Posted by Lisa Greene on 06/02/06 00:40

Kill Bill wrote:
> 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!
> >
>
> 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).

This is a great tip, thanks.

> 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.

I have a program called Graphics Converter which has a steep learning
curve. I created a text logo but very unhappy with the effect it
provided. Since then I have worked up maybe twenty graphical logos for
review by our board members. I used a Windows graphics program called
Embellish (no longer available but a nice program) to do the work.
Once a logo is selected I'll bring it into the Mac system and see if I
can work with it. Q: Would it be possible to create a small logo using
the paint program in Appleworks? BTW, I don't quite get the "alpha"
requirement noted earlier. That has come up before and I was unable to
get a clear answer.

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

If it will treat the logo as a watermark then I should be ok.

> 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.

I think you've hit the nail on the head here. I found with earlier
work that incorporating it into the timeline and rendering the video a
second time was tedious and the process I was using (QTPro) did not
give me the result quality I was looking for and one of the main
reasons for moving to FCPe (we think FCP would be overkill and too
costly).

> Like I said.. mileage may very with FCPe.

Well at least I know you are doing it with FCP. I would like some
confirmation from an FCPe user who is or has done something similar.

> Take care.
>
> -bill

I thank you so much for you assistance. Help from others always gives
me confidence that it can be done and you've accomplished that.

Lisa

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