watermarks in video

blade61 · Post by **blade61** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:48 pm

what is the best way to add a watermark to my video which is in a .wmv format? is it even possible ?

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:33 pm

Are you wanting to add one of those semitransparent logos to your video? What type of photo editing software are you using? Also, are you using VideoStudio 9?

Ron G.

blade61 · Post by **blade61** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:42 pm

i just want to add a logo or copyright that shows while the video is playing. it is a windows media file (.wmv). i have found how to do it using virtualdub for an .avi video, but cant find a tool to do the same for wmv files.

thanks!

greg

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:49 pm

Greg,

Do you have VS9 and photo editing software?

blade61 · Post by **blade61** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:56 pm

no i do not have visual studio 9. i have Macromedia Fireworks that i use to edit photos.

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:05 pm

Well, try this: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJ ... edits.aspx

Hope this helps,
Ron

blade61 · Post by **blade61** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:11 pm

no i dont own any of the Ulead software. I had not heard of it until i found this forum doing a search.

i probably would use a graphic that would be mostly text. could use just text if it would make it any easier.

i am trying to download the trial version of vs9 but the ftp sight must be down. getting page cannot be displayed.

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:21 pm

Well, try this: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJ ... edits.aspx

Hope this helps,
Ron

P.S. You must have read my previous post before I edited it. Sorry about that.

blade61 · Post by **blade61** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:43 pm

thanks Ron !

i'll take a look at that site !

thanks again!

greg

silversite · Post by **silversite** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:17 pm

Well, is it possible to add an image as a watermark to a Mpeg2 using VS9 or VS10. If so how? Thanx in advance.

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:50 pm

Silversite,

Yes you can add an image as a watermark. It would be best to use an image format that supports transparency, like GIF, PNG, TGA. These formats have an alpha channel that VS recognizes. Placing it in an overlay track, VS uses the Alpha channel and makes the background transparent.

Now what you need to do is reduce the transparency of your image. To do this click on the Attribute tab, then on the Mask/Chroma Key button. On the top left just below the word Edit you should see 2 spin boxes. The top one is for setting the Transparency. Clicking on the down arrow, a slider will pop up. You can use it to change the transparency or just type a number into the box. (The bottom one is for borders).

For your image to be a watermark throughout the clip, just set the duration to match that of the clip..

That should get you started..

silversite · Post by **silversite** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:44 pm

Thank you!! That worked wonderfully and was really easy. Is there a way to add an active timer to the video that will run the length of the video and be displayed on screen?

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