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AMX InspiredSignage XPress Programming Guide
Multimedia effects
Adding effects
The XPress software installation comes with a number of default media transition effects files. These may be
found in the Effects folder under My Templates.
These effects files can be applied to media elements such as images, video or animations. Effects will animate
how the media will appear in the scene (entry effects) and eventually how it will disappear (exit effects).
XPress offers an intuitive user interface to apply effects to media elements:
Open a document that contains a media element such as an image. The preview panel will display
the entire scene.
Drag and drop one of the effects files directly into the preview panel on the media element you
want to animate.
In the case of overlap in the media you want to animate, leading to difficulty in dragging-and-dropping media
onto the Preview pane, then drop the effect file directly on the media property in the Editing panel.
Once an effect has been added to a media, it can be configured using the Media Editing dialog. The editing
panel shows a star icon next to the “…” of the media property to indicate that effects have been added to the
media.
To remove the effect, use the popup menu on the media element, and select Remove Effect ….
Two kinds of effects are available:
Entry effects: these effects are triggered by the beginning of the multimedia file. These are also
know as input or entry effects.
Exit effects: these effects are triggered by the end of the multimedia file. These are also know as
output or exit effects.
These transition effects are based on SVG syntax and may be customized. This makes it easy to design a new
set of effects using the SVG animation syntax.
Configuring effects
Once effects have been added to a media file, the Media Description dialog box will appear (FIG. 26).
The Effect list allows you to remove or to customize effects. It is possible to modify the following parameters:
Trigger: Select if the effect starts at the beginning or at the end of the media file. This parameter is
automatically set by XPress when dropping an effect file unto a media element.
Offset: The offset between the beginning/end of the media and the beginning of the effect. For exit
effects, the offset is generally equal to the negative value of the effect duration, so that the effect
finishes with the media.
Dur: The duration of the effect. This parameter let the user control the speed of the effect.
Color: Some effects have a configurable color, which can be controlled using this parameter.
Selecting an effect and pressing the trashcan icon will remove the effect.
FIG. 26 Media Description Dialog Box
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