You know those logos that appear in the corner of your TV, overlaying your TV shows? It isn't hard to create the same effect using an image editor like Photoshop and the hidden features of QuickTime Pro. In this, the first of two how-to galleries, you'll see how to prepare an overlay using your favorite photo editor. You need to make the overlay the same size as your destination video, and you need to take advantage of your editor's "alpha" transparency features to create a translucent logo that will overlay your video.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ahmad said 4:59PM on 4-06-2007
is Quicktime Pro actually worth it?
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Stephen Worth said 7:36PM on 4-06-2007
The "Network Bug" is one of the most irritating and distracting ideas of the modern age. Whenever I buy a DVD with "the bug", I return it to the store and demand a refund. I pay good money to buy entertainment, not "branded" ads. A pox on anyone who defaces perfectly good content with irritating logos.
See ya
Steve
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etype series said 9:10PM on 4-06-2007
lighten up Steve
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Bob S. said 11:32PM on 4-06-2007
You can also do this in iDVD (which every Mac owner gets for free) by replacing the Apple logo in iDVD's Resources folder with the logo of your choice and turning on the watermarking feature. A little nerdier -- and obviously only for DVDs -- but if you produce DVDs and want consistency, it's the way to go.
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viperteq said 10:50PM on 4-06-2007
Perhaps it would be better to add "Part One" to the title of this blog post. I imagine that many people like myself will only skim the actual post and just go straight to the gallery completely missing the sentence where you state that this the first part in a two part series.
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Richard Dalziel-Sharpe said 5:16AM on 4-07-2007
Now if someone could make a widget to REMOVE the logos on broadcast programs I would pay lotsa dough. It is one of the realy nasty things about socalled "free" tv.
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shabizzo said 12:38AM on 4-07-2007
If you're using Photoshop, saving as a 32-bit PICT file with transparency always seems to have the best results in situations like these.
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dan1el said 3:38AM on 4-07-2007
QuicktTIme Pro is worth it, definatley.
It's a strong editor if you know how to use it that is.
Logo overlay, subtitles, chapters and general editing.
especially if you work with Maya or similar is worth those approx. 25€
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OceanCubed said 5:23PM on 4-07-2007
If this is done as an overlay mask in Quicktime Pro, you can only use single color images ie white or black.
I'm still looking for an easy way to add full color overlays without having to resort to FinalCut or similar.
Anybody have any ideas as to how I can overlay Full Color images to my home movies??
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Erica Sadun said 11:28PM on 4-07-2007
Actually, this is an overlay, not a mask. Overlays can use any colors. Only masks are limited to black and white.
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