The transition into and out of lower thirds to full screen graphics is a little rough (the lower third cuts out when going into a fullscreen graphic, and replaces the fullscreen out transition with a dissolve when coming from it). (I’m looking into a fix for this, but it will probably be a little while). … Read more
The web interface allows you to easily filter names from the old Gavel Font database and automatically fill titles in XPression with those names. Visit the page The URL for a control page looks like this: https://ktoo.media/gavel/data/names/?station=1&slots=20 The “station” parameter is an arbitrary ID. You can add new IDs as you want, and even have … Read more
There’s a basic web interface that you can use to select which titles from the database should be available in XPression. (Because there are over 6,000 records in the database, which might be hard to manage in XPression itself). It takes a little manual synchronization to get everything set up. Create a group for titles … Read more
The steps to set up Gavel lower titles that pull in the names and titles from the following spreadsheet: P:\Gavel2021\Legislators.xlsx. Add a group for legislators Give it a take ID with enough numbers after it – to automatically populate, the titles in this group must be sequentially numbered starting from the group’s take ID. Drag … Read more