Inspired Signage XPress Programming
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Inspired XPress - Programming Guide
Note that in XPress, you may change the aspect ratio of the preview panel by sliding its horizontal and vertical
dimensions. When previewing SVG content, XPress will do exactly as the IS-SPX Player will do on real displays with
the same aspect ratios.
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 will appear (FIG.28).
FIG. 27 Real Aspect 4:3 content fitted to a 4:3 display
FIG. 28 Media Description dialog