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[Steve Douglas]

I thought that many of the folk here might benefit from this particular article I wrote for the editing websites. Hope someone finds it useful to them.
http://www.kenstone....cp_douglas.html
Steve

[brycegroark]

Cool - thanks for that Steve. I've always done watermarks differently - and end up with time/rendering issues in the end. This looks far more seamless. I'll be trying this one out for sure.

Appreciate the post.

[shawnh]

I batch watermark my clips in Compressor. I prefer to keep my timelines in FCP clear of additional rendering of watermark. I take a bunch of clips, drag into Compressor, choose the format I want and add the watermark.

[wagsy]

O.... is that how you do it?
I was just dipping my tapes in water to water mark them

[brycegroark]

I batch watermark my clips in Compressor. I prefer to keep my timelines in FCP clear of additional rendering of watermark. I take a bunch of clips, drag into Compressor, choose the format I want and add the watermark.

Where do you add the watermark in Compressor Shawn?

[shawnh]

Inspector Window (row of icons near top)
Filters Tab (overlaying clips icon)
Water Mark Check Box (scroll down to bottom)

[Hani Amir]

I really don't like watermarks which distract you from the photo itself. I've always used a tiny little discreet "© Hani Amir" in plain text in a corner of my photos. It's pretty easy to record a photoshop action to do it for you as well.

[Steve Douglas]

It just goes to show that there are a great many ways to do the same thing. However, Shawn, since I don't do it in Compressor, are your watermarks transparent? It is the transparency that's makes the watermark, whether it is text or logo, more palatable to the viewer.
Steve

[shawnh]

Sure. 0-100% transparency.

[Nick Hope]

I am assuming that the removal of CMI (Copyright Management Information) laws apply to video as well as photos.

It's definitely a good idea to watermark video and to put copyright and contact information in the video's metadata.

(by the way there's loads more great copyright info on that site)

[Steve Douglas]

Thanks for posting that Nick. Very interesting reading. By the way, for Mac folk, clicking on Option/G will create the copyright symbol. It is also in the fonts under 'special characters'
Steve

[Drewski]

By the way, for Mac folk, clicking on Option/G will create the copyright symbol. It is also in the fonts under 'special characters'
Steve

AAAAAHHHHHAAAAA !!! Kinda like Homer's "Any Key."

Unh, thanks... >> Like, I knew I'd figure out MAC special characters SOME day, but was NOT wanting to ask, LOL... <<