
AMX InspiredSignage XPress Features
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AMX InspiredSignage XPress Programming Guide
Example: Editing
A typical document will be composed of a background image (the first layer), and a combination of media to
create the complete scene.
For instance the following example is composed of 4 layers:
A background image.
A video on the left.
Some text on the bottom.
Background music. (This layer is not visible, as it contains only audio).
Playlist template
The user can create a scene using the multi-layer SVG document. To compose an entire presentation, it is
necessary to display one scene after another, possibly over several scenes, using a playlist. The simplest way to
create a new playlist is by right-clicking the browsing panel and selecting New Playlist.
The playlist template allows you to create a temporal sequence of media files: videos, images, texts, multi-
layer documents, etc. Each media will be played one after the other in the order determined by the user.
Composing a playlist SVG document:
1. Right-click in the browsing area and select New Playlist to create a new_playlist.svg file. You can rename
it whatever you wish.
2. Open the newly created SVG file. In addition to the XML Tree and WebDAV tabs, the editing panel will
open the Properties and the Playlist tabs.
3. In the Properties tab, you can customize some of settings of the playlist, such as the maximum slide
duration, the document size, and the transition between slides.
4. In the Playlist tab, you see the default elements of the playlist. These elements contain some instructions
on how to use the SVG document with XPress that you can directly read in the Preview panel.
5. To compose your playlist, simply drag and drop single files or groups of files (any media file: video,
images, SVG, etc.) from the browsing area into the Playlist tab. The files will be listed in the Playlist tab.
6. Customize your playlist by changing the order of the files in the Playlist tab and by changing the duration
of individual media using the “...” icon. Apply your changes to preview them in the Preview area.
7. Save the final playlist.
FIG. 16 Layers in a sample document
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