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Chienworks wrote on 10/11/2004, 8:55 AM
That works fine. You may want to try reducing the opacity a little so that you can see the background video through all of the watermark instead of just the transparent parts.
Spot|DSE wrote on 10/11/2004, 9:04 AM
Depending on the file, you might also try adding a bump map to the .gif file as well. Kinda like the NBC peacock look.
baysidebas wrote on 10/11/2004, 9:51 AM
They're called "bugs".
TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/11/2004, 1:08 PM
also think, do you really need this? I always find them annoying (especially since now they are animated in some way most of the time).

I'd suggest upper right corner.
johnmeyer wrote on 10/11/2004, 1:25 PM
If you want to remove these things, I can suggest an excellent VirtualDub filter called Delogo. It can work within Vegas, via Satish's Wax plug-in.

I am not a fan of these. I think they are used by most TV stations to avoid having to do the required FCC station ID several times per hour.
Former user wrote on 10/11/2004, 2:07 PM
I think they were started because of Surfing and cable TV. With no consistency in channel numbers between cable franchises, this was a way to get their identity known to the casual channel surfer.

Dave T2
TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/11/2004, 4:13 PM
When I worked in TV, I was told we ran one because we "wanted to let people know they are watching our station." I said that if they wanted to know who they are watching, our show promos with out call-sign/logo/channel every break AND the dial on their TV would tell them.

But, they have nothing to do wit hthe FCC. TV stations (broadcast ones) still must have an id every 1hr.

I agree with your idea dave. That's probley the most likely reason (After all, when there was only ABC, NBC, & CBS, you kinda knew what channel you were on).
wcoxe1 wrote on 10/11/2004, 7:18 PM
The explanation I got was that the ORIGINAL uses for it were to "Brand" a movie with the actual owner, in case it were copied and edited from TV. Nothing like having Miicky's ears on screen to let you know that you are waching a VHS copy of a Disney movie. The commercials could be edited out, but not the ears (or so the original idea went).
baysidebas wrote on 10/12/2004, 12:12 PM
Interesting speculation on the origins of "network bugs" but I remember when I first came across them. It was over twenty years ago, on a trip to Germany. In Cologne, the hotel's TV brought in not only the German stations but Dutch, Danish and Belgian stations as well. They all had the bug on them, I thought that they were used to simplify station ID. I remember saying to myself "It's so good that we don't have such things on US TV." Little did I know...
aress wrote on 10/22/2004, 8:55 AM
the client needs the watermark for its branding....