Posted by Kill Bill on 06/01/06 23:35

Lisa Greene wrote:


> I have been experimenting. When using iMovie I can float a title as
> opening or closing credits but I can't slap a logo or text in that
> right hand corner. To put that logo in that position I must turn to a
> background transparent graphic imposed over the movie and re-recorded
> through QuickTime Pro. I'm hoping FCPE will make it easier so I don't
> have to reprocess the finished film.
>
> Comments, advice or guidance greatfully appreciated. Pardon my
> cross-posting but I'm trying to reach as wide an audience as possible.
> Thanks!
>
> Lisa

This is how I do it in FCP. Your mileage may very for FCPE.

After you've finished editing, and your ready to "export" your timeline
to your target format. (For example, you're exporting to MPEG-2 for
authoring a DVD). You can add in a logo via compressor. (Compressor is
a batch utility for transcoding to another format).

Select your timeline sequence. Choose export to Compressor. When your
file comes up in compressor, click on "setting", and take a look at the
Inspector window. Under the description you'll see 6 icons. Select the
4th which is "filters". Under the list choose "watermark". Under that
you can choose Position, Scale, Alpha, and the file you want to use. I
used either Adobe Photoshop files, or Adobe Illustrator eps or ai files.

Once you do this, this encodes your watermark into your target file.

This is pretty useful because you dont have to worry about incorporating
your logo into the timeline, and rendering it out, which takes up your time.

Like I said.. mileage may very with FCPe.

Take care.

-bill

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