 Does exactly what I need .. Now all I have to do is made sense of It !!!! Thanks again Joe #DashBoard

RE: Timers for XPression

Posted By Joe Blank 05-16-2014 17:25
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No - it does not run - I get Waiting to locate: null Any ideas Joe #DashBoard

RE: Timers for XPression

Posted By Joe Blank 05-16-2014 14:40
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Thanks for the quick response What I need to do is have an input box on the control that the operator types the start time say 27:31 (mm:ss) this is the tricky bit (not sure what the script would look like) TimerAction:Count Up : Set Time (Value = Cus_Time) Count Up is my ...

Timers for XPression

Posted By Joe Blank 05-16-2014 12:37
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Hi I'm new to dashboard Using panelbuilder I have built a scoreboard control for XPression Increase / Decrease scores Set timer for start / stop Set normal start times Everything works really well What I'm hoping to add is a user defined start time (If I join ...

RE: DataLinq Setup for Live Sports

Posted By Joe Blank 05-07-2014 11:40
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The Advanced tab in config seems to make a huge difference - database supports TOP clause (Excel) I only get a flash of 'preparing' whereas before it took a second or two to load data The photos seem to be ok (250 KB png) stored locally I'm going to change to xlsx files Thanks ...

RE: DataLinq Setup for Live Sports

Posted By Joe Blank 05-06-2014 19:49
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Thanks for that Would you have any concerns about having six datalinqs - 3 games x 2 teams This is a lot of similar but diiferent datalinq scenes but would allow someone not too familiar with XPression to prep and test in advance Also have noticed when taking my scene to air the ...

DataLinq Setup for Live Sports

Posted By Joe Blank 04-21-2014 17:58
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I'm putting together a package for a football event Can be up to three matches (6 teams) per day I am using Excel as the data source for team infomation Currently I have one Excel file with two sheets - (one per team) First question - do I have to duplicate the team scene ...

Editing Crawl Text

Posted By Joe Blank 04-16-2014 16:31
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Can I publish the text in Scene Group Crawls so I can edit in the sequencer Or do I have to go into Layout Joe

RE: Masking crawling text

Posted By Joe Blank 04-04-2014 18:11
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Thanks Neil Not sure what I was doing wronge but everything good now Is there a way in Xpression to extrude a flat sports crest to made it look '3d' ish ?? Joe #XPression

RE: Masking crawling text

Posted By Joe Blank 04-04-2014 14:10
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Tanks for the quick reply - But No luck I'm afraid Started from scratch - created a Scenegroup Placed a quad with a mask material (black and white image with alpha) Created a child scene with just a text object When I do a take the text crawls across ignoring the mask ...

RE: Masking crawling text

Posted By Joe Blank 04-03-2014 17:03
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I am having a problem with this I create a scene group Add a layer object - put a quad with mask material To test I place a text object into the layer object - Moving it around proves the mask is OK I then add text scene to group - add text - make sure it is Render Order Priority ...

RE: Blackmagic Card

Posted By Joe Blank 01-14-2014 16:01
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Thanks Brian for getting back so quickly I suppose there is a cost involved in upgrading the license ?? I had noticed some differencies between virtual and video ouputs (with scripting) so I was trying to simulate Studio conditions remotely ... Joe #XPression

Blackmagic Card

Posted By Joe Blank 01-14-2014 12:53
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I have just installed a Blackmagic card in my PC. (Decklink Studio) It appears in the Control Panel Device Manager - Blackmagic Driver under Sound, video, and game controllers So it seems to be installed OK In Expression how do I configure this as an output Have (after restart) ...

RE: Text Auto Follow

Posted By Joe Blank 10-18-2013 18:14
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My real question is about auto follow not switching fonts I have two strings from excel and want the second one to auto follow the first I have achieved this with scripting but wondered was there a simpler way Again can someone point me to some scripting samples Thanks for ...

RE: Text Auto Follow

Posted By Joe Blank 10-18-2013 10:40
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My plan is to use Excel DataLinq with two different fields - 'John' and 'Doe' or it might be 'Jonathon' and 'Doe' Joe #XPression

Text Auto Follow

Posted By Joe Blank 10-18-2013 09:22
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Is there a text function to auto follow ? I want a First Name in one font and Sur Name in another Do I need to use scripting ? Is there a guide to scripting objects and functions available ? I came across a great tutorial on DataLinq - http://xpression.rossvideo.com/videos/ ...

RE: Datalinq Excel - glitch?

Posted By Joe Blank 10-08-2013 17:35
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Is it possible to use Excel xlsm files (with macros enabled) ???? #XPression

RE: Script Pivot Center

Posted By Joe Blank 10-02-2013 15:30
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I wanted to use this script It worked on my development system (preview and virtual output) But when I brought to Studio (with BlackMagic video card) it worked on preview not on Blackmagic Any ideas #XPression